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FRIDAY, OCTOBER 3, 1986
THE ACTING COMMISSIONER FOR NARCOTICS, MRS AGNES ALLCOCK, POINTED OUT THAT HEROIN REMAINED THE MOST DANGEROUS AND MOST COMMONLY ABUSED DRUG IN HONG KONG.
+DURING THE FIRST HALF OF 1986, THE NUMBER OF PERSONS REPORTED TO THE CRDA FOR ABUSING HEROIN WAS 6 335, REPRESENTING 97.6 PER CENT OF ALL PERSONS REPORTED IN THE SAME PERIOD, SHE SAID.
+AMONG THE HEROIN ABUSERS REPORTED, 6.3 PER CENT WERE YOUNG PEOPLE UNDER THE AGE OF 21,+ SHE ADDED.
MRS ALLCOCK ALSO EXPRESSED CONCERN OVER THE INCREASE IN THE NUMBER OF MANDRAX ABUSERS AND THE RECENT SEIZURE OF LARGE QUANTITIES OF SUCH DRUGS BUT GAVE A REASSURANCE THAT THE SITUATION WAS BEING MONITORED CLOSELY.
SHE SAID THAT PUBLICITY AND PREVENTIVE EDUCATION MEASURES
WOULD BE STEPPED UP BEFORE THE PROBLEM DETERIORATED.
+APART FROM INCREASED PUBLICITY THROUGH THE MEDIA, THE HARMFUL EFFECTS OF PSYCHOTROPIC DRUG ABUSE AND THE PENALTIES INVOLVED IN DRUG TRAFFICKING WOULD BE EMPHASISED WHEN CONDUCTING DRUG EDUCATION TALKS IN SCHOOLS,+ SHE SAID.
SHE URGED SCHOOL ADMINISTRATORS TO JOIN IN THE BATTLE AGAINST DRUG ABUSE BY REINFORCING DRUG EDUCATION IN SCHOOLS.
THE SEMINAR FOR SCHOOL ADMINISTRATORS, THE LARGEST OF ITS KIND EVER HELD, WAS ORGANISED BY THE NARCOTICS DIVISION OF THE GOVERNMENT SECRETARIAT,
THE AIM WAS TO GIVE SCHOOL ADMINISTRATORS AND TEACHERS A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF THE DRUG PROBLEM AND TO PROVIDE THEM WITH A FORUM FOR EXCHANGING VIEWS ON THE SUBJECT.
SPEAKERS AT THE SEMINAR, WHICH WAS HELD AT THE CITY HALL THEATRE, INCLUDED REPRESENTATIVES FROM THE NARCOTICS DIVISION, ROYAL HONG KONG POLICE FORCE, CUSTOMS AND EXCISE DEPARTMENT, MEDICAL AND HEALTH DEPARTMENT AND THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT.
ABOUT 400 SCHOOL ADMINISTRATORS AND TEACHERS ATTENDED THE SEMINAR DURING WHICH THE REVISED DRUG EDUCATION TEACHING KIT WAS INTRODUCED BY STAFF OF THE NARCOTICS DIVISION.
THE SPECIALLY DESIGNED AND UPDATED TEACHING KIT CONTAINS TEACHING MATERIALS, EXERCISES FOR STUDENTS, A SET OF SLIDES WITH ACCOMPANYING TAPE AND SCRIPT OF THE RECORDED COMMENTARY, AND A SET OF COLOUR SHOWCARDS ON DRUGS COMMONLY ABUSED IN HONG KONG.
THE WORK