China Registers 1 Million Drug Addicts by Last Yearend

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China Registers 1 Million Drug Addicts by Last Yearend

China had one million registered drug addicts by the end of 2002, up 11 percent on the figure for 2001, according to an official with the Ministry of the Public Security.

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China had one million registered drug addicts by the end of 2002, up 11 percent on the figure for 2001, according to an official with the Ministry of the Public Security.

Illegal drug use was recorded in 2,148 cities, counties and districts across China, 97 more than in 2001.

Youths and teenagers made up 74 percent of the registered drug addicts, and 25,000 drug addicts died from overdoses in recent years.

Statistics indicate 30 percent of property-related crimes in most provinces and regions of China were committed by drug addicts,with the rate being as high as 70 percent in some areas.

Drug addiction is also a major spread channel for AIDS. Of the more than 40,000 AIDS patients reported in 2002 across China, two thirds were drug addicts.

China smashes over 110,000 drug cases in 2002

Drug enforcement agents in China uncovered over 110,000 cases of illegal drug activities and captured nearly 90,000 people suspected of criminal involvement with drugs last year.

Agents seized 9,290 kilograms of heroin, 1,210 kilograms of opium, 3,190 kilograms of "ice", 1,300 kilograms of marijuana, 3.01 million pills and more than 300 tons of chemical compounds used for making drugs, said the Ministry of Public Security.

International drug rings had been trafficking drugs into China,said the ministry, stressing that all 6,380 kilograms of heroin seized in southwest China's Yunnan Province was from abroad.

Areas close to China's northwest borders produced more than 3,400 tons of opium in 2002, topping the world's list, and had presented both a real and potential threat to China, said an official with the ministry.

The entry of new drug products into southeast China was also trending upwards, he said.

All 11 pill laboratories were found in Guangdong and Fujian, both southeast provinces.

International checks carried out by the ministry found and stopped the illegal trade of 28 shipments totaling 2,288 tons of precursor chemicals in 2002.

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