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China to crack down on drug use in entertainment venues
(Xinhua)
Updated: 2005-09-14 22:54 China's six Ministries and CPC
departments recently announced the beginning of a three-month-long crackdown on
illicit drug use in entertainment venues.
The Publicity Department of the Communist Party of China (CPC), the Ministry
of Public Security, the Ministry of Culture, the State Administration of Film,
Radio and Television, the General Administration for Industry and Commerce and
the National Narcotics Control Commission on Monday jointly issued a circular
saying that an education and publicity campaign in places of entertainment
nationwide will be launched from September to November.
"At least 90 percent of entertainment venues, such as hotels and bars, in
drug-plagued cities should be made aware of new drugs," said the circular.
Owners of the entertainment venues who conduct drug business will be punished
and a long-term system for combating narcotics will be established, according to
the circular.
The circular also said citizens who voluntarily report the entertainment
venues that do drug business would be awarded and noted that a "People's War on
Drugs" should be initiated so as to combat the newly-emergent narcotics.
Recent years have seen a sharp rise in the use of new drugs, such as
methamphetamines, Ecstasy and Ketamine, in entertainment venues.
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