The government laid The Problem of Narcotic Drugs in Hong Kong before the Legislative Council on 11 November 1959, the first comprehensive public account of trafficking and addiction in the territory. It followed a 1957 report and 1958 Executive Council decisions, and set up a standing advisory committee to coordinate policy. Officials then estimated about 30,000 confirmed addicts, and the report said nine in ten prisoners were addicted.[1]
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References
- Action Committee Against Narcotics — ACAN in the 21st Century, Chapter 1: The Historical BackgroundPrinted pp. 23–25: 8 May 1957 report, 9 September 1958 Executive Council paper, 11 November 1959 White Paper and 30,000 estimatearchived
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