Throughout China public security departments are now required to organize mobile supervision of drug addicts in order to properly control them and break the chain of supply and demand. This was announced on Tuesday by the Ministry of Public Security at a teleconference.   

Zhang Xinfeng, vice director of the National Anti-drug Committee and vice minister of public security, emphasized that the system was a very important measure in the "people's war" against drugs.

Zhang urged that public security departments at various levels quickly establish the mobile supervision initiative by gathering accurate and regularly updated information on drug addicts. 

The intelligence data would be held in a digitalized fashion and allow for accurate records to be maintained on users, drug rehabilitation schemes, medical test results, and community treatment of addicts; in addition, such information would go toward a complete database of addicts. The system could also assist in educating them and cracking down on drug-related crimes. 

More focus would be given to the construction of drug rehabilitation centers as well as the treatment and recovery of addicts. This would be integrated with other compulsory measures and social help.

Zhang urged that continuous medical treatment in communities be promoted and every assistance should be given to drug addicts to help them return to normal life.

(China.org.cn by Wang Qian, August 31, 2006)