The 26th of June is International Anti-Drug Day, and 10,000 people took part in an anti-drug march in Beijing, according to Xinhua, who got the story from the AP wires.
As one of a flurry of articles published in the anti-drug spirit, yesterday’s Legal Mirror reported on an immense drug bust that took place in January. Police in Wuhan arrested a man responsible for the sale of 38 tons of……caffeine. This brings closure to a massive caffeine-trafficking case from 2002, in which police in Heilongjiang Province seized 16.5 tons but failed to nab the ringleader.
Guangdong Anti-Drug Net offers several cute Flash animations to promote drug awareness among the youth and sensitivity on the part of the family and friends of the addicted. The image here is from “Play with drugs? You can’t win,” the story of a white-collar worker who has a brief career as an ecstasty dealer before overdosing and getting sentenced to prison by a trendy, youthful judge. The voicework can be painful to listen to.
And the Shanghaiist brings us the story of a drug-dealer’s execution, as told in gory detail by folks at China Daily.
- Xinhua: 10,000 take to streets in Beijing on anti-drug day
- Legal Mirror (Chinese): Largest caffeine dealer caught in Wuhan
- Guangdong Anti-Drug Online (Chinese): Flash cartoons
- Shanghaiist: The gruesome story of Wu Xiaohui