3. Illegal drugs in
Hong Kong
From CNN
• 16-year-old Hong Kong boy making two
phone calls for delivery: one for pizza, the
other for the drug ketamine.
• two teenage girls were found semi-
conscious in a car park after overdosing
on ketamine
• a 13-year-old boy joined a gang and was
given free ketamine.
5. Illegal drugs in
Hong Kong
Drug testing in schools started as a pilot
scheme in Tai Po secondary schools
around 2010. Supporters of the testing
say that the pilot scheme has shown
results, with a decline in the number of
young drug abusers, indicating its
deterrent effect. However, others say that
it’s failed to identify hidden cases.
6. Illegal drugs in
Hong Kong
• Methadone clinics
• What are they?
• Successful?
• Dropouts
• Unemployment rate
