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China Has 860,000 Registered Drug Takers
The number of drug addicts registered in China hit 860,000 by the end of 2000, up 26.3 percent from the end of the previous year.
Since the mid-1990s, The problem of taking the "ice" drug and head-rocking pills have emerged cropped up in China and spread rapidly. Most of drug abusers primarily take heroin, but more and more people abuse "ice" and head-rocking pills.
Cases involving the use of "ice" and head-rocking pills have been reported across China.
The public security departments at all levels solved 96,189 drug-related cases in 2000, a 48.7 percent increase from 1999.
Police officers confiscated 6.3 tons of heroin, 2.4 tons of opium, 20.9 tons of "ice" and 240,000 head-rocking pills, as well as 200 kg of head-rocking power. They also seized 215 tons of raw materials for producing drugs.
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