Caught in a pincer attack According to Ministry of Justice statistics, the peak year for drug use was in 1993. In that year, the government confiscated more than 1100 kg of opiates (mainly heroin), and 3300 kg of chemically synthesized amphetamines.
根據法務部的統計，在毒品泛濫的高峰期，單單民國八十二年這一年，政府就緝獲了煙毒（主要是海洛因）一千一百多公斤，化學合成的安非他命三千三百多公斤；八十三年查獲的安毒（包括成品和半成品）更高達六千八百多公斤。