Palace applauds SWS survey saying 66% see fewer addicts

Credit to Author: lalos| Date: Sat, 16 Feb 2019 23:06:24 +0000

Palace applauds SWS survey saying 66% see fewer addicts

Two in three Filipino adults believed that there were fewer drug addicts in their neighborhood, a recent Social Weather Stations survey found amid the thousands of deaths in President Duterte’s bloody antidrug campaign.

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Church-led ‘Tatap’ program offers solace, hope for addicts

Credit to Author: lalos| Date: Sat, 16 Feb 2019 21:48:22 +0000

Church-led ‘Tatap’ program offers solace, hope for addicts

Julio Pama was into drugs in 1982 while studying in college in Metro Manila. Coming from a rich, landowning family in Tacurong City, he would often bankroll sessions of “shabu” (crystal meth) and liquor with friends.

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Palace insists on criminalizing drug addiction

Credit to Author: besguerra| Date: Tue, 08 Jan 2019 21:34:00 +0000

Malacañang does not intend to change the government’s approach to drug addiction even as a group of psychologists objected to its criminalization.

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Palace rejects psychologists’ call for ‘scientific, humane approach’ vs drugs

Credit to Author: kadraneda| Date: Tue, 08 Jan 2019 06:50:50 +0000

Malacañang has rejected the call of a group of psychologists for a “scientific and humane approach” in tackling drug addiction in the country.

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