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Controlled
Drugs
Management
Medical
Devices
Management
Risk Assessment
Management and
Research Outcomes
Cosmetics
Management
Appendix
National
Laboratory and
Testing Network
Risk Communication
and Consumer
Protection
International
Cooperation and
Cross-Strait Exchange
Food
Management
Medicinal
Products
Management
Policy and
Organization
Section 4. Controlled Drug Abuse Prevention
Drug abuse currently remains a major challenge to the field of medical and public health. Drug
abuse and addiction problems have grown worse in recent years, posing a hazard against individual
health while increasing crime and unemployment, severely impacting social and national stability and
development. Hence, there is a need to strengthen measures that prevent drug abuse amongst the
general public by developing effective preventive measures and intervention.
Policies and Outcomes
1. Promote Proper Use of Hypnotic Drugs amongst Physicians
A total of four seminars on controlled sedatives and sedative-hypnotic drugs were held in 2014
to advocate proper administration of hypnotic drugs by physicians. A total of 346 physicians
attended the seminars to gain a better understanding of controlled sedative-hypnotic drugs and
their proper usage, and reduce the risks of iatrogenic addiction resulting from improper drug use.
2. Multi-agency Collaboration for the Prevention of Drug Abuse
(1) TFDA has jointly organized the
Integrated Promotion Program for Anti-Drug Education
with the
Ministry of Justice and the Ministry of Education, and carried out the
2013- 2014 Anti-Drug
Education Expo and Talent Training Program
. 9,124 individuals participated in the training while
15,808 individuals attended the Education Expo.
(2) TFDA has worked with the Health Promotion Administration of the Ministry of Health and Welfare
for the
Integrated Promotion Program for Addictive Substance Prevention Education
to create
micro-movies deterring tobacco, drugs, and betelnut abuse, the online game
titled Truth or Dare
!
and addictive substance prevention for dommies, including
Dumb Things We Did That Year
and Drug Myths You Must Know
. TFDA also collaborated a total of 57 corporations in the
Anti-
Tobacco, Anti-Betelnuts
, and
Anti-Drug Healthy Corporation Campaign
to jointly establish a work
environment free from drugs, tobacco, and betelnuts.
3. Drug Abuse Prevention Seed Instructor Training
A total of seven Instructor Training Courses (including basic and advanced courses) were held in
northern, central, and southern Taiwan in 2014, training a total of 442 seed instructors. TFDA also
established 213 drug abuse prevention inquiry stations, with seed instructors providing education
and community pharmacists offering inquiry services and other forms of public interaction in order
to strengthen public awareness on the proper use of controlled drugs and the prevention of drug
abuse.