When 16 million Filipinos voted for Duterte into the presidency in 2016, they expected that the new administration will eradicate drugs within three to six months as he promised during his campaign. However, when the sixth-month deadline loomed, President Duterte realized that the problem of drugs in the country was deeply rooted even within government-led …

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