KMT legislator Li Yanxiu said at the "Say No to Drugs, I'll Protect My Children" event led by Party Chairman Cheng Lai-wen yesterday (9th) that in the future, social workers will provide drugs and poisons to addicts in the community to make them addicted, which will be very harmful to the community and aroused the anger of social workers. In this regard, Wu Xindai, candidate for Taiwan Jijin City Council in Taipei City's second district (Neihu, Nangang), said that Taipei Mayor Chiang Wanan's answer to the media today made her find it incredible, because the professional groups currently speaking out publicly are not protesting against Shen Boyang at all, but the Chinese Kuomintang.
Wu Xindai mentioned on Facebook that when Jiang Wanan was asked by the media today, he once again pointed the question at Shen Boyang's 2014 article, which "made many grassroots social work partners have strong doubts." He believed that it was beyond the professional scope of social work and would allow medical risks to be borne by social workers, pushing the source of the entire controversy to Shen Boyang. But the actual situation is "no". The social workers did not feel that Shen Boyang's article caused them any trouble.
Wu Xindai said, "Li Yanxiu just said that social workers will distribute drugs in the community in the future. Now the National Federation of Social Workers Associations of the Republic of China and the Taiwan Association of Social Work Professionals have come out to protest! The National Federation of Social Workers Associations of the Republic of China has even directly demanded that Li Yanxiu publicly apologize! Chinese Kuomintang, don't open your eyes and tell lies, okay?"
Wu Xindai criticized Jiang Wanan, "Have you ever thought about why these professional groups did not come out to protest Shen Boyang, but they loudly protested against you, the Chinese Kuomintang? Because professionals all know who is alarmist and provoking social opposition for political purposes!"
From a doctor's perspective, Wu Xindai found this political manipulation to be incredibly absurd. Drug harm reduction involves medical care, public health, psychological support and social work, each with its own professional division of labor. Social workers are responsible for case management, family support, and assisting addicts in receiving treatment and reintegrating into society. They are not drug suppliers as you say! Now professional groups have publicly stated that harm reduction does not encourage drug use, and social workers are not the ones distributing drugs. How did Jiang Wanan respond?
Wu Xindai said, "While Jiang Wanan was hypocritically affirming social workers, he continued to use Shen Boyang's old articles to shift the focus, and even cited the so-called doubts of grassroots social workers to defend the Chinese Kuomintang's political attacks. Oh, no! What really troubles social workers is that you describe front-line professionals as people who will distribute drugs in the community in the future!"
Wu Xindai said that Shen Boyang's 2014 article can certainly be tested and debated, but policy discussions and the current system cannot be confused, let alone use social workers as a tool to create fear for the sake of elections. Jiang Wanan, don’t you like to say that you should respect professionalism? Why do you not listen when professionals really come out to speak?
Wu Xindai emphasized, "Social workers work hard to pick up people in need every day, but in order to attack Shen Boyang, you push them to the front line of social misunderstanding and fear. The ones who really should apologize are Li Yanxiu and Jiang Wanan who are unwilling to face up to the problem and continue to defend political smears!"
