Taipei, June 26 (CNA) President Chen Shui-bian said Saturday that the government should work out more effective strategies to prevent drug abuse and eradicate cross-border drug trafficking.
Chen made the call in a written message read at the opening ceremony of a national anti-narcotics conference.
In the message, Chen said drug trafficking has become ever more complex and that many new substitute lethal drugs have continued to hit the market. "These trends have posed new challenges to our campaign against drug abuse and drug trafficking, " Chen said, adding that relevant government agencies should formulate more comprehensive and more effective strategies to contain drug abuse and drug trafficking.