2. Damaging health
Drinking can also lead to cancer. In some areas, 3% of cancer patients are alcohol abuser. In other areas, this number can increase to 10%.
policy on alcohol
Recommendations
• Define the minimum drinking age in law • Complete the laws on alcohol management
policy on prescription drugs
Current situation
• In china, about 3 fourths people do not know the harm of smoking,
more than 2 thirds people do not know the harm of passive smoking. • About 3.10% of women smoke in china, but about 56.4% of women suffer from passive smoking while 47.60% of men suffer
• Complete the laws on drugs management, • People who commit crime about drugs will be punished severely. • Block each possible way for external drugs to get in, especially in Customs.
In Portugal， the crime reduced because of the legalization of drugs .
Reduce HIV
Reduce Sharing of drug injector Less 源自isk to contract HIV
Less people involved in drug trade
In some areas, about 60% of the thieves and robbers are drug abuse. In other areas, the figure has increased to 80%.
3, threatening health
Since 1990,the number of drug death has increased to 39,000. According to the Ministry of Health estimates, the current number of HIV-infected is about 840,000. Among AIDS patients and infected persons, about 55.3% are due to intravenous drug use and infection.
Drug Abuse
Harm of smoking
• more than 300 million smokers in china • more than 740 million people are harmed by passive
smoking.
• 1million people die of disease related to smoking every year . if no controls are carried out, the number will have increased to 3 million by 2020.
3. changing the structure of brain.
Harm of prescription
1. Non-standard prescription 2. Drug use is not reasonable
Harm of heroin, cocaine and MADA
1，causing the economic losses
China has had 740 thousand heroin abusers by 2003. if per person consumers 0.3g per day, they will spend about 27 billion yuan on heroin.
2, inducing the crime
Cigarette and drugs are complements, not substitutes
Price is too high
We can not afford the failure The government will be the puppet of the drug dealer
• Continue to implement the policy ,people who break the rules will be fined heavily.
• Strengthen the supervision.
• Print a warning ,for example, skeleton and any other horrible pictures related to smoking.
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Less profit will be gained in drug trade
Ensure social security
1. Less smuggling
2. Less anti-government
Damage
Price elasticity is almost zero
no decrease in drug consumption
Harm of alcohol
1. Causing traffic accidents
In the past 5 years, more than 350 thousand people died in the traffic accidents. Only in 2011, there are 3555 traffic accidents caused by drunk driving, and 1220 people died. In the first six month of 2012, every day about 5 people died in the traffic accidents caused by drunk driving.
RECOMMENDATIONS
policy on tobacco
Current situation
According to the CHINA TOBACCO CONTROL REPORT release by Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention in May,2011,since 2011,China had
3 help to protect the environment
If illegality of alcohol
Benefits： 1 do good to people’ health
2 decrease drunk driving
Damage: 1 the country will loss a lot of money 2 many people who lived on alcohol industry 3 against the traditional custom
• Classify the prescription and non-prescription drugs into more clear categories. • Complete the laws on drugs management,
policy on MDMA, cocaine, and heroin Recommendations
completely banned smoking in the public area .
Although the policy had been made, it still could not control the tobacco smoking as we expected.
recommendations
from it. In particular, the number increases to 70% among women
from 20 to 49 years old. About 50% girls above 15 years old are harmed by passive smoking. • The cigarette has about 69 staff which can cause cancer
The government’s responsibility
If illegality of tobacco
Benefits： 1 do good to people’ health
2 protect teenagers from the damage of smoking
Damage: 1 the country will loss a lot of money 2 many people who live on cigarette industry
If legalization of drugs
Benefits
Decrease the state spending
1 no need for supervision 2 less people in prison 3 less opportunity cost