The Executive Council announced yesterday that the government has drafted a bill which proposes to add 21 substances to Macau’s anti-drug law, based on recent decisions passed by the United Nations Commission on Narcotic Drugs that include additional 24 substances subject to international control.

The current anti-drug law was enacted in 2009. The law is officially known as the Law on the Prohibition of the Illicit Production, Trafficking and Consumption of Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances.

Leong Heng Teng, spokesman for the government’s top advisory body, made the announcement during a press conference at Government Headquarters yesterday.

Judiciary Police (PJ) Director Sit Chong Meng (right) speaks during yesterday’s press conference at Government Headquarters about the government’s anti-drug law amendment bill proposing to list additional substances in the law, as Executive Council spokesman Leong Heng Teng looks on. Courtesy: TDM

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