Article 31 of the Anti-drug Law of People's Republic of China (PRC) stipulates that the measures for determining drug addiction shall be formulated by the health administrative department, drug supervision and administration department and public security department of the State Council.

Drug addiction refers to the chronic recurrent encephalopathy caused by drug addicts' repeated drug use, which is characterized by compulsive seeking and using drugs regardless of adverse consequences, accompanied by different degrees of personal health and social function damage.

The identification of drug addiction refers to the work that the public security organs or the medical institutions entrusted by them judge whether drug addicts are addicted or not and whether they are seriously addicted by detecting human biological samples, collecting evidence of drug abuse or according to physical, psychological and mental symptoms and signs.

When a public security organ discovers drug addicts in law enforcement activities, it shall identify drug addiction; If it is difficult to identify due to technical reasons, a qualified drug rehabilitation medical institution may be entrusted for identification.

The public security organ shall conduct drug addiction appraisal by two or more people's policemen, and put forward appraisal opinions within 24 hours after making the conclusion of human biological sample detection, which shall be signed by the appraisers, audited by the person in charge of the unit and stamped with the seal of the unit.

Relevant evidential materials shall be taken as an integral part of this opinion.

If a drug addict meets the following conditions at the same time, the public security organ shall determine that he is addicted to drugs:

1. It is proved to contain drugs by human biological samples;

There is evidence that he has taken drugs;

3. There are withdrawal symptoms or evidence to prove that there is a history of drug abuse, including being investigated and dealt with by the public security organs for drug abuse or having voluntarily given up drugs.

The specific situation of withdrawal symptoms is determined with reference to the Guiding Principles for the Diagnosis and Treatment of Opioid Drug Dependence and the Guiding Principles for the Diagnosis and Treatment of Amphetamine Drug Dependence formulated by the Ministry of Health.

legal ground

Article 31 of the Anti-drug Law of People's Republic of China (PRC) The state takes various measures to help drug addicts get rid of drug addiction, educate and save drug addicts.

Drug addicts should receive drug treatment.

Measures for the determination of drug addiction shall be formulated by the health administrative department, drug supervision and administration department and public security department of the State Council.

Thirty-second public security organs may conduct necessary tests on drug suspects, and the detected person shall cooperate; Refuse to accept the test, with the approval of the person in charge of the public security organ of the people's government at or above the county level or its dispatched office, compulsory testing can be carried out.

The public security organ shall register drug addicts.