禁毒
drug/narcotics control
國家禁毒委員會辦公室17日召開新聞發布會，發布《2018年中國毒品形勢報告》。
報告指出，2018年，中國現有吸毒人數佔全國人口總數的0.18%，首次出現下降。
The number of new drug users last year decreased by 26.6 percent from the previous year, a report on China's drug control situation showed Monday.
17日發布的《2018年中國毒品形勢報告》顯示，2018年我國新發現吸毒人員同比減少26.6%。
New drug users under the age of 35 fell 31 percent last year, according to the report issued by the China National Narcotics Control Commission.
國家禁毒辦發布的這項報告稱，35歲以下吸毒人員同比下降31%。
The number of juveniles involved in drug-related crimes also declined in 30 provincial-level areas, it said.
有30個省(區、市)涉毒違法犯罪人員中未成年人所佔比例下降。
The report noted that there were about 2.4 million drug users nationwide at the end of 2018, down 5.8 percent from the year before, adding that 1.35 million of the drug users were addicted to the methamphetamine.
截至2018年底，全國現有吸毒人員240.4萬名，同比下降5.8%。其中，濫用冰毒人員135萬名。
報告稱，冰毒已取代海洛因成為我國濫用人數最多的「頭號毒品」，大麻濫用人數也有所增加。
Methamphetamine has replaced heroin to be the most addicting drug in China and marijuana abuse continued to rise in 2018, according to the report.
▌製毒犯罪活動受到重創
報告顯示，通過一年努力，中國禁毒工作取得明顯成效，國內毒品形勢呈現整體向好、持續改觀的積極變化。
China saw significant abatement of narcotics production in 2018 as a result of persistent crackdown.
經過持續嚴打整治，2018年國內製毒犯罪活動受到重創。
A total of 412 cases on narcotics production were solved across the country during the year, down by 30.8 percent year on year.
2018年共破獲國內製毒案件412起，同比下降30.8%。
Anti-narcotics police busted 268 production dens and seized 14.7 tonnes of drugs in the process last year, also reducing by 15.5 percent and 37 percent respectively from the previous year.
緝毒警察搗毀製毒窩點268個，繳獲毒品14.7噸，同比分別下降15.5%和37%。