Currently there are more than 16,000 people in prison purely for drug use, accounting for 41 % of the incarcerated population. If the number of people in prison for selling drugs is included, the total would approach 25,000.
目前監獄中收押的純吸毒犯有一萬六千多人，佔了受刑人總數的百分之四十一；如果再加上有販毒罪行的，總數更逼近二萬五千人。