1.  Facing a rising drug problem, China is hitting back with harsher penalties, public trials and forced treatment for addicts, as well as dipping into imperial history.

2.  The central government this spring began an anti-drug crackdown that uses harsher penalties, public trials and forced drug treatment.

3.  Danish law forbids doctors from forcing treatment on patients who do not want it.

4.  Police in Beijing have started forcing treatment on drug addicts, the semi-official China News Service reported Wednesday.