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    President Rodrigo Duterte launched a war on drugs in the Philippines in 2016 to address the country's illegal drug problem and protect families and youth. The Philippines had high rates of methamphetamine abuse according to UN reports. Duterte implemented strict criminalization policies but international organizations criticized the campaign as it led to over 7,000 deaths, with many killings believed to be staged by police for cash rewards. The drug problem and controversial drug war campaign are expected to continue through the end of Duterte's term.

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    President Rodrigo Duterte launched a war on drugs in the Philippines in 2016 to address the country's illegal drug problem and protect families and youth. The Philippines had high rates of methamphetamine abuse according to UN reports. Duterte implemented strict criminalization policies but international organizations criticized the campaign as it led to over 7,000 deaths, with many killings believed to be staged by police for cash rewards. The drug problem and controversial drug war campaign are expected to continue through the end of Duterte's term.

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    President Rodrigo Duterte launched a war on drugs in the Philippines in 2016 to address the country's illegal drug problem and protect families and youth. The Philippines had high rates of methamphetamine abuse according to UN reports. Duterte implemented strict criminalization policies but international organizations criticized the campaign as it led to over 7,000 deaths, with many killings believed to be staged by police for cash rewards. The drug problem and controversial drug war campaign are expected to continue through the end of Duterte's term.

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    Drug Scenario in the Philippines

    “My God, I hate drugs.”


    This infamous words may most probably be familiar to you. As President
    Rodrigo Duterte started working office on 2016, he immediately launched an
    unprecedented campaign against illegal drug, the war on drugs, in hopes to solve the
    illegal drug problem in the country. According to him, this was the main reason why
    the lives of many Filipino families and future of the Filipino youth are being
    destroyed. Thus strongly called for the Philippine criminal justice system to put an
    end to the drug menace as they implemented strict and vicious policies of
    criminalization and punishment.
    Truly the country is not that innocent with the use of illegal drugs. According to a
    2012 United Nations report, the Philippines had the highest rate of methamphetamine
    abuse (shabu) among countries in East Asia, with approximately 2.2% of Filipinos
    between the ages 16–64 years were methamphetamines users. The Dangerous Drugs
    Board reported 1.8 million current drug users and 4.8 million Filipinos using illegal
    drugs at least once in their lives. Furthermore, three-quarters of drug users are adults
    (91%), males (87%), and have reached high school (80%), with 67% are employed.
    However, international organizations calls the President’s campaign a hoax as it
    continues to be a cause of the death of innocent lives, with more than 7,000
    individuals accused of drug dealing or drug killed in the Philippines in the first two
    years. The killings by police are widely believed to be staged in order to qualify for
    the cash rewards offered to policeman for killing suspected drug dealers. And this is
    expected to continues further until the end or the President’s reign.

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