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fifth, the drug education kít supplied

to school principals now

has

supplementary

information

on

psychotropic drugs.

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Police and Customs action has

resulted in 274,000

Mandrax tablets being seized in 1986,

seized

dropping to 74,000

This dramatic reduction resulted from the

tablets, in 1987.

tablets

action taken by the authorities in China, at the Hong Kong

request,

Government's

distribution of the drug.

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le

to stop the

manufacture

and

Action against the trafficking of Mandrax tablets

by young people under 21 has resulted in 27 prosecutions in

1986 and 40 in 1987. The majority of prosecutions, however,

for Mandrax trafficking are taken against persons over 21 for

which there were 98 prosections in 1986 and 127 in 1987.

raids on Such cases usually arise from Police and customs raids

vice establishments and from information received by the

investigating agencies.

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are

Educational efforts to curb trafficking are also

announcements of public interest, made by means of posters, API, school talks and teaching

kits to which I have referred.

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I have used the term 'psychotropic', rather than

'soft', because the term 'soft drug', although commonly used,

can be misleading. It suggests that these drugs are not

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