BEIJING: China’s overall anti-drug situation is constantly improving, with the scale of supply, consumption and abuse continuously decreasing, and the high incidence of drug crimes has been effectively curbed, according to China’s narcotics control and judicial authorities.
Due to strict epidemic prevention and control policies coupled with crackdowns, the number of drug-related crimes has reached its lowest level in nearly 10 years, according to the China Drug Situation Report 2022, which was issued by the Office of National Narcotics Control Commission days before the International Day Against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking, which falls on June 26.
The report said that domestic drug manufacturing continues to shrink, and large-scale drug manufacturing activities have been stymied following a series of targeted operations and rectifications in key drug production regions.
Last year, police nationwide seized 656 kilograms of drugs that are produced domestically, down 12.4 percent year-on-year. Drug manufacturing activities were scattered in some provinces, located in remote areas and featuring segmented processing, it said. –The Daily Mail-China Daily news exchange item
