China offers to attract drivers to criminal prosecution for driving under the influence of drugs

Almaty. June 25. Silkroadnews - China began to develop a draft law providing for the criminalization of driving under the influence of drugs, transmits the agency Xinhua.
According to the deputy head of the State Committee for Narcotics Liu Yuetszin, in recent years, the topic of driving intoxicated deserves more public attention. People sitting down behind the wheel under the influence of drugs, are much more dangerous than those who drives a car after drinking alcohol. The introduction of tough measures against drug driving is already practiced in many developed countries.
He admitted that in the legislative process, there are still certain problems and difficulties, such as the organization of tests for drivers to detect drug use.
According to the Ministry of Public Security of China, by the end of April this year, China had 2.58 million registered drug addicts. In 2014, China's drug police managed to uncover 145.9 thousand cases of drug trafficking, arrested 168.9 thousand suspects and confiscated 68.95 tons of drugs.