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Ⅲ．Major Countermeasures Taken by the State against Drug Crime
In the late l980’s，the Chinese government initiated eight emergency measures，so as to fight against the seemingly overwhelming drug problem，which had brought distinguished effects in the implementation．
1．Establishment of National Narcotics Control Commission (NNCC)
From June 24-26th l991，NNCC held its first nationwide conference in Beijing． During the conference，the participants from all over the country discussed the urgent situation of drug crime in China, analysed the problems in our anti-drug countermeasures，settled many urgent practical problems such as improvement of equipment， police training projects，etc． The conference also called on the national cooperation among the provincial police forces and international cooperation in the fight against drug crimes．Now NNCC has become the headquarters and the coordination center of national anti-drug forces．
2．Implementation of “strategic Anti-Drug Initiative (SAI)”
The plan，adopted and put into effect in 1985，contends the following：In order to wipe out all evils of drug crime and other related social problems，the whole nation should first，resort to tough measures including the imposition of the death penalty for convicted big-time traffickers, so as to curb the growing headache of drug trafficking．Secondly，a consistent anti-drug campaign would be held to help those addicts to give up their habit，and alert others to the harmfulness of drugs thus to prevent spreading of drug addiction，and to minimize and do away with the drug consuming market step by step，then cutting down the cooperation links between the illegal drug trafficking and drug addiction．Thirdly，the police force should keep carrying on the parallel tactics of “tracking down the big-time dealers，cutting down the head； watching out for the street pedlars，cleaning up the streets．”Judging by the current implementation of “SAI” in recent years, the plan has been proved to be effective．
3．Unify All Social Forces against Organized Drug Crime
To carry out the policy of “Comprehensive Administration of Public Security(CAPS)”in the whole society．The main idea of CAPS policy is to minimize and prevent crime，create a better social environment，wipe out all social factors which could induce crime，and thus to destroy the social basis of criminals，and isolate them from the society simultaneously．Actually speaking，the policy of “CAPS” is the practical use of systematic theory in the field of sociology．“Comprehensive” is to make a full understanding of all social problems and the relations among them through the way of analyses then get them controlled in an integrated system．While “Administration” is to make all the elements in the system go in order in the light of the scientific rule。When it is applied in the sphere of public security，the theory requires governments (local and state)and all social communities (state or private) to be organized to take methods of every kind (political，economic，administrative，educational, cultural，law)to crack down on the offenders，and rehabilitate criminals，remove the hidden dangers of crime constantly and promote the continuous growth of healthy atmosphere in the society．It also requires governors of different social community be responsible respectively for their duty in the attribution to the public security，and the public security situation of their community would be measured quantitatively as an important factor for their representation of duty．Meanwhile the initiatives of the masses of different social groups, enterprises, schools，residents committees are also required to bring into full play．
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