North Korea passed a law on the “Prevention of Drug-related Crimes” on Thursday to address “harmful illegal acts” to society, according to state media.

A top group called the presidium from North Korea’s rubber-stamp parliament, the Supreme People’s Assembly (SPA), passed the new anti-drug measure along with laws meant to improve the metal, chemical and machine industries, the Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) reported on Friday.

The KCNA report was short on details, but said the drug law was passed in order to “prevent violations of laws detrimental to the stability of the state and social system and the lives