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Taiwan Quick Take: Student drug cases decrease

A total of 520 Taiwanese students were arrested for narcotics abuse last year, with amphetamines and ecstasy being the most commonly used drugs, according to official statistics released yesterday. Cases of ketamine abuse have been increasing in recent years, the statistics show. However, the number signifies a decrease in cases among students compared with 2004 and 2003, when 602 and 594 cases respectively were reported. The National Police Administration tallies were unveiled during a conference for local education chiefs. Wang Fu-lin (王福林), head of the Ministry of Education's Department of Military Training and Education, said new drugs -- such as ecstasy, ketamine and nimetazepam -- are replacing heroin and amphetamine as the most commonly used drugs among teenagers in Taiwan.

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