Drug Cases Shoot Up 16 Percent Last Year in China

Fight substance abuse – Gauteng MEC
Gauteng Health MEC Qedani Mahlangu has called on South Africans to fight substance abuse in their communities.

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China’s drug rehab center brings hope for HIV-infected drug addicts
Accompanied by lively Chinese folk tunes, a group of men were playing the tambourine at a party on Saturday evening in Hangzhou, capital of east China’s Zhejiang Province. Those watching could hardly have imagined that the energetic performers,all dressed in red and white costumes, were drug addicts who were also infected with HIV, even if the duplicate short crew cuts they wore somehow provided …

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Drug cases shoot up 16 percent last year in China
China says drug cases shot up 16 percent last year from 2008 with courts convicting more than 56,000 people. Chinese courts handled more than 50,000 drug trafficking cases in 2009 and about 17,000 people received severe sentences _ from five years in prison… China – Illegal drug trade – People’s Republic of China – Prison – Asia

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