"Recently, fatal traffic accidents have frequently occurred due to improper driving, especially bus and truck drivers who drive after using drugs, which has caused widespread concern and the public is strongly calling to treat it as a crime," he said.
Meanwhile, he put forward some practical challenges the police face when cracking down on people who drive after drug use.
"Drug-addicted drivers look the same as normal ones, and the police don't have convenient devices to check them," Dai said.
But there are still other commentators who oppose the behavior being included in the Criminal Law, saying it is an abuse of the law and won't have any effect at all.
"People cannot depend too much on the Criminal Law, because serious punishments sometimes aren't the best choice," said Yi Shenghua, a Beijing lawyer from Ying Ke Law Firm.
China has enough regulations about traffic and driving for legal departments to enforce and punish wrongdoers, Yi said.
What is urgent is to enforce current regulations effectively, he added.
Li Guifang, deputy director of criminal defense department under the All China Lawyers' Association, said: "Administrative punishment is enough for the behavior of driving after drug use if the current regulations are implemented well, such as revoking the drivers' licenses."
"The fundamental issue in solving the problem is to crack down on the drug trade, strengthen education among the public, and improve compulsory treatment and rehabilitation work for drug addicts," he said.
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