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applied for in compliance with the Regulations for the Inspection and Examination of Imported
Medicaments for active pharmaceutical ingredients. In addition, Raman analyzers were purchased
to test on site if imported active pharmaceutical ingredients contain illicit drugs. Meanwhile,
active pharmaceutical ingredients warehoused in the field at a pharmaceutical company were
inspected to confirm if they are consistent with the purchased ingredients in order to prevent
illegal acts in the disguise of legal activities.
Emerging drugs are constantly changing for the past few years to make testing more and
more difficult each day. In order to detect illicit drugs in real time, the Administration integrated
testing resources available at the respective ministries and departments throughout the country

and established the new substance nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) testing mechanism, with
91 reference standards of illicit drugs and new substances purchased and the mass spectrometer
database with 160 reference standard items created. Such testing information is shared with
testing units throughout the country. The Administration concurrently organizes the referral
program for laboratories to perform urine tests for emerging drugs. The Drug Abuse Test Center
of the Tzu Chi University and Taiwan Advance Bio-Pharmaceutical Inc. have applied to become
a laboratory for testing methcathinone in urine. In the future, proactive efforts will be devoted to

extending the developed emerging drug urine test items and methods to private testing institutions
to comprehensively enhance the testing capabilities throughout the country.
The Administration has created on its official website (Figure 4-3) the exclusive section for
information on NPS being abused. Diversified anti-drug information is provided to make it easier
for the general public to inquire about them.

新世代反毒策略

新興濫用藥物資訊專區

Figure 4-3 New Psychoactive Substances and Drugs Abuse Information

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