1% of Chinese on drugs as synthetic substances sold over internet - The Times of India: "BEIJING: China has admitted for the first time that one out of every 100 Chinese is a drug user. It said that the total number of drug users could be 14 million, which comes to one percent of the 1.4 billion Chinese citizens. The number may be higher if only the adult population is taken into account.
The sharp increase in drug addiction is driven by the easy a availability of synthetic drugs like methamphetamine, which is widely marketed and sold over the Internet. In fact, 80 percent of new drug users in 2014 were those addicted to synthetic substances.
Revealing another shocking facet of the drug situation, the National Anti-Drug Commission, said that nearly 56 percent of the drug users were in the productive age group of 18 to 35. Even government officials, businessmen and celebrities have fallen prey to it, Liu Yuejin, deputy director of the commission, lamented. "
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The sharp increase in drug addiction is driven by the easy a availability of synthetic drugs like methamphetamine, which is widely marketed and sold over the Internet. In fact, 80 percent of new drug users in 2014 were those addicted to synthetic substances.
Revealing another shocking facet of the drug situation, the National Anti-Drug Commission, said that nearly 56 percent of the drug users were in the productive age group of 18 to 35. Even government officials, businessmen and celebrities have fallen prey to it, Liu Yuejin, deputy director of the commission, lamented. "
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