Puma: addiction is not a political issue, drugs don't care if you're a KMT or DPP voter
He noted Wayne Chiang himself proposed methadone treatment back as a legislator.
Moreover, Taipei already offers clean needles and methadone rehab referrals, public health programs initiated under Ma Ying-jeou.
![smaller countries through threats and coercion.
Whether it is Ventotene or Taiwan, no island is too small to have a voice, and no island or no society is too small to deserve respect.
And that is why it is meaningful for Taiwan to be part of this conversation, because as we look ahead, Taiwan and Europe are not only working
together to defend values that are important for us, but Taiwan is not only a geopolitical headline.
Taiwan is made up of people just like the people here in Italy: resourceful, generous, warm human beings who also strive for human dignity and
freedom.
So again, thank you for this invitation to be here, and I must say that it took my delegation and I 27 hours to get here, from departing my home in Taipei to arriving here through air, land, and sea, and actually pretty stormy weather yesterday, but despite that, it is so meaningful for us to be here,
and it’s an important time to be included in these conversations.
So thank you again for making this happen, and thanks to all of you for standing in [with] Taiwan.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:2ql6xoc2ldggspigh5uscs65/bafkreifihdpanvder4qmdf6nkpk2ln66j6lvqai4ryfycjovowjynrnj3u)
