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Shen Boyang, a Taipei mayoral candidate of the Democratic Progressive Party, published an article discussing drug policy in 2014, which was recently used as political attack material by the Chinese Kuomintang. Taipei Mayor Chiang Wanan posted on social platforms that "there is no room for ambiguity in the fight against drugs." However, when he was a legislator in 2021, he proposed a proposal for "methadol substitution treatment for the treatment of heroin addiction," showing that he has supported the medical treatment of drug addiction in the past.
Wang Wanyu said that she was really dumbfounded when she saw Jiang Wanan following the Kuomintang today and using Shen Boyang's 2014 article to talk about harm reduction policies as if he was encouraging drug abuse. (File photo)
A 2014 article by Democratic Progressive Party Taipei mayoral candidate Shen Boyang talking about drugs was recently uncovered by the Blue Camp. The Blue Camp made a big fuss about it. Taipei Mayor Chiang Wanan posted on Facebook yesterday (3rd) evening that "there is no room for ambiguity in the fight against drugs." However, some netizens found out that Jiang Wanan’s 2021 legislator’s proposal of “methadol replacement therapy for heroin addiction treatment” questioned whether he knew that drug addiction was a medical and treatment issue at the time, but now he has changed his mind. In response, Wang Wanyu, chairman of the Times Power Party, said that she and Chiang were colleagues in the Legislative Yuan Health and Environment Committee. "Is it necessary to be so anti-intellectual for the sake of elections?"
Wang Wanyu said that she was really dumbfounded when she saw that Jiang Wanan followed the KMT today and took Member Shen Boyang’s 2014 article to talk about harm reduction policies as if they were encouraging drug abuse. Wang mentioned that she and Jiang Wanan were colleagues on the Legislative Yuan Health and Environmental Committee. Jiang should be very aware that manufacturing, selling, and transporting drugs must be strictly investigated; addicted users need medical treatment, psychological support, and community assistance.
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Wang Wanyu pointed out that some scheduled substances also have legitimate medical uses, such as "methadon", which is taken orally under medical supervision to help heroin addicts reduce illegal drug use; clean needles are provided to reduce the risk of HIV and hepatitis transmission through shared needles; community bases are set up to allow medical, social workers and families to work together to support addicts in continuing treatment and rebuilding their lives. Taipei City has already been doing this work.
Wang Wanyu questioned: "In your proposal when you were a legislator, you also mentioned methadone, which requires improving the lack of resources for drug addiction treatment. You know these principles, why did it change as soon as the election came?" Wang emphasized that labeling harm reduction and treatment as connivance will only increase the penalty, otherwise it will be called caning. This is the KMT's knee-jerk attitude towards public security issues for a long time. It not only uses no brains, but also manipulates people's fears, making rational discussions on crime issues more and more difficult.
Wang Wanyu said, why do you commit crimes? What's wrong with the system? How to reduce recidivism? The Kuomintang is unwilling to face these issues seriously. It seems that if you lock people up longer and whip them a few times, all problems will disappear. Wang Wanyu finally shouted to Jiang Wanan: "Mayor Jiang Wanan, you are the mayor of Taipei and a candidate for mayor. Your best way to run is to play the role of mayor. When you abandon the professionalism and common sense that a mayor should have and become an anti-intellectual candidate who bares his teeth and incites fear, it is really unbearable and will not gain more support from the people."
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AI outlook — possibilities, not facts
This issue will continue to be used as fodder for attack and defense by candidates from both parties during the Taipei mayoral election.
Likely · Within weeks
Jiang Wanan may need to make a public statement on his 2021 Mesa winter proposal to clarify the consistency of his position
Possible · Within days

Taipei Mayor Chiang Wanan questioned Democratic Progressive Party candidate Shen Boyang's advocacy of providing drugs and clean needles in the community on Facebook, triggering more than 300,000 comments. Poets, writers, publishers and other people in the arts and literary circles have left messages criticizing his remarks as being out of touch with municipal realities. They also pointed out that Chiang Wanan himself had promoted harm reduction policies and served as the director of the Taipei City Government's Drug Harm Prevention Center, questioning his policy cognition and memory.

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