Article 38 of the Anti-drug Law of People's Republic of China (PRC) stipulates that if a drug addict has one of the following circumstances, the public security organ of the people's government at or above the county level shall make a decision on compulsory isolation and detoxification:

(1) Refusing to accept community drug rehabilitation;

(2) Taking or injecting drugs during community detoxification;

(three) a serious violation of the community drug agreement;

(4) taking or injecting drugs again after community detoxification and compulsory isolation detoxification.

The public security organ can directly make a decision of compulsory isolation for drug addicts who are seriously addicted to drugs and are difficult to get rid of them through community detoxification.

Drug addicts who voluntarily accept compulsory isolation detoxification may enter compulsory isolation detoxification places with the consent of the public security organs.

Compulsory isolation and detoxification is an important measure for the state to engage in drug control and detoxification activities, and it is also an important function entrusted by the state to the judicial administrative organs. It is also an important means of education, correction, treatment, rehabilitation and assistance for compulsory isolation drug addicts. From the judicial point of view, compulsory isolation detoxification not only completes the tasks of physical detoxification and physical and mental rehabilitation for drug addicts, but also includes legal punishment and education for drug addicts. It is a detoxification method that is different from clinical detoxification and complements voluntary detoxification and community detoxification.