Legal basis: Article 142 of the Criminal Law of People's Republic of China (PRC), whoever produces or sells inferior drugs and causes serious harm to human health shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not less than three years but not more than ten years and fined; If the consequences are especially serious, they shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not less than 10 years or life imprisonment, and shall also be fined or confiscated. Drug addicts who knowingly provide inferior drugs to others shall be punished in accordance with the provisions of the preceding paragraph. The term "inferior drugs" as mentioned in this article refers to drugs that are inferior drugs according to the provisions of the Drug Administration Law of People's Republic of China (PRC). Article 142-1 Whoever violates the drug administration regulations and has any of the following circumstances, which is enough to seriously endanger human health, shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not more than three years or criminal detention and shall also or only be fined; Whoever causes serious harm to human health or has other serious circumstances shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not less than three years but not more than seven years, and shall also be fined: (1) Producing and selling drugs whose sale is prohibited by the drug supervision and administration department of the State Council; (2) Producing, importing or knowingly selling drugs without obtaining the approval documents of drugs; (3) Providing false certificates, data, materials and samples in the application for drug registration or adopting other deceptive means; (4) fabricating production and inspection records. Whoever commits the acts mentioned in the preceding paragraph and at the same time constitutes a crime as stipulated in Articles 141 and 142 of the Cost Law or other crimes shall be convicted and punished in accordance with the provisions of heavier punishment.