The Archive · 1935

Prison and Death for Drug Addicts in Hankow

ANTI-NARCOTICS CAMPAIGN

Hankow, Apr. 5. those who manufacture, traffic in and }sell narcotic drugs shall be punished by death, and those who assist in any way in this offence shall be given from five to twelve years imprisonment, or a life term, {functionaries who assist. in any way fu this offence shall, without diserimination, be given the death penalty.

Buildings used for the manufacture of narcotic drugs shall be confiscated. If the buildings are rented houses, landlords who fail to report to the police the nature of work engaged Ju by their tenants shall be given the same penalty as those who assist in the offence, Accomplices' Liability, Beginning in 1937, both the principals. /and accomplices in manufacturing and trafficking in narcotic drugs shall get the same penalty—death. The private property of those found guilty of this offence shall be confiscated, and from 20 to 40 per cent. of this property shall be given as a reward to those who discover or succeed in bringing the offenders to book.

'Those found guilty of the use of narcotic drugs in 1996 shall be taken to clinics by force and, after treatment, be given a minimum of five years' imprisonment. Those who use hhareotle drugs or morphine injections 1037 shall be" given the death penalty or life imprisonment. I those who have been forced to receive treatment should be found to be using narcotic drugs again after the cure, they shall get the death sent fence. Those who voluntarily register themselves for treatment, "if found using drugs again after the treatment, during 1985, "shall be subject minimum imprisonment of five years.

Drug addicts among Party members, administrative officials, military staff men, and students, shall be given a time limit for voluntary registration, and any found violating this rule shall, without excuse, be given the death sentence—Central News.

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