Fighting Drug Abuse in China - The Official Website of Jackie Chan

June 26, 2009

It had been raining for several days in Beijing and today was surprisingly very sunny. Another thing that made me very happy was that I didn’t have to work today. I’m going to use this time to record my diary, tell you the things that I hadn’t finished recording before, and share them with everybody. Honestly, doing this website really isn’t easy. It’s a lot of hard work and there are so many things to worry about. Let me make up for some of those deficiencies right now.

As soon as I arrived back in Beijing from America, I immediately attended an event for the Anti-Drug Day campaign because I was appointed as an Anti-Drug Ambassador. There are more and more young people becoming involved with drugs these days; maybe because they lack a sense of security and their feelings of insecurity are increasing, or maybe because they’ve already tried all the possible fun and entertaining things and now they want to try something new, something more exciting, so they start taking drugs. This is very bad. Not only will you harm yourself by taking drugs, you will also harm your family as well. Because of this, our country is very serious about the fight against drugs at the moment, and they appointed me as the 2009 China Anti-Drug Campaign Goodwill Ambassador. The responsibility that I carry on my shoulders feels very heavy. I believe that most of you would have already heard about the things my dad said to me that I wasn’t allowed to do. They were: 1) Do not join the triads, 2) Do not gamble, and 3) Do not take drugs. These things are very harmful and can cause a lot of damage to a person. Once you join the triads, there really is no way of disassociating yourself from it. With gambling, the stakes start from one dollar and can be raised to 10 billion - not like the healthy kind of card games that we have today. As for drugs, once you touch them and become addicted, it’s honestly very hard to stop. Besides, there will always be a group of drug addicts trying to tempt you to take drugs again. Successfully breaking away from a drug addiction requires a very long period of time.

I woke up early in the morning and went to visit the drug addiction rehabilitation center. I had a look around the facility accompanied by many officials and I also chatted and interacted with the rehab patients who were trying to quit the drug addiction. In their rooms I saw many slogans, reminders and accounts that they wrote down themselves. The entire room was filled with their wishes, their hopes for the future. Many blackboards had some of their thoughts and feelings written on them, and the things they wrote were very touching. I took some photos of the written work to share with you all. I’ll also have the text translated into English so that everyone around the world will be able to read it because drugs and drug abuse is not only a problem in China, it’s also a problem all over the world. I hope that the media will report more news about the things related to this issue and report less gossip and rumors about celebrities. After all, gossip about celebrities doesn’t contribute anything to our society. More people around the world will become aware of the drug problem if there is more media coverage about this kind of news. After talking with some of these drug-quitting members, I actually felt quite shocked because I learned that many youths take drugs at their friends’ homes or when they gather and meet up with other friends. They take drugs because they feel bored or because they see their friends taking them, and then they introduce them to their other friends and become drug addicts together. Chatting with these people has given me a deeper understanding of how harmful drugs can be.

Here are the messages on the walls of the rehabilitation center:

I took close-ups of these and have put the translations underneath:

Lonely night, memories reappear. I was ignorant and was pushed into a bottomless pit by a heartless demon. I tried to use my strength to struggle free but there was nowhere for me to escape. I then realized how weak and insignificant the strength of one person was. Just as I was feeling lonely, feeling lost and confused, a ray of light suddenly appeared in front of my eyes – the heaven for drug addicts who want to quit “Sunflower Treatment Community Center”!
Kitchen Group 2009.6.21
Announcement Board Anti-Drug Day

We believe in change, using love to wipe away the raindrops and tears;
We believe in change, restoring dreams on shattered borders;
We believe in change, caring is the most sincere language;
We believe in change, believing that our pair of hands can support the weight of tomorrow.
Sunflower Treatment Community Center

2009.6.21 Ban Bao
I cried when I took my very first breath of air. I cried the first time I fell over. I felt stable with my mother’s support; under the protection of my parents, I gradually grew up. I didn’t even look when confronted with a muddy journey. I need to conquer it alone. After experiencing all the difficulties and temptations, I became lost. Looking out the window towards the blue sky of freedom, I cried again. Through the calls of appeal with the love from family and friends, I realized the pain of reality. I believe that when the wind, rain and storm passes, the sky will be even – more blue!
Workforce Team

Hole

As I walked along the street
I saw a very, very deep hole on the side of the road
I tripped over and fell inside
I lost myself, I felt helpless and hopeless
I spent a very long period of time crawling out of the hole.

I walked along the same street again
And the hole was still there on the side of the road
I pretended not to see it
I tripped over and fell inside
I just couldn’t believe that I would fall into the same place again
But it wasn’t my fault
Again, I spent a long period of time crawling back to the top.

I came to the same street again
There was still a deep hole on the side of the road
I saw it, and I saw it very clearly
But I still managed to fall inside -----
This was a habit
My bright eyes could see clearly
I knew exactly where I was
This time it was my mistake
I came out of the hole very quickly

I walked along the same street
And a very deep hole was still on the side of the road
I leaped over it

I walked along a different road……

Sunflower Treatment Community Center

I feel very honored to be appointed as the Goodwill Ambassador for the Anti-Drug campaign because I can also use this opportunity to promote awareness for the cause on my website and let more people know about how harmful drugs and drug abuse can be. In the afternoon, I had lunch with rehab members at the Drug Addiction Rehabilitation Center. Maybe they might think that the food wasn’t very nice but I honestly thought that the food was delicious. It’s been a long time since I last ate this kind of food – there were turnips, mushrooms, and also man tau (steamed buns). This kind of food is actually very nutritious.

I think that members here who are trying to recover from their drug addiction are very lucky. I’ve been to other rehabilitation centers in third world countries and the sight was so terrible that I couldn’t bear to look at it. Anyway, when a country is strong, everything will be good.

In the afternoon, I went to CCTV with the leaders and we appeared on a program about promoting anti-drug abuse.

You know I like to take photos when I'm in the car.

June 26 （星期五）

经过几天的下雨，今天北京忽然大太阳了。还有一个让我开心的事情就是今天我不用开工，赶快利用这个时间，把之前没有讲完的事情讲给大家，分享一下。要做这个网站真的很不容易，太辛苦了，要顾虑的事情太多太多，现在马上来弥补一下吧。

从美国回来北京，一回来就马上去参加一个禁毒日的活动，因为我已经被聘任为禁毒大使。现在越来越多的年轻人，可能是他们越来越缺乏安全感，或者是什么好玩的都玩过了，就想尝试一些更新鲜、更刺激的东西，那就是吸毒了，这个是非常不好的。吸毒不但会害自己，还会伤害到他的家人。所以现在国家非常重视对毒品的打击，聘任我为“2009中国禁毒宣传形象大使”，我感到担子很重。我相信很多人都听过我爸爸跟我说过几样事情不能做的：第一不能加入黑社会、第二不能赌牌九、第三就是不能吸毒。因为这些都是害人非常深的，加入黑社会你根本不能脱身，赌博会从一块钱堵到一百亿，不像现在一些健康的棋牌游戏，而沾上毒品真的很难戒，而且呢永远有一帮吸食毒品的人想勾引你去复吸，真正戒毒要花很长很长的时间。

一早起来先前往戒毒中心，跟很多官员一起参观，跟那些戒毒的人一起沟通、交流。在他们的房间我看到很多他们自己写的一些标语、警示录等，整个房间都贴满了他们的愿望，他们今后的希望，很多刻板上面也都是一些他们的心得，都是非常感人的，我把这些都拍下来，跟大家一起分享一下。我们也会把他们翻译成英文，希望全世界的人都能看到。因为毒品不单是我们中国的问题，也是全世界的问题。也希望传媒们对这些新闻能多一些报道，少报道一些艺人的八卦新闻，毕竟艺人的八卦新闻对社会没有任何贡献，只有多一些这类新闻的报道，才会让全世界更多的人去关注毒品的问题。通过和这些戒毒人员的沟通之后也让我很惊讶，原来那么多的年轻人都是在朋友的家，或者和朋友一起聚会的时候，觉得无聊或者看到朋友吃，他们也跟着吃，然后再介绍给他的朋友，带着一起上瘾，经过交谈让我更深的了解到毒品的害处。

能够被聘任为禁毒形象大使我也感到很光荣，因为我可以借助这个机会，可以在网站上面进行宣传，让更多的人知道毒品的害处。中午就在戒毒中心跟戒毒人员一起吃饭，可能他们觉得不好吃，但是我觉得非常非常好吃，很久没有吃过这种萝卜啊、菌啊、还有馒头啊，其实这些都是非常有营养的食品。在这里的戒毒人员他们真的很幸运，我去过一些第三国家的戒毒所，真的是惨不忍睹，反正国家一强什么都好。

下午又和领导一起前往中央台做一个宣传戒毒的节目。

pakisto

posted on Saturday, Apr 24, 2010

hallo jackie i love i wacht every film of you

A Brazilian Gir

posted on Wednesday, Aug 05, 2009

Jackie, I love all of your posts! Great JC team! Thank you for saying a word about the drug and addiction problem. You are doing an amazing humantarian job for those in need and it will all return back to you in many way! I hope you will have a Twitter account soon, so the fans can reach you through there as well....!

Rejoice

posted on Wednesday, Aug 05, 2009

Waoo, so awesome jackie, i love every thing about you, your movies,so wonderful keep it up.

mina