NEWLY-appointed Dangerous Drugs Board (DDB) Chairman Dionisio Santiago said that among the things he hoped to accomplish would be to assess the capacity of rehabilitation facilities nationwide to serve the needs of drug dependents. Kapag hindi ako satisfied sa sagot mo, I’m empowered as declared ng aming board na ipasara iyong mga rehab facilities na iyon,” Santiago told The Manila Times at a forum in Quezon City on Saturday. (We will benchmark the performance of these rehabilitation facilities. When asked about the Duterte administration’s war on drugs, Santiago said other programs should support “Oplan Tokhang”. Santiago had said in a recent television interview that it was safe to say that there were three million drug users in the country.

Source: Manila Times July 15, 2017 09:45 UTC