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Anti-drug campaign targets nightclubs
(Xinhua)
Updated: 2005-10-18 15:31
Some 10,000 recreation venues in seven Chinese cities made a uniform pledge
Sunday to fight against drugs, as China has seen a surge of narcotics and an
increase of drug-users, especially in recreation venues like KTV clubs.
The seven cities are Beijing, Dalian, Qingdao, Guangzhou, Harbin, Wuhan and
Urumqi.
At the launching ceremony in Beijing, representatives of the recreation venue
owners promise to fight against drug with self-discipline, and not to permit any
drug-related activities in their venues.
Working staffers with recreation venue found guilty in drug-related
activities will be given severe penalty and officials in charge will also be
punished, said Zhang Xinfeng, deputy director of the National Narcotics Control
Commission.
China has been hard on anti-doping over the past decade and enacted an
anti-doping law in March last year. Police on the mainland seized 2,182.3 kg of
"ice" drug or "methamphetamines" from April to July, up 9.5 percent over the
same period last year.
In Guangzhou alone, police seized 563 drug addicts in five nightclubs and one
bar this year. Among them, 127 were detained, four were sent to drug rehab
centers and 18 were fined.
The raids captured 209 tablets of ecstasy, 20 packages of K powders, four
packages of cannabis and two weapons.
Police in Yuexiu District raided a nightclub on the Renmin Road Central on
June 7 and the operation captured 83 clients and 16 attendants who seemed to
have used drugs. The urine examination showed that 63 of them had used drugs.
The club was suspended and the police bureau suggested the industry authorities
to withdraw its business license.
On the same day, Liwan police raided a nightclub on the Dongfeng Road West
where they seized 70 alleged drug users. The urine examination found 64 of them
had used drugs, including four middle school students. The operation also found
two pistols in the club. The club was closed immediately and the owner was
detained.
A Sept. 15 operation on a nightclub also in Liwan District found 88 of all
the 215 customers were drug users.
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