Activities to Mark Int'l Anti-Drugs Day

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 ◆ Activities to Mark Int'l Anti-Drugs Day

A range of activities will be organized in China to mark the International Day Against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking, which falls on June 26 with the theme of "drug abuse and AIDS".

On this occasion, courts across the country will publicize sentences in drug-related crimes and Chinese police will publicly burn opium, heroin and other narcotics they have seized, an official from the Ministry of Public Security (MPS) revealed in Beijing recently.

A TV program detailing new types of narcotics will be shown to let more people know about the severe consequences of drug abuse.

The MPS and the Ministry of Education will offer posters to schools in a bid to promote anti-drug education among the younger generation.

The number of Chinese people with HIV hit 850,000 by the end oflast year, 68 percent of whom were infected through sharing needles while using drugs.