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TUESDAY, DECEMBER 15, 1987
NUMBER OF NEWLY REPORTED DRUG ABUSERS DECREASES
REPORTED TO 1983 CONTINUED IN
THE DOWNWARD TREND IN THE NUMBER OF PERSONS NEWLY THE CENTRAL REGISTRY OF DRUG ABUSERS (CRDA) SINCE THE FIRST NINE MONTHS OF 1987.
THIS WAS DISCLOSED BY THE CHAIRMAN OF THE ACTION COMMITTER OF THE AGAINST NARCOTICS (ACAN), DR GERALD CHOA, AT THE 66TH MEETING ACAN TODAY (TUESDAY).
ON THE OTHER HAND, DR CHOA SAID THERE WERE INDICATIONS THAT MORE CANNABIS WAS COMING INTO HONG KONG.
"HENCE PUBLICITY IS BEING STEPPED UP TO WARN OF THE DANGERS THIS DRUG,' HE SAID.
..
DR CHOA ALSO STRESSED
THE IMPORTANT
ROLE
THAT
OF
PARENTS AND
TEACHERS HAD TO PLAY IN KEEPING YOUNG PEOPLE SAFE FROM DRUGS.
ON THE REPORTING
DRUG
THE SITUATION, NARCOTICS, MR GARETH MULLOY, SAID THAT THE NUMBER OF AGES NEWLY REPORTED DECREASED BY 8.7 PER CENT, FROM AS COMPARED WITH THE CORRESPONDING PERIOD IN 1986.
FOR COMMISSIONER
PERSONS OF ALL
ΤΟ 2,092
1,911,
THE NUMBER OF NEWLY REPORTED YOUNG PERSONS UNDER THE AGE OF DURING THIS PERIOD WAS 596; THE SAME AS THAT FOR LAST YEAR.
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ALL DRUG OFFENCES THE TOTAL NUMBER OF PERSONS PROSECUTED FOR
WHILE PROSECUTIONS OF DROPPED BY 9.3 PER CENT FROM 9,429 TO 8,548,
FALL OF YOUNG PEOPLE ALSO DECREASED FROM 797 TO 602, REPRESENTING A 24.5 PER CENT.
DRUG "NEVERTHELESS, THE NUMBER OF PERSONS PROSECUTED FOR MAJOR
4,320," MR OFFENCES HAS SLIGHTLY RISEN BY 3.2 PER CENT FROM 4,188 TO MULLOY ADDED.
DURING THE FIRST THREE QUARTERS OF OFFICERS SEIZED A TOTAL OF 394 KILOGRAMS OF NO. 3 HEROIN.
POLICE 1987,
AND CUSTOMS ILLICIT OPIATES, MAINLY
IN
ADDITION, THE
COMMISSIONER
NOTED
CANNABIS SEIZED DURING THIS PERIOD TOTALLED 331 SIX TIMES THE QUANTITY (53 KILOGRAMS) FOUND IN
HOWEVER, THE AMOUNT OF MANDRAX
THREE QUARTERS OF
THAT
THE AMOUNT OF KILOGRAMS. THIS WAS
1986.
TABLETS SEIZED IN THE FIRST TO 40,679 TABLETS,
1987 DECREASED CONSIDERABLY COMPARED WITH A TOTAL OF 273,745 TABLETS LAST YEAR.
"THIS MAY BE AN INDICATOR THAT
MANUFACTURE AND DISTRIBUTION EFFECT, MR MULLOY REMARKED.
**
OF
NEW CHINA'S METHAQUALONE
CONTROLS ON THE TAKING
(MANDRAX) ARE
/MR MULLOY .....................
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