According to Taiwan’s“Eastern News Cloud” reported on May 25, Taiwan’s drug-driving problem in recent years is almost out of control at the pace of expansion. In 2025, there were 8,659 cases of drug-driving in Taiwan, an increase of 200 times compared with 2021. Taiwan media said the drug-driving problem has become a public enemy on the island, seriously affecting public traffic safety and the safety of passers-by.
Police in New Taipei City seized 29 drug drivers on the first day of the operation. Source: ETTV Cloud, Taiwan
According to reports, statistics from Taiwan’s“Criminal Bureau” Drug Enforcement Center show that the number of cases of drug driving transferred for investigation in Taiwan increased from 43 in 2021 to 46 in 2022, and to 315 in 2023, in 2024,2,619 cases were transferred, and in 2025,8,659.
According to the report, alarmingly, from January to April 2026 alone, the number of drug-driving cases seized in Taiwan has reached 4,725, with the police seizing nearly 40 drug-driving cases on average every day. If current growth rates continue, the figures for 2026 could hit a new high. This is not just an increase in the number of cases, but the phenomenon of drug driving is rapidly evolving from sporadic cases to normalization. Drug driving is no longer a“Drug abuse problem among people in the drug addiction community”, it has become a public safety risk in Taiwan.
“Eastern news cloud” reported that etomidates“Zombie smoke” inundation, Taiwan’s police believe that the surge in drug driving in recent years an important reason. The report said that when drug-driving cases skyrocketed from dozens to thousands each year, the authorities were out of control in the current drug control, e-cigarette management, traffic supervision and medical treatment system.