Drugs not only is a crime but a social and public health issue.” In taking that approach VP Leni Robredo draws from global success stories. Robredo must attend to up to eight million druggies, as President Rody Duterte counted in Feb. Catholic Cardinal Ricardo Vidal (now deceased) had parishes in his Cebu-Bohol archdiocese hosting drug dependents’ self-help sessions to kick the habit. The last well-publicized interdiction, last May by Customs-Manila, was P1 billion shabu hidden beneath tapioca starch from Cambodia. Before that, in a warehouse in Tanza, Cavite, in Feb., was discovered 274 kilos of shabu valued at P1.9 billion.

Source: Philippine Star November 12, 2019 16:04 UTC