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CHAPTER 4<br />
IMPLEMENTATION OF RECOMMENDATIONS<br />
OF THE TASK FORCE ON YOUTH DRUG ABUSE<br />
4.1 The Task Force on Youth Drug Abuse (the Task Force), under the<br />
chairmanship of the Secretary for Justice, Deputy Chairman of the FCC, released<br />
its Report on 11 November 2008. The Report contains some 70 recommendations<br />
spanning the five prongs of the established anti-drug policy (i.e., preventive<br />
education and publicity, treatment and rehabilitation, legislation and law<br />
enforcement, external cooperation, and research). The recommendations also<br />
include the promotion of a community culture of care for young people through<br />
the Path Builders initiative. An inter-departmental Working Group chaired by the<br />
Commissioner for Narcotics has been set up to pursue the implementation of the<br />
recommendations in the Task Force report in a vigorous manner.<br />
4.2 The efforts to fight youth drug abuse have further been stepped up<br />
since July 2009 when the Chief Executive announced an anti-drug campaign<br />
along five directions, namely community awareness and mobilisation,<br />
community support, drug testing, treatment and rehabilitation, and law<br />
enforcement.<br />
Progress and Action Plan<br />
4.3 The progress and action plan in 2009 are summarised in the ensuing<br />
paragraphs.<br />
Preventive Education and Publicity<br />
4.4 To mark the beginning of the second year of the two-year territorywide<br />
campaign launched in June 2008, with the theme “No Drugs, No Regrets.<br />
Not Now, Not Ever”, a pledge ceremony was launched by the Narcotics<br />
Division (ND) and the Action <strong>Committee</strong> Against Narcotics (ACAN), in<br />
collaboration with the Family Council on 21 June 2009. A new series of TV and<br />
radio Announcements in the Public Interest (APIs) for the campaign, targeting<br />
various stakeholders including parents, young people, teachers and high-risk<br />
youths, was launched on the same day. The ND and the ACAN have since<br />
organised various large-scale functions. Over 120 district-level anti-drug<br />
activities were also organised.<br />
4.5 Various community organisations such as religious bodies, uniformed<br />
youth groups, business associations, professional bodies and women organisations<br />
also responded to the anti-drug cause. This year, the Beat Drugs Fund approved<br />
funding for over 50 projects initiated by community organisations.<br />
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