Did not respond to media questions! The Beijing Municipal Health Bureau announced that Jiang Wan'anming from the Ministry of Health and Welfare will inspect the Kunming Center

The Taipei City Health Bureau has issued press releases in recent days to defend Taipei Mayor Chiang Wanan. This morning, he refuted the doctor's statement that "methadol is an oral controlled drug." It also called on the outside world not to spread false rumors. Reporters in the media group asked the Health Bureau to clarify the definitions of "controlled drugs" and "drugs" and asked the Health Bureau to hold a press conference to explain the impact of providing clean needles for drug addicts to prevent and treat hepatitis. However, there was no response from the Health Bureau, but in the evening they suddenly raised concerns about cleaning needles and said that the Ministry of Health and Welfare had also stated on the 5th that "harm reduction does not encourage drug use."

The Health Bureau mentioned that the harm reduction policy is a pragmatic strategy with public health at its core. Taiwan has adopted a harm reduction strategy since it faced the drug-addicted AIDS epidemic 20 years ago. The Health Bureau reiterated that it promotes methadone replacement therapy and clean needle services, hoping to reduce the risk of HIV and other blood-borne infectious diseases among drug addicts caused by sharing needles, diluents and related equipment, and at the same time end the We provide health education consultation, screening and referral for addiction treatment, and gradually establish a complete drug-addicted AIDS harm reduction service network, and focus on psychological consultation and education for drug addicts to help drug addicts solve related physical and mental problems so that they can return to society and minimize the harm of drugs to the people and society.

The Health Bureau stated that Taipei City promotes professional hospitals and pharmacies to serve as health education and consultation centers. It combines local medical resources to provide one-on-one health education consultation and referral services through professional pharmacists. It also has 19 clean needle automatic service machines that provide a self-service coin purchase model. The most important purpose is to reduce harm and avoid disease transmission caused by sharing needles. In addition, there are drug addiction institutions in Bei City that provide methadone replacement treatment, providing services 24/7.

The Health Bureau said that the Ministry of Health and Welfare stated on the 5th that "harm reduction does not encourage drug use." It once again emphasized that the promotion of harm reduction policies is to first reduce infections, overdose and other health and social harms before the case has completely stopped using drugs, and at the same time guide the patient into the medical system and gradually connect drug addiction treatment, psychological support and social recovery services.

In addition, according to Taipei Mayor Chiang Wanan's itinerary, he will visit the Kunming Prevention and Treatment Center of Taipei City United Hospital at 9:30 a.m. to inspect the implementation status of the Mesa Winter Plan.