Have you ever wanted to ask this man (Minister of Justice Chiu Tai-san) about his sex life?
Sufin Siluko has.
It is difficult to treat drug addicts, who often relapse, because the narcotics cause the brain to release endorphin and other pleasure stimulants, providing a euphoric “high” and so the person becomes addicted and needs ever increasing “highs,” he said.
“If the pleasure achieved during sexual orgasm rates 10 points, then the high reached by narcotics could rate 100,” Sufin said.
“Have you ever experienced an orgasm,” he asked the minister.
An embarrassed Chiu did not reply, appearing puzzled by the KMT lawmaker’s logic — as were several members of the audience in the committee room.
Afterwards, Chiu said he was stumped, and had not been prepared for such direct questioning.
“However, it is understandable that a high from narcotics use is rated 10 times more than the pleasure from a sexual climax, as there have been research studies by the medical community,” he said.
After some thought, it seems, the MOJ appreciates the KMT caucus convener’s line of reasoning.
Sufin was trying to put the problem in focus, Chiu said, adding: “Just increasing the punishments will not stop the drug problem. We have to treat the root cause of illegal drugs and deal with drug abuse by considering all the contributing factors.”
(The rest of the article is about the plan to require entertainment and hospitality venues to report illicit drug use, fallout from the death at W Hotel.)