Draft law requires suspected drug takers to take compulsory bio sample tests

Chinese police will be authorized to force people suspected of taking drugs to take biological body sample tests, according to the country's first bill on drug control,

The draft anti-drug law, the first specifically designed to crack down on drug trafficking, allows police to force suspects to take tests even if they initially refuse.

It is being considered at the Aug. 22-27 session of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress, or top legislature.

Proven drug addicts would be registered and forced to undertake rehabilitation, it said.

Those who report their drug addiction to police would be exempted from punishment.

They will be required to sign agreements with relatives, employers or schools they study at, or with village or urban residents' committees, who will then educate and assist the drug addicts for at least a year in an effort to help them shake off drug addiction.

The bill orders governments above county level to open drug-rehab centers as needed so drug addicts can volunteer to undergo rehabilitation there.

Source: Xinhua