The Chinese government Tuesday issued guidelines calling for an intensified anti-drug education campaign for the entire society.

The guidelines, jointly issued by 18 government departments including the ministries of public security and education, urges anti-drug education to focus on key vulnerable groups, such as youths, migrant workers and people in areas with past records of prominent drug incidents.

The document urges the drug education program be conducted in communities, families, companies, public venues and rural areas in a bid to "roundly promote people's resistance to drugs."

According to the instructions, anti-drug advertisements should be published regularly through the Internet, cell phones and other new media.

Further, the guidelines call an intensified campaign to be conducted every June, which is recognized by the Chinese government as the key month for public anti-drug education.

The Ministry of Public Security previously said in a statement that Chinese police seized 38,000 suspects in drug-related crimes from January to May during a national campaign.

According to the statement, the crackdown, starting in early 2010, has been focusing on the manufacturing of drugs and in trafficking, especially with gangs involving foreign sources.

(Xinhua News Agency August 25, 2010)