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Evaluation on China’s Anti-drug Efforts and Recommendations



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Hongyi LIN

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DOI:10.17265/2328-2134/2017.11.006

China, the East Asian giant, now faces a growing problem of illicit drug use, which is deeply harmful to its stability. The outcome of intensive enforcements, named “People’s anti-drug war”, though reaching some accomplishments, is still insufficient to settle this increasingly serious problem. This essay, therefore, highlights the four limits of China’s current lawful enforcement through examining the outcome of “anti-drug war” launched in 2015. Furthermore, the essay provides four potential recommendations for the adjustment in China’s anti-drug strategy, in terms of its particular political system and geographical environment. With the increasing younger-age trend and geographical expansion of illicit drug problem, the serious situation is calling for a more flexible and artful regulatory framework in China.

anti-drugs war, drug trafficking, the Gold Triangles, anti-drug strategies