Convicted drug dealer caught getting high with minor

A one-time drug dealer has been sentenced to eight months in prison in Songjiang district for inviting two people, including one minor, to her home to get high, local prosecutors said Tuesday.

The defendant, surnamed Qiu, from Heilongjiang Province, was charged in district court with hosting others to take drugs, according to a press release from the Songjiang People's Prosecutor's Office.

In 2005, Qiu was sentenced to 10 months in prison for selling drugs, prosecutors said. After getting out of prison, she got a job in Shanghai as a factory worker. Over the next few years, she stayed clean, married a man from Anhui Province and had a daughter.

In 2009, Qiu and her husband quit their jobs to open an employment agency to serve the influx of migrant workers to the city.

Although the business was successful, Qiu's husband got busier and busier. Sometimes, the couple fought over trivialities, prosecutors said.

Last November, Qiu was arrested for drug possession. Prosecutors said she met several recovering drug addicts at her agency.

Several days later, Qiu invited two people, including a 17-year-old, over to her home while her husband was away. Prosecutors said the three used illegal drugs together, but did not disclose which ones.

Qiu's husband discovered the three high on drugs when he returned the following morning. He called the police.