I, a lawyer, recently was entrusted to defend for a client who came from America and was accused of drug trafficking in China. I participated the Investigation Stage, Prosecution Stage and the Court Stage. Initially the defendant was charge of a serious crime and was supposed to be in jail for five years and up. Trying best to maintain his rights,  finally he was realeased one month after declaring that he sentenced to imprisonment of one year and two monthes, paying fine and confiscated of illegal income.

Hereby I’m writing to remind the foreigners, in China or going to China, of the criminal laws about marijuana. As per the criminal laws of China, the cannabis or marijuana is one of the illegal drugs and trafficking them would be breaking the criminal laws. Following is the general punishment for drug cases stipulated by law of China
1. The person who takes drugs should be subject to administrative punishment: administrative detention and/or fine
2. the act of smuggling,trafficking,transporting or producing drugs shall be punished as a crime as per criminal laws, no matter how much it is.