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Anti-drugs campaign gets to recreation venues
(Xinhua)
Updated: 2005-10-17 09:27
Anti-drugs campaign have been launched
jointly by 10,000 Chinese recreation venues in seven Chinese cities Sunday, with
company managers and common people signatured to combat drug in each respective
city.
The seven cities comprise Beijing, Dalian, Qingdao, Guangzhou, Harbin, Wuhan
and Urumqi, said Zhang Xinfeng, deputy director of the National Narcotics
Control Commission at the launching ceremony in Beijing.
Zhang, also vice-minister of public security, said China has seen a surge of
such new kinds of narcotics as methamphetamines, and an increase of drug-users,
especially in recreation venues like KTV (karaoke and music TV) clubs.
At the launching ceremony in Beijing, representatives of the recreation venue
owners promise to fight against drug with self-discipline, and not to permit any
drug-related activities in their venues. They will also give publicity of the
harms done by drug so as to help create a sound and healthy environment for
common people.
According to Zhang, China has been hard on anti-doping over the past decade
and enacted an anti-doping law in March last year.In April this year, a
nationwide "people's war" against drugs was launched, during which local public
security bureaus and cultural,industrial and commercial departments stepped up
their crackdown on drug taking and trafficking in entertainment places.
From this April to July, China had seized 2,182.3 kg of "ice" drug or
"methamphetamines " from April to July, up 9.5 percent over the same period last
year, according to MOPS statistics thisSeptember.
Zhang disclosed that a law implementation team of relevant government
administration officials has been formed to make probe and inspection into
recreation venues. Working staffers with recreation venue found guilty in
drug-related activities will be given severe penalty. Officials in charge of
recreation venue supervision who have not fufill their duty will also receive
due penalty.
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