Chapter II Dissemination of and Education in the Need to Fight Against Drugs

Article 11 The State shall, through various forms and among all the people, carry out dissemination of and education in the need to fight against narcotic drugs, in order to popularize knowledge about the need to prevent drug addiction, enhance citizens’ awareness of the importance of the fight against narcotic drugs, and help raise citizens’ consciousness to resist narcotic drugs.

The State encourages citizens and organizations to carry out dissemination of the need to fight against narcotic drugs for the public good.

Article 12 People’s governments at all levels shall, in various forms, organize and carry out regular dissemination of and education in the need to fight against narcotic drugs.

Trade unions, Communist youth leagues and women’s federations shall, in light of the characteristics of the different groups of people they work among, organize efforts to carry out dissemination of and education in the need to fight against narcotic drugs.

Article 13 The administrative departments for education and schools shall include knowledge about the fight against narcotic drugs in education and teaching, to disseminate among the students knowledge about the need to fight against narcotic drugs. Public security organs, judicial administration departments and administrative departments for health shall provide assistance in this regard.

Article 14 The press, publishing, cultural, radio, film and television institutions and the relevant units shall, in light of their specific audience, carry out dissemination of and education in the need to fight against narcotic drugs.

Article 15 Operators and managers of such public places as airports, railway stations, long-distance bus stations, wharves, hotels and recreation centers shall be responsible for dissemination of and education in the need to fight against narcotic drugs in their own places and implement the measures against narcotic drugs, to prevent the criminal offences related to narcotic drugs in their own places.

Article 16 Government departments, public organizations, enterprises, institutions and other organizations shall step up dissemination of and education in the need to fight against narcotic drugs among their staff members.

Article 17 Residents’ committees and villagers’ committees shall assist the people’s governments, public security organs and other departments in their efforts to step up dissemination of and education in the need to fight against narcotic drugs and put into practice the measures against narcotic drugs.

Article 18 The parents or other guardians of minors shall educate the minors in the harm of narcotic drugs, and prevent them from ingesting or injecting narcotic drugs or committing any other criminal offences related to such drugs.