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THE Philippine National Police (PNP) said the government’s campaign against illegal drugs has been a success and Filipinos have noticed it, as proven by the result of a survey where majority of the respondents said the number of drug users in their communities have dropped.
Senior Supt. Bernard Banac, PNP spokesman, said authorities have cleared 11,000 barangay (villages) of drugs. He added that the campaign would continue since illegal drugs remain a menace in society.
“The threat is still there. We will show that there is a marked improvement on our focus in strengthening our anti-illegal drugs awareness,” Banac told reporters in an interview at Camp Crame, Quezon City.
A survey by the Social Weather Stations showed that 66 percent of Filipinos believed the number of drug users in their areas dropped, while 14 percent showed that it increased. Banac said the survey respondents “proved” that there was “change” in the communities where anti-illegal drug operations were carried out.
“This 66 percent, this is considered as the majority in the whole country and they represent our fellow Filipinos, voicing out that there was a big indication on our fight against drugs,” he said. “This also shows that those villages formerly infected by drugs are now cleared,” he said. The survey also showed that most Filipinos want drug suspects to be arrested and not killed, Magdalo party-list Rep. Gary Alejano said on Monday.
“This particular survey is a manifestation that Filipinos want drug offenders to undergo due process. Naniniwala ang taumbayan na dapat may hustiya para sa lahat (The people believe that there should be justice for everyone). Unfortunately, our government does not consider this,” Alejano said in a statement. “We should take no pride in thousands of cases of extra-judicial killings,” he added.
Alejano urged the government to consider the drug problem as a public health issue instead of looking at it through the lens of criminality alone.
“Tingnan natin ang problema ng droga bilang isang public health issue. Naniniwala ako na isa sa mga paraan upang matuldukan ito ay sa pamamagitan ng rehabilitation at substance abuse prevention education, (Let’s look at the problem of drugs as a public health issue.
“I believe that one way to put an end to the problem is through proper rehabilitation and substance abuse prevention education),” he said.
manila
THE Philippine National Police (PNP) said the government’s campaign against illegal drugs has been a success and Filipinos have noticed it, as proven by the result of a survey where majority of the respondents said the number of drug users in their communities have dropped.
Senior Supt. Bernard Banac, PNP spokesman, said authorities have cleared 11,000 barangay (villages) of drugs. He added that the campaign would continue since illegal drugs remain a menace in society.
“The threat is still there. We will show that there is a marked improvement on our focus in strengthening our anti-illegal drugs awareness,” Banac told reporters in an interview at Camp Crame, Quezon City.
A survey by the Social Weather Stations showed that 66 percent of Filipinos believed the number of drug users in their areas dropped, while 14 percent showed that it increased. Banac said the survey respondents “proved” that there was “change” in the communities where anti-illegal drug operations were carried out.
“This 66 percent, this is considered as the majority in the whole country and they represent our fellow Filipinos, voicing out that there was a big indication on our fight against drugs,” he said. “This also shows that those villages formerly infected by drugs are now cleared,” he said. The survey also showed that most Filipinos want drug suspects to be arrested and not killed, Magdalo party-list Rep. Gary Alejano said on Monday.
“This particular survey is a manifestation that Filipinos want drug offenders to undergo due process. Naniniwala ang taumbayan na dapat may hustiya para sa lahat (The people believe that there should be justice for everyone). Unfortunately, our government does not consider this,” Alejano said in a statement. “We should take no pride in thousands of cases of extra-judicial killings,” he added.
Alejano urged the government to consider the drug problem as a public health issue instead of looking at it through the lens of criminality alone.
“Tingnan natin ang problema ng droga bilang isang public health issue. Naniniwala ako na isa sa mga paraan upang matuldukan ito ay sa pamamagitan ng rehabilitation at substance abuse prevention education, (Let’s look at the problem of drugs as a public health issue.
“I believe that one way to put an end to the problem is through proper rehabilitation and substance abuse prevention education),” he said.
