Off the wire
• Indian stocks close lower  • Roundup: Singapore stocks end down 0.58 pct  • Indonesia recovers bodies, black box from crashed plane in Papua  • Refugee arrivals to Greece increase dramatically: UNHCR  • Flooding causes 232 death, 55 missing in 8 months  • China condemns Bangkok blast, calls for full investigation  • Vietnamese president urges forces to stay active in securing national security  • UnionPay signs chip card standard license with Thailand  • Myanmar football team to play friendly match against New Zealand  • Indigenous PET scanner approved for clinical use  
You are here: 　 Home

China to launch drug-prevention program for juveniles

Xinhua, August 18, 2015 Adjust font size:

A three-year program has been announced that aims to reduce the number of underage drug users and increase awareness among juveniles, according to a televised meeting on Tuesday.

According to the plan, jointly made by 14 departments including the National Narcotics Control Commission (NNCC) and the Ministry of Education, the program will focus on people aged from 10 to 25 to achieve a "notable reduction" in new drug users.

Liu Yuejin, deputy director of the NNCC, called for more than 200 million students nationwide to receive drug-prevention education to increase awareness on a large scale.

Liu said special attention should be given to high-risk groups, such as the offspring of drug addicts, fresh graduates and unemployed youth.

All schools should offer classes on drug awareness and education bureaus should improve training for teachers.

In an earlier NNCC statement, it was reported that the average age of drug users in China had fallen. As of June, about 1.89 million registered drug users across China were younger than 35, accounting for 58.4 percent of the total. Endi