The 1,000th performance of the “Windmill Youth Anti-Drug Drama Project” was completed yesterday at Taipei Shilin Elementary School. (Photo by reporter Ling Meixue)

[Reporter Ling Meixue/Report from Taipei]The “Windmill Youth Anti-Drug Drama Project” held its 1,000th performance yesterday (25th) at Shilin Elementary School in Taipei. It coincided with the eve of the summer vacation. Undersecretary of Education Lin Tengjiao and Chief Secretary of the Ministry of Justice Miao Zhuoran, Huang Guozhong, director of the School Security Office of the Beijing Municipal Education Bureau, Lei Zhongda, chairman of the Mega Bank Cultural and Educational Foundation, Li Yongfeng, founder of the Pinwheel Cultural and Educational Foundation, CEO Zhang Minyi and Ren Jiancheng, etc., all attended to jointly swear their determination to fight against drugs. We hope that students will enhance their anti-drug awareness during the summer vacation.

Yesterday’s performance included the role of Don Quixote, symbolizing the spirit of continuing to move forward in the fight against drugs. (Photo by reporter Ling Meixue)

The “Windwheel Youth Anti-drug Drama Project” was launched in 2012. In the past 12 years, it has accumulated 1,000 performances in 931 elementary and middle schools, with more than 610,000 students watching. 80% of the main performances came from private fundraising, and more than 700 companies and enthusiasts sponsor. Among them, the Mega Bank Cultural and Educational Foundation has sponsored a total of 100 events since 2013. Lei Zhongda, chairman of the foundation, said: As long as the paper windmill anti-drug project continues to move forward, the foundation will continue to support and expand Sponsoring funds hopes to use the power of the private sector to accelerate the anti-drug seeds taking root in the hearts of children.

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The “Pinwheel Youth Anti-Drug Drama Project” teaches students to be more alert and identify emerging mixed drugs with special shapes and disguised as candy. (Photo by reporter Ling Meixue)

According to the “World Drug Report 2023” published by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, young people are still the group most vulnerable to drug addiction; and according to statistics from the Ministry of Justice, from 2018 to 2022, the recidivism rate of drug users was 31.1 %, long-term use of drugs can lead to brain dysfunction, which can lead to many harmful behavioral problems. A person’s drug use and detoxification not only affect the individual’s physical and mental health, but the social costs derived are even more difficult to estimate.

Zhang Minyi, CEO of the Pinwheel Cultural and Educational Foundation, said that drugs are like boiling frogs in warm water, preventing people from being alert and becoming addicted. Pinwheel has persisted in fighting drugs for Taiwanese children for 12 years, but there are still more than 2,000 schools and millions of students. I have never seen an anti-drug show. Therefore, yesterday, Don Quixote, a spiritual figure who symbolizes persistence in moving forward for the sake of children, was specially added to represent the determination of the paper pinwheel to continue moving forward.

Lin Tengjiao, deputy minister of the Ministry of Education, said that the Ministry of Education has “zero tolerance” when it comes to drugs. Summer vacation is coming. How to teach students to be more alert and protect them from the harm of drugs is very important. Paper Windmill uses drama to promote the anti-drug campaign. The concept of fraud was conveyed to everyone, and he hoped that everyone could refuse the temptation of drugs and pursue a happy and healthy life; Miao Zhuoran, the chief secretary of the Ministry of Legal Affairs, encouraged the students to not only strengthen their anti-drug awareness, but also to become small vanguards in the fight against drugs in the future.

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