Chen Chien-wei, an associate professor at NTU, points out that tobacco and alcohol are the "entryway" to drug use. Children usually start with easily obtainable substances, and only then go a step further to illegal drugs.
台大副教授陳建煒表示，菸酒經常是藥物濫用的「入門」，孩子通常從容易取得的東西入門以後，然後才會進一步使用非法藥物。