Beijing to "compel" addicts off drugs
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Beijing police may force the city's drug addicts into year-long rehabilitation programmes in a bid to present a clean Olympics to the world in 2008, state media reported on Wednesday.
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China is cracking down on people who engage in the production of pornographic materials by means of the internet, mobile communication terminals and &quot;phone-sex&quot;, according to a report by Xinhua news agency.
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Unsafe sex becomes the main means of transmission of HIV/Aids in China, overtaking injecting drug use.
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A U.N. report released Tuesday showed that the "runaway train of drug addiction" has slowed, with estimated levels of global use holding steady for the third year in a row. Afghanistan's opium production, however, increased dramatically.
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HANGZHOU, China -- In spring 2006, an essay appeared on the Internet detailing collusion between the Chinese government's food and drug watchdog agency and a pharmaceutical venture. It accused the country's highest-ranking regulator of accepting a lakeside house and hundreds of thousands of dollars...
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BEIJING, Dec. 8 -- To local officials combating Shenzhen's reputation as a den of vice, it seemed like a good idea, the perfect way to dissuade provincial girls from turning to prostitution in the big city and frighten away the men who patronize their brothels.
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WASHINGTON -- Federal drug regulators are using a &quot;lighter touch&quot; in their efforts to stop a growing number of cities and states from importing prescription drugs from Canada, and the City of Boston is taking advantage of that new posture.
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Abuse of prescription drugs is about to exceed the use of illicit street narcotics worldwide, and the shift has spawned a lethal new trade in counterfeit painkillers, sedatives and other medicines potent enough to kill, a global watchdog warned Wednesday.
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A number of cities are seeing a rise in drug users taking heroin and crack together, a charity says.
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China has set up a top-level task force to clamp down on illegal activities in the securities market, a government report said on Sunday.
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Prison doctors say the public is at risk from drug addicts and mentally ill offenders being released from jail without treatment.
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China is expected to pass its first  anti-drug law this week to combat drug-related crimes and  reduce the number of abusers, state media said on Sunday.
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Chinese police have seized more than a  tonne of fake drugs for impotence, bird flu and malaria,  including at least 18,000 fake Viagra tablets, state media  reported on Wednesday.
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SHANGHAI, China  -- Chinese makers and distributors of pornographic materials sent through the Internet, mobile phones and other communication devices will face penalties as severe as life in prison under new rules that take effect Monday.    The regulations were issued Sunday in a legal interpretation by the Supreme People's Court and Supreme People's Procuratorate, or top prosecutors office, the official Xinhua News Agency reported...
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Chinese petitioners appealing to the government against injustices are ordered to leave their Beijing homes.
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Heroin and cocaine addicts on a government scheme who stay "clean" are given drugs as a reward, the BBC learns.
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China will step up its battle against fake and dangerous drugs, deepening a probe into pharmaceutical production following a scandal involving a former senior safety official, state media said on Friday.