Kaohsiung Mayor Chen Chi-mai talks about drug prevention work: He only cares about Kaohsiung’s experience and does not comment on Taipei Mayor Chiang Wanan’s anti-drug effectiveness

Kaohsiung Mayor Chen Chi-mai was asked what he thought of Taipei Mayor Chiang Wanan’s anti-drug effectiveness. Chen Qimai emphasized that he was only concerned about drug prevention and control in Kaohsiung, and elaborated on the anti-drug mechanism of the Drug Control Bureau and relevant units.

Chen Chimai believes that the Taipei City Government should have done a good job in drug prevention. This is also the job of the mayor of Taipei, but he is only concerned about whether Kaohsiung City's drug prevention work can be implemented. Based on Kaohsiung's experience, Kaohsiung is the first and only local government in Taiwan to have a dedicated unit of the Drug Prevention Bureau. The most important job is to coordinate and coordinate the drug prevention work of various bureaus and implement various anti-drug and anti-drug policies.

Chen Qimai said that the Drug Control Bureau plans to have a total of more than 1,200 drug prevention and care stations, including local offices, community chain pharmacies, etc.; the middle section is anti-drug, which means that the public security organs, including prosecutors, police, investigation, and Xian, will report to the drug prevention meeting, and the Drug Control Bureau will be responsible for the entire investigation, drug ban, and other prevention and control work.

The back-end counseling is combined with the social safety net system, including public security agencies or social workers, to counsel drug addicts so that they have no room to re-offend, and provides more counseling in the hope of helping these people return to normal life.

Chen Qimai pointed out that this is a normal job, and the city government has done its job well and cooperated with the central government in drug prevention. Therefore, he has no comment on Taipei City’s drug prevention work, but he can provide Kaohsiung’s experience for reference to the outside world.

The Kaohsiung City Government added that Kaohsiung City won the first-category distinction in both the 2023 and 2024 "Drug Harm Prevention Center Joint Visual Guide Assessment". In 2024, it won the "Taiwan Healthy City and Age-Friendly City Award - Resilience and Innovation Award" (Technology Smart Drug Prevention System) from the National Health Service of the Ministry of Health and Welfare. In 2025, it won the "Taiwan Healthy City and Age-Friendly City Award - City Partner Award" (community and local drug control and care stations).