In 1994, amphetamine seizures (of finished and semi-finished products) were even higher, at more than 6800 kg. For 1993 and 1994, the number of people convicted of drug offenses was about 45,000 each year. Based on an estimate that for every user caught four others escape the law, then the actual number of users exceeded 200,000.
而這兩年緝獲的吸毒犯都在四萬五千人上下，以犯罪黑數為五（抓到一人漏網四人）估算，國內毒蟲的總數超過二十萬大關，絕不是危言聳聽。