Children from a Kindergarten write their signatures during a drug ban publicity activity at the Wuhan Botanic Gardens of the Chinese Academy of Sciences. Students write their signatures on the blackboard with the anti-drug design at the Beiguanjie Elementary School of Xingtai City, Hebei Province. Women walk through an anti-drug exhibit. An anti-drug Police Officer, checks travelers luggage at a railway station. Xinhua Photos
China is takes a firm stance on drugs, Beijing has attached great importance to the anti-drug campaign, while constantly cracking down on domestic drug smuggling.
Five drugs dealers were sentenced to death and three others were executed, ahead of the International Day Against Drug Abuse. China plans to crackdown on illegal drugs during Beijing 2008 in Beijing and other cities that will host Olympic Games. Authorities will target drug use at nightclubs and other entertainment venues as well as smugglers supplying major cities.
Yang Fengrui, Director of the Bureau of Narcotics Control told a news conference, that the crackdown would be accompanied by a publicity campaign aimed at raising public awareness of the hazards of drug use. China will step up the crackdown on drugs intending to ensure a drug free Olympics.
