This was due in part to expanded trade as a result of economic internationalization and liberalization, and in part to rising wealth and consumer demand in Taiwan. Taiwan had become a new market of great potential that international drug dealers eyed with greed and worked to develop.
不過七十八年以後，一方面在國際化、自由化潮流下，國門大開；一方面國民經濟能力迅速提昇，台灣於是成為國際毒梟覬覦，並且大力拓展的新興消費市場。