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French.china.org.cn | Updated on 09-18-2021-
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A total of 31,000 drug-related criminal cases have been resolved since the start of this year, leading to the arrest of 43,000 suspects and the seizure of 18.3 tons of narcotics, according to China’s Ministry of Public Security (MSP ).
Drug production activities inside the country have been effectively curbed in recent years, said Liang Yun, head of the MSP’s anti-narcotics bureau, adding that the public security organs were carrying out special control operations. against narcotics in border areas to prevent drug trafficking since 2018.
The MPS also works to prevent drug use among adolescents and has established a digital platform to raise awareness about drug addiction in collaboration with the Ministry of Education.
To date, more than 230,000 schools and 99.6 million students nationwide have registered on this platform, Liang said.
At the end of 2020, China recorded a decline in the number of drug addicts for the third year in a row. At the same time, the number of drug addicts who have successfully rehabilitated is on the rise, he added.
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