YOUTH NOW BUY DRUGS THROUGH ONLINE APPS|年輕族群取得毒品管道 轉往通訊軟體

According to police, messaging apps such as WECHAT have become a platform for drug dealers and users to buy and sell drugs. Instead of purchasing drugs from so-called acquaintances, more and more young people now obtain drugs from messaging apps due to its high anonymity. When you find out that someone is asking for help with strange code names in messaging apps, it may be related to selling illegal drugs. ==HUANG JEN-CHIEN Superintendent, Taipei City Police Criminal Invest. Dept.== Through private networks, drug dealers set up message groups to buy and sell drugs. Many drugs are marked with pseudonyms, and masquerade as coffee and candies. The police pointed out that sometimes, even the drug providers have no idea of what types of drugs they are selling. ==NS== (Didn't you know what type of drug you sold?) I don't know how the name of the drug. It's always packaged like coffee. ==HUANG JEN-CHIEN police of Taipei City government's Criminal Investigation Department== New drugs often consist of different types of chemicals. The drug user may not know how much and what types of drug they ingested, especially after attending drug parties one after another. It is harmful to one's health and safety. On May 5, Taipei City Police Department's Criminal Investigation Division reported the result of its fourth anti-drug operation this year. The crackdown caught 98 cases, and 109 drug dealers and users were arrested. During the operation, the police found that more and more young people are obtaining drugs through messaging apps. ==LAI YUNG-LIEN Assoc. Prof., CPU Dept of Crime Prevention and Corrections== Parents and teachers should help prevent the use of drugs, to observe if there is any abnormal behavior in students. If students are found to have been using drugs, then, the police's juvenile affairs division can help. Experts said that it is not an easy thing to track down drug dealers and users as smartphone messaging apps are highly anonymous. Besides police effort to beat drugs, both school teachers and parents play an important role in preventing students from experimenting with drugs. TRANSLATED BY ARIEL HSIEH 網路通訊軟體普及，也成為毒品犯罪溫床？台北市刑大掃毒專案，發現最近一年，年輕族群取得毒品的管道，已經從「認識的人」，轉向高匿名性的通訊軟體。透過群組，以各種不同代號，來取得毒品。 在通訊軟體的群組裡，有人尋求「支援」、再前後查看訊息之後會發現，可能有很多看不太明白的代號，這裡頭、其實大有問題。 ==台北市刑大專員 黃壬鍵== 透過有隱私性的通訊網路 去建立這個通訊群組 去取得毒品 看看這一大堆毒品，有偽裝成咖啡包的「小惡魔」、毒梅粉的「梅C小姐」，還有被叫做「悠閒」的愷他命，種類相當多樣化。警方指出，有些時候，加工製作毒品的犯嫌，連自己提供的毒品，到底是什麼，都不清楚。 ==NS== （你買的 你不知道什麼毒品) 我不知道那怎麼講 就是要有這個才會有咖啡 ==台北市刑大專員 黃壬鍵== 新型態毒品裡面 因為添加的(毒品)種類 可能有好幾種 再加上如果他又連續跑毒趴 會出現 他自己吃了多少的劑量 吃了多少東西 他都不知道 反而有可能產生生命的危害 台北市刑大，進行今年第四波掃毒專案，共查獲98件毒品案、109人。結果發現，年輕人取得毒品的方式，已經朝向網路通訊軟體邁進。 ==中央警察大學 犯罪防治學系 副教授 賴擁連== （加強)家長或者是學校的一些責任 他們可以從旁邊的角度 去觀察這個小孩子(行為) （若事發後)透過一些 比方說 像一些所謂的少輔會 透過這樣的一種方式 把他轉介出去 學者表示，手機通訊軟體因為網路匿名性高，要完全掌握涉毒人員，並不容易，如何防止學生輕易取得毒品，不能單靠警方查緝，每天相處的學校老師和家長，也是避免孩子們涉毒的重要防線。 記者 曹晏郡 沈志明 台北報導