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Confiscated opium poppy destroyed to mark anti-drug day
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Updated: 2005-06-26 20:44
A Chinese policeman stands as opium poppies were
burnt during an anti-drug campaign in Bozhou city, East China's Anhui province June
26, 2005. A number of cities in China organized activities,
such as burning confiscated opium poppy and holding anti-drug exhibitions, to mark
the International Day against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking which
falls on June 26. Statistics from the Ministry of Public Security indicate
that the number of registered drug addicts in China reached 791,000 by
the end of last year. More than 2,200 of the nation's 2,863 counties were
found to have drug users. [newsphoto]
A Chinese firefighter sets drugs on fire in a
container at a stadium in Hefei, East China's Anhui province June 26,
2005. Local authorities organize the activity to mark the International
Day against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking which falls on June 26 each
year. Statistics from the Ministry of Public Security indicate the number
of registered drug addicts in China reached 791,000 by the end of last
year. More than 2,200 of the nation's 2,863 counties were found to have
drug users. [newsphoto]
Construction workers
look at Chinese volunteers brave the rain to march against drugs in honor
of anti-drug day in Beijing Sunday, June 26, 2005. Government said
10,000 people took part in the march in Northwest Beijing.[AP]
Chinese soldiers escort drug dealers to a public
sentence at the Wulin Square in Hangzhou, east China's Zhejiang province
June 24, 2005. Twenty drug dealers were sentenced and six of them were
executed on Friday. The public sentence was part of activities to mark the
upcoming International Anti-Drugs day that falls on Sunday.
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