国际英语新闻:China to encourage voluntary drug rehab

BEIJING, July 6 (Xinhua) -- China will encourage voluntary drug rehabilitation and build a social service network for the addicted, according to a guideline for national anti-narcotics work made public on Sunday.

The guideline, issued by the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee, and the State Council, or the Cabinet, has envisaged that by 2020 the number of drug users should grow at a much slower rate, and there will be a more efficient drug rehab system in place.

Efforts will be made to encourage voluntary drug rehab, including providing drug rehab services in community facilities while regulating compulsory and quarantined drug rehab, according to the guidance.

Drug rehab medicines will be made more accessible and those rehabilitated will get assistance in job-hunting, the guidance said.

Moreover, the guidance noted that drug trafficking and drug penetration from overseas as well as domestic narcotics production and sales will be harshly penalized, and anti-narcotics international cooperation will be conducted.

It also encouraged private capital to invest in the anti-drug undertaking, and called forth a number of anti-narcotics social workers and volunteers, as well as a reward system for those tipping off on drug crimes.