If someone at the venue hands you "something," leave at once. Sheltering drug use and supplying drugs are not "helping a friend"

An entertainment venue must not sell drugs, must not supply drugs, and must not let people use drugs inside. A violation means a business suspension for rectification of 3 to 6 months, and in a serious case the license is revoked. Letting someone "use a bit" in a private room you booked, or at your home, can be the crime of providing a place for others to use drugs. If someone pulls out an unknown powder, tablet, or vape cartridge and asks you to try it, leave on the spot.

Cost

No cost. Stand up and walk out. The hard part is leaving in front of a whole table of people.

Benefit

The regulation expressly forbids entertainment venues to "sell or supply drugs, or organize, force, abet, lure, deceive, or provide a place for others to ingest or inject drugs." Staff must not use drugs, and must not provide conditions for customers to do any of the above. For a violation, the public security department confiscates illegal gains and illegal property and orders a business suspension for rectification of 3 to 6 months. In a serious case the entertainment business license is revoked. The regulation also requires the venue to hang warning signs against drugs, gambling, and prostitution in a conspicuous place in the hall and in the private rooms, and to state the report phone number on them. On the personal side, the Criminal Law provides: "Whoever provides a place for another person to ingest or inject drugs shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not more than 3 years, criminal detention, or public surveillance, and shall also be fined." A judicial interpretation of the Supreme People's Court lists the situations that count as the crime, including providing a place for several people at 1 time, doing so repeatedly within 2 years, providing a place for a minor, and doing so for profit. If it does not amount to a crime, the Public Security Administration Punishments Law provides detention of 10 to 15 days, and a fine of up to 3000 yuan may be added. In a lighter case, detention of up to 5 days, or a fine of up to 1000 yuan. Ingesting or injecting drugs yourself likewise brings detention of 10 to 15 days, and a fine of up to 3000 yuan may be added.

Notes

As soon as someone produces an unknown powder, tablet, or vape cartridge and asks you to "try it," leave on the spot. Do not stay to watch. The risk you carry personally is heavier than the venue's. Using drugs yourself is itself subject to a public-security penalty. Letting a friend "use a bit here" in a private room you booked, or at your own home, can be the crime of providing a place for others to use drugs.

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