(He did not, however, include American complicity in the crimes of the Marcos dictatorship, because Marcos’ descendants support him.) President Duterte’s war on drugs is an American invention. It is an American travesty of justice, which Duterte seems intent on imposing on his own country. But the crackdown has in some ways failed to produce the desired results: Drug use remains a very serious problem in the US, even though the drug war has made these substances less accessible. “The drug war also led to several – some unintended – negative consequences, including a big strain on America’s criminal justice system and the proliferation of drug-rela­ted violence around the world.”Why is President Duterte fixated on this American idea?

Source: The Star November 01, 2016 00:45 UTC