台北/高雄：台湾以拥有亚洲最严格的酒驾法规而闻名，但如今当局又面临着另一个道路交通安全威胁——毒驾。
TAIPEI/KAOHSIUNG: Taiwan is known for having some of Asia's toughest drunk-driving laws, but authorities are now confronting another threat on its roads: Drug-driving.
在台北的一个深夜警察检查站，警员们只有几秒钟的时间来决定哪些车辆需要进一步检查。
At a late-night police checkpoint in Taipei, officers have only a few seconds to decide which vehicles require a closer look.
“我们会留意车辆靠近检查站时的行为：它们是否会突然刹车、急转弯，或者突然停在路边，”陈宽廷警官告诉中央通讯社（CNA）。警员们还会观察驾驶员是否显得注意力不集中或精神恍惚。
“We will pay attention to vehicles as they approach and after they spot our checkpoint, whether they brake suddenly, swerve or possibly make an abrupt stop by the roadside,” police sergeant Chen Kuan-ting told CNA. Officers also check whether drivers appear unfocused or mentally sluggish.
一旦怀疑驾驶员使用了毒品，他们可以当场使用唾液检测工具进行检测。这种检测方法能够识别包括依托咪酯在内的多种毒品成分；依托咪酯是一种通过电子香烟摄入的新兴毒品。
When drug use is suspected, they can screen motorists on the spot using a saliva test. The test can detect substances including etomidate, an emerging drug commonly consumed through electronic cigarettes.
台湾警方使用的路边唾液检测工具，用于筛查驾驶员是否吸食了毒品。
A roadside saliva testing kit used by Taiwan police to screen drivers for suspected drug use.
自2025年起实施的路边检测制度帮助警方发现了更多毒驾案件：毒驾案件的数量从2021年的43起激增至2025年的8,659起，增长了200多倍。
The introduction of roadside screening in 2025 has also helped police detect more cases. Drug-driving cases rose from 43 in 2021 to 8,659 in 2025 – an increase of more than 200 times.
2025年，因毒驾导致的交通事故共造成19人死亡、229人受伤，而去年同期这一数字分别为11人死亡、85人受伤。
Crashes involving drug-driving killed 19 people and injured 229 in 2025, up from 11 deaths and 85 injuries a year earlier.
然而，毒驾只是台湾面临的更广泛毒品问题的一部分——该地区的非法毒品市场正在迅速变化。
But drug-driving is only one part of a wider challenge, as Taiwan confronts a rapidly changing illicit drug market.
“僵尸电子烟”（Zombie Vape）近年来出现的新型毒品之一就是依托咪酯。这种原本用于医疗麻醉的药剂，通过电子香烟摄入后，被称为“僵尸电子烟”。
THE “ZOMBIE VAPE”Among the substances to emerge in recent years is etomidate. Originally developed as a medical anaesthetic, etomidate has become known as the “zombie vape” when consumed through e-cigarettes.
“依托咪酯是一种中枢神经系统抑制剂，”台湾调查局缉毒部门副主任赵亚历克斯（Alex Chao）解释道。
“Etomidate is a depressant for the central nervous system,” said Alex Chao, deputy director of the Drug Enforcement Division at Taiwan's Investigation Bureau.
“这种物质的副作用包括使人头晕、恶心，并可能导致四肢抽搐。严重时，四肢会痉挛，因此使用这种物质可能导致一定程度的动作障碍或不受意识控制的运动。”赵某说，2024年尿液中依托咪酯检测呈阳性的样本数量激增至前一年的5倍，促使当局加强了对这种物质的管制。
“Its side effects are that it can make people dizzy and nauseous, and it can cause the limbs to twitch. In severe cases, the limbs will convulse, so using this can lead to some impairment of movement or involuntary movements.”Chao said the number of positive urine tests for etomidate jumped fivefold in 2024 from a year earlier, prompting authorities to tighten controls over the substance.
2026年6月，依托咪酯被列为第一级管制药品，涉及该物质的违法行为将面临更严厉的处罚。
Etomidate was upgraded to a Category 1 drug in June 2026, increasing the penalties for offences involving the substance.
识别未列管药物的竞赛：新物质的不断出现是台湾当局持续面临的挑战。
RACE TO IDENTIFY UNLISTED DRUGS The emergence of new substances is a continuing challenge for Taiwan’s authorities.
在台湾调查局法医实验室，每年都会检测约2,400起重大案件中的约3万份毒品样本。
Inside the Investigation Bureau's forensic laboratory, around 30,000 drug samples from about 2,400 major cases are examined every year.
其中大多数都能在实验室数据库中找到对应物质。更棘手的案件则涉及科学家此前从未接触过的化合物。
Most can be matched against substances already in its database. The harder cases involve compounds scientists have never encountered before.
“我们在这里面临的最大挑战是，新型毒品及其所谓的‘前体原料’变化速度非常快，”赵某说。实验室每年都会遇到约四至五种此前未列入管制清单的物质。台湾调查局法医实验室正在分析毒品样本。
“The big challenge we face here is that new types of drugs, and the (so-called) ‘precursor materials’ for them mutate rapidly,” Chao said. The laboratory encounters about four to five previously unlisted substances each year. Drug samples being analysed at the Taiwan Investigation Bureau's forensic laboratory.
此类物质必须先被鉴定清楚，当局才能决定是否予以管制，而这一过程需要时间。
Such substances must first be identified before authorities can decide whether to control them – a process that takes time.
“有些不法分子可能利用这一小漏洞，改变已禁物质的分子结构，”调查局实验室研究员严耀德说。
“Some unscrupulous individuals may exploit this small loophole to modify the structure of banned substances,” said Investigation Bureau laboratory investigator Yen Yao-te.
“这样一来，它就会变成一种虽属禁用却未列入管制清单的物质，这意味着它暂时无法受到管制，（而且它可能是 一种）对人体有害的新兴毒品。”科学家鉴定出一种新物质后，会将鉴定结果提交司法部毒品咨询委员会，由该委员会评估是否应将其列为管制药品。
“This then turns it into a banned substance that isn't on the scheduled list, which means it temporarily can't be regulated, (and it could be) an emerging drug that may be harmful to the human body.”Once scientists have identified a new substance, their findings are submitted to the Ministry of Justice's Drug Advisory Committee, which considers whether it should be classified as a controlled drug.
据调查局统计，台湾超过90%的毒品来自海外，赵表示。这些毒品可能随旅客入境，通过国际包裹寄递，或藏匿于船舶或集装箱中的大宗货物中。与终身成瘾的斗争供应是一个挑战，毒品使用和成瘾则是另一个挑战。
According to Investigation Bureau statistics, more than 90 per cent of drugs in Taiwan come from overseas, Chao said. They can arrive with travellers, through international parcels, or in larger shipments carried aboard ships or inside cargo containers. THE STRUGGLE WITH LIFELONG ADDICTION Supply is one challenge. Drug use and addiction are another.
据台湾警方统计，2025年台湾逮捕了超过4.7万名涉毒嫌疑人，比上一年增加了25%。
More than 47,000 drug suspects were arrested in Taiwan in 2025, according to the National Police Agency – 25 per cent more than the previous year.
增幅最大的是年轻人群体。12至17岁嫌疑人的逮捕数量增加了近68%，18至23岁嫌疑人的逮捕数量增加了41%。
The biggest increase was seen among young people. Arrests of suspects aged 12 to 17 increased nearly 68 per cent, while those involving people aged 18 to 23 rose 41 per cent.
在台湾南部的政府运营机构——高雄药物滥用治疗中心，每年有超过1000人参加其药物观察项目。高雄药物滥用治疗中心的一名患者。
At the government-run Kaohsiung Drug Abuser Treatment Center in southern Taiwan, more than 1,000 people pass through its drug observation programme each year. A patient at the Kaohsiung Drug Abuser Treatment Center.
其中一人是38岁的余彼得，他与毒品的斗争始于青少年时期。此后，他已被拘留四到五次。
Among them is Peter Yu, 38, whose struggle with drugs began as a teenager. He has been detained four or five times since.
“我看到一位年长的朋友在服用安非他命。我甚至不知道那是什么。出于好奇，他给了我一些，我就试了试，”他说。
“I saw an older friend taking amphetamines. I didn't even know what it was. I was curious. He gave me some and I tried it,” he said.
“如果你想搞到毒品，获取起来相当容易。因为身处那个圈子，大家都在用。你只需问问你的毒友，他们会告诉你哪里能买到，或者帮你弄到。”另一名患者周志明开始滥用毒品的时间要晚得多，是在35岁时。
“If you wanted to get drugs, it was pretty easy to obtain some. Because you're in that circle, everyone's using. You just ask your drug buddies. They'll show you where to get it or get it for you.”Another patient, Chou Chih-ming, started abusing drugs much later, at 35.
“我从一开始就上瘾了。那一针注射让我陷入了成瘾的深渊。甚至终结了我16年的婚姻。我进进出出监狱大约17年，共七次，”他说。患者们在高雄药物滥用治疗中心参加一项活动。
“I was hooked from the start. That one injection plunged me into addiction. It even ended my 16-year marriage. I've spent about 17 years in and out of prison, seven times,” he said. Patients take part in an activity at the Kaohsiung Drug Abuser Treatment Center.
周志明在试图重新开始生活期间搬了三次家，但他始终无法与毒品拉开足够的距离。
Chou moved house three times while trying to restart his life, but he could never put enough distance between him and the drugs.
“戒毒最难的部分在于你的心态和你的朋友圈。即使你已经戒毒一段时间了，遇到老朋友，他们随口一说，就能把那些念头全勾回来。”该中心试图通过心理辅导和技能培训，帮助患者为出所后的生活做准备，同时协助他们重建家庭关系、寻找工作。
“The hardest part of quitting is your mind and your circle of friends. Even after you've been out for a while, you meet an old friend, they say one thing and it can bring all those thoughts back.”The centre tries to prepare patients for life after release through counselling and skills training, while helping them rebuild family relationships and find work.
“最让我们担心的是他们离开后会发生什么，”辅导员柯俊铭（音译）说。
“What worries us most is what happens after they leave,” said counsellor Ko Chun-ming.
“如果他们回到那些复杂的环境中。一旦染上毒瘾，就是终身的事。没有所谓成功戒毒，只有戒毒多久的问题。” 毒品交易在网络猖獗 但获取毒品的渠道已不再局限于人际网络。
“If they go back to those complicated environments. Once you have an addiction, it's a lifelong thing. There's no such thing as successfully quitting drugs, only how long you've stayed clean.”DRUG DEALING PREVALENT ONLINE But access to drugs has moved beyond personal networks.
柯俊铭估计，70%到80%的毒品交易是在网上进行的，毒品通过社交媒体平台和网络群组贩卖。
Ko estimated that 70 to 80 per cent of the drug trade was taking place online, with drugs being sold through social media platforms and online groups.
“Nikkie”（化名）18岁开始吸毒，一度每月花费超过3000美元购买毒品。这位23岁的女子已戒毒近一年，为保护身份，她要求使用化名。她向中央社演示了自己过去如何在网上购买毒品。前吸毒者“Nikkie”演示如何通过通讯软件联系毒贩。
“Nikkie” began using drugs when she was 18 and, at one point, spent more than US$3,000 a month on them. The 23-year-old, who has been drug-free for almost a year, asked to use a pseudonym to protect her identity. She showed CNA how she used to buy drugs online. “Nikkie”, a former drug user, demonstrates how she used to contact drug dealers through messaging apps.
朋友会给她毒贩的微信联系方式。她会给该账号发送订单和送货地点。
A friend would give her the WeChat contact of a dealer. She would message the account with her order and a delivery location.
“如果我想要依托咪酯，我会订一两个烟弹，把地址发给他们。他们开车过来。我给钱，他们给货，然后就走，”她回忆道。她说，整个交易过程可能不到一小时。
“If I wanted etomidate, I'd order one or two cartridges and give them the address. They'd drive over. I'd give them the money. They'd give me the drugs and then leave,” she recounted. The entire transaction could take less than an hour, she said.
电子烟自2023年起在台湾被禁，但中央社通过绕过卫生福利部的封锁，成功访问了一个贩售电子烟的网站。一个贩售电子烟的网站被台湾卫生福利部封锁。中央社联系了一个账号，收到回复后未再深入。
E-cigarettes have been banned in Taiwan since 2023, but CNA was able to access a website selling them by bypassing a Ministry of Health and Welfare block. A website selling e-cigarettes is blocked by Taiwan's Ministry of Health and Welfare. CNA contacted one account, received a reply and went no further.
针对询问，台湾国家警察署表示，互联网已成为贩毒的主要渠道之一。
Responding to queries, Taiwan's National Police Agency said the internet has become one of the main channels for drug dealing.
2025年1月至2026年6月，警方逮捕了6,708名涉嫌在网上供应毒品的嫌疑人。他们占同期所有被捕涉嫌贩毒者的约85%。Nikkie表示，她曾协助警方进行两次行动。
From January 2025 to June 2026, police arrested 6,708 suspects accused of supplying drugs online. They accounted for about 85 per cent of all suspected drug dealers arrested during the period. Nikkie said she has helped police in two operations.
“我向警方展示通话记录。然后，我做笔录指认对方。之后，我安排与他们见面取毒。”但她表示，贩毒者被捕后能迅速注册新账号。警方在台北一家夜店进行检查，作为禁毒执法行动的一部分。
“I show the police the call records. Then, I make a statement identifying the person. After that, I arrange to meet them to collect the drugs.”But she said dealers could quickly set up new accounts after arrests. Police conduct checks at a nightclub in Taipei as part of anti-drug enforcement operations.
加强执法 除了打击网上贩毒者，警方还在可能吸毒或贩毒的场所开展执法行动。
STEPPING UP ENFORCEMENT Along with targeting dealers online, police are also carrying out enforcement at venues where drugs may be used or sold.
在台北的夜店，警员进行身份核查、寻找通缉犯，并对有前科的涉毒人员加强关注。政府也在扩大执法网络。
At nightclubs in Taipei, officers conduct identity checks, look for wanted suspects and pay closer attention to people with previous drug offences. The government is also expanding its enforcement network.
统筹今年启动的禁毒执法行动的政务委员纪廉政在6月表示，将在台湾高等检察署设立毒品执法指挥中心，并在全岛各地检察署设立“作战室”。
Minister without Portfolio Chi Lien-cheng, who is overseeing an anti-drug enforcement effort launched this year, said in June that a drug enforcement command centre would be established at the Taiwan High Prosecutors Office, with “war rooms” at district prosecutors' offices around the island.
纪廉政表示，目的是整合资源，改善参与禁毒执法的各机关间的协调。台湾一所学校外的检查站。
The aim is to pool resources and improve coordination among the authorities involved in drug enforcement, Chi said. An inspection point outside a school in Taiwan.
当局还计划在3,600多所学校周边设立9,000个检查站，重点关注学生聚集地和曾发生涉毒案件的地点。政府还希望学校更多地开展禁毒宣传活动。
Authorities also plan to establish 9,000 inspection points around more than 3,600 schools, concentrating on places where students gather and locations linked to previous drug incidents. The government also wants schools to make greater use of anti-drug campaigns.
“如果每所学校都能在校门口的电子显示屏上播放这些短视频，那么学生们就会知道……这种毒品泛滥对他们的身心、对他们的家庭究竟造成了多严重的危害，”纪说。“我不能让他的死白白无辜”观察人士称，毒驾是台湾毒品问题更加严重的最直观迹象之一。
“If every school could run these short videos on the electronic display boards at their gates, then students would know … just how serious the harm from this drug epidemic is for their bodies and minds, and to their families,” Chi said. "I CAN'T LET HIS DEATH BE FOR NOTHING" Observers say drug-driving is one of the most visible signs of Taiwan's wider drug problem.
一系列致命车祸让一些人甚至不敢过马路，而另一些人则担心毒品正伸向他们的孩子。在要求采取行动的人群中，有失去亲人的家庭。
A series of deadly crashes has left some people fearful even of crossing the road, while others worry that drugs are reaching their children. Among those demanding action are families who have lost loved ones.
2024年，新北市一派出所所长刘宗信遇害一案引发广泛关注。一名吸毒驾驶拒绝接受警方检查，驾车拖行刘宗信，导致其撞上护栏身亡。其父刘致远（63岁）此后呼吁政府采取更有力行动。
One case that drew widespread attention was the death of Liu Tsung-hsin, a police station chief in New Taipei City, in 2024. He was killed after a drug-impaired driver refused a police check and dragged him with her vehicle before he struck a guardrail. His father Liu Chih-yuan, 63, has since called for stronger government action.
“我想告诉政府，他们必须正视这场毒品疫情，因为现在有太多不容辩驳的事实。毒品已经渗透进校园，甚至连青少年都在吸食，”他说。刘致远，其子死于毒驾案件，在台湾接受记者采访。他还呼吁当局追查毒品来源。
“I want to tell the government they need to take this drug epidemic seriously because there are so many undeniable facts now. Drugs have already made their way into schools. Even teenagers are using,” he said. Liu Chih-yuan, whose son was killed in a drug-driving case, speaks to reporters in Taiwan. He also called on authorities to trace where the drugs were coming from.
“只有这样才能切断供应链，只有这样吸毒人数才会下降，只有这样（台湾）和社会才能获得安稳，”他补充道。政府已着手加重毒驾处罚。
“Only then can they cut off the supply, only then will drug use come down and only then can (Taiwan) and society find stability,” he added. The government has moved to toughen penalties for drug-driving.
6月，台湾行政院通过草案修正案，将最高刑期从三年提高至五年，致人重伤或死亡者从重处罚。修法仍需立法院通过。
In June, Taiwan's Cabinet approved draft amendments that would raise the maximum prison term from three to five years, with heavier sentences when serious injury or death is caused. The changes still require legislative approval.
对于受毒驾影响的家庭而言，这些努力的成效最终将体现在台湾的街头。“我不能让宗信的死白白无辜，”刘致远说。
For families affected by drug-driving, the impact of those efforts will ultimately be felt on Taiwan's streets. “I can't let Tsung-hsin's death be for nothing,” Liu said.