my country's drug cases have decreased by more than 20%in five consecutive years

Xinhua News Agency, Beijing, June 23 (Reporter Ren Qinqin and Xiongfeng) June 26 is the 35th International Anti -Drug Day. The reporter learned from the press conference of the Ministry of Public Security on the 23rd that as of the end of 2021, there were 1.486 million drug users across the country, a decrease of 42.1%from the end of 2016; The average annual decrease of 5 years has reached more than 20%.

Press conference site (Photo Conferry at the Ministry of Public Security)

Liang Yun, executive deputy director of the National Anti -Drug Office and director of the Drug Control Bureau of the Ministry of Public Security, introduced that under the strict high pressure of the national public security anti -drug department, drug criminal activities were curbed, showing the decline in drug illegal crimes, decreased drugs, and decline in drug hazards. situation. In the past five years, 451,000 drug crimes have been cracked in the country, 588,000 suspects were captured, and 305 tons of drugs were seized. From January to May this year, more than 14,000 drug crimes were cracked nationwide, and more than 18,000 drug criminal suspects were captured, and 7.8 tons of various types of drugs were seized. The anti -drug situation continued to improve.

The public security anti -drug department actively builds a full -coverage drug prevention education system, establishes a digital platform for national youth drug prevention education, and more than 100 million students in more than 230,000 schools each year learn anti -drug knowledge. In 2021, 121,000 drug users in the country were discovered, a decrease of 72.8%from 2016, and the number of drug users under 35 decreased by 57.1%compared with the end of 2016.

Public security anti -drug departments have carried out in -depth cleaning and rectification of drug -making items, and 15 new types of tube -made toxic chemicals are added; new types of drug crimes such as Fantini substances are carried out, and new drugs are strictly precautible. New drugs, innovative whole tube models, and the whole class of tube feni, synthesis cannamin substances. As of now, my country has listed 449 anesthesia and mental substances in China. It is the country with the most drug control and the strictest control in the world.

"The effect of drug treatment in my country is obvious, but the current global drugs are flooding, the anti -drug struggle is still complicated and difficult, and the anti -drug work is far away." Liang Yun said that in the next step, the Chinese anti -drug department will promote anti -drug technology innovation, promote global drug co -governance, and continuously improve Chinese characteristics Drug treatment system.

The "China Poisonous Love Situation Report in 2021" was also released on the same day.

[Editor in charge: Jiao Peng]

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