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(C) PREVENTIVE EDUCATION AND PUBLICITY: AND
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INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION.
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THIS PROGRAMME IS CENTRALLY COORDINATED BY THE ACTION COMMITTEE AGAINST NARCOTICS (ACAN) APPOINTED BY THE GOVERNOR. ACAN'S EXECUTIVE ARM IS THE NARCOTICS DIVISION OF THE GOVERNMENT SECRETARIAT. THE NARCOTICS DIVISION IS HEADED BY THE COMMISSIONER
FOR NARCOTICS.
THE MAJOR ANTI-DRUG LEGISLATION IS THE DANGEROUS DRUGS ORDINANCE (CHAPTER 134 OF THE LAWS OF HONG KONG), WHICH PROHIBITS TRAFFICKING, POSSESSION, UNLAWFUL MANUFACTURING AND CONSUMPTION OF DANGEROUS DRUGS. PHARMACEUTICALS ARE CONTROLLED UNDER THE PHARMACY AND POISONS ORDINANCE (CHAPTER 138), WHICH PROVIDES FOR THE REGIS- TRATION OF SELLERS OF AND DEALERS IN PHARMACEUTICALS AND GENERAL CONTROLS OVER THE SUPPLY OF SUCH PRODUCTS. ACCETYLATING SUBSTANCES, THE MAIN PRECURSORS USED IN THE CHEMICAL CONVERSION OF MORPHINE INTO HEROIN BASE, ARE CONTROLLED UNDER THE ACETYLATING SUBSTANCES (CONTROL) ORDINANCE (CHAPTER 145) WHICH PROHIBITS THEIR BEING DEALT IN, SUPPLIED, POSSESSED, IMPORTED OR EXPORTED WITHOUT A LICENCE OR PERMIT.
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LAW ENFORCEMENT IS MAINLY CARRIED OUT BY THE ROYAL HONG KONG POLICE FORCE (THE POLICE) THE CUSTOMS AND EXCISE DEPARTMENT (THE CUSTOMS) AND, WHERE CORRUPT ACTIVITIES ARE INVOLVED, THE INDEPENDENT COMMISSION AGAINST CORRUPTION (ICAC). HIGH PRIORITY IS ACCORDED BY THE LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES TO COMBATTING THE ILLICIT TRAFFIC OF DRUGS AND ACTION HAS BEEN INTENSIFIED IN RECENT YEARS. SEIZURES OF NO. 3 HEROIN, THE MAIN DRUG OF ABUSE TAKEN BY MORE THAN 95 PER CENT OF DRUG ABUSERS IN HONG KONG, INCREASED STEADILY FROM 182 KG. IN 1984 TO 358 KG. IN 1987. IN THE FIRST SIX MONTHS OF 1988 401 KG. WERE SEIZED A FIGURE WHICH EXCEEDED SEIZURES FOR THE WHOLE OF 1987. SEIZURES OF NO. 4 HEROIN INCREASED FROM 48 KG. IN 1984 TO 130 KG. 8 1987.
IN THE FIRST SIX MONTHS OF 1988 48 KG. WERE SEIZED. FOLLOWING THE BIGGEST EVER SEIZURE OF 94 KG. IN SEPTEMBER THE FIGURE FOR 1988 HAS EXCEEDED THE FIGURE FOR THE WHOLE YEAR OF 1987.
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TREATMENT AND REHABILITATION
BOTH GOVERNMENT AND NON-GOVERNMENT RESOURCES ARE EXTENSIVELY MOBILISED TO PROVIDE TREATMENT AND REHABILITATION SERVICES. A MULTI-MODALITY APPROACH IS ADOPTED TO CATER FOR THE DIFFERENT NEEDS
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