Debate Over Drug Harm Reduction Policies

As the 2026 Taipei mayoral election heats up, a 12-year-old academic paper by Democratic Progressive Party candidate Shen Po-yang (沈伯洋) discussing "drug harm reduction" has recently come under fire from incumbent Mayor Chiang Wan-an and a group of KMT legislators. The blue camp questions his arguments, suggesting they amount to providing drugs at community centers, and demands he directly address the issue and promise not to implement such policies. The green camp and supporters, however, counter that this is taking his words out of context and deliberately smearing criminology theory. This issue has generated significant buzz across major social media platforms and political talk shows, with netizens fiercely debating the line between "academic discussion" and "actual policy." Whose side do you support?