What is prohibited from illegal cultivation and what is regulated by the state?

Illegal cultivation of opium poppy, coca plants, cannabis plants and other original plants controlled by the state that can extract and process drugs is strictly prohibited. "Local people's governments at all levels must take immediate measures to stop and eradicate the illegal cultivation of drug plants, otherwise they will be investigated for legal responsibility according to law." Villagers' committees and residents' committees shall promptly stop and eradicate the illegal cultivation of narcotic plants and report to the local public security organs.

According to the provisions of the Criminal Law, the crime of illegally planting original drug plants refers to the act of illegally planting a large number of original drug plants such as opium poppy and marijuana, or planting them after being treated by public security organs, or resisting eradication. The object of this crime is the original plants of drugs, that is, the original plants refined and processed into narcotic drugs and psychotropic drugs such as opium, heroin, methamphetamine, morphine and cocaine. In China, opium poppy is the main original plant for illicit drug cultivation, and cannabis is also cultivated in a few areas. Re-planting after being dealt with by the public security organs refers to illegally planting the original drug plants after being punished or forcibly eradicated by the public security organs, and should be dealt with as a crime in principle. If the number of replanted plants is small, it can not be treated as a crime. In this case, the number of strains that have been subjected to administrative treatment before will no longer accumulate.

Criminal Law Article 357 The term "drugs" as mentioned in this Law refers to opium, heroin, methamphetamine, morphine, marijuana, cocaine and other narcotic drugs and psychotropic drugs prescribed by the state that can make people addicted. The number of drugs is calculated by the number of drugs smuggled, sold, transported, manufactured and illegally held, and the purity is not converted. Article 19 of the Anti-Drug Law, the state controls the cultivation of raw drugs. Illegal cultivation of opium poppy, coca plants, cannabis plants and other original plants controlled by the state that can be used for refining and processing drugs is prohibited. It is prohibited to smuggle or illegally buy, sell, transport, carry or possess seeds or seedlings of original plants of drugs that have not been inactivated.