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Duterte ‘War on Drugs’ Failing, UN Figures Show

The amount of shabu seized is actually increasing

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Jun 13, 2021
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Five years after he promised to fill Manila Bay with the bodies of drug dealers and users, President Rodrigo Duterte’s war on drugs is hardly a success despite thousands of deaths, according to a 98-page report released by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, which indicates that crystal methamphetamine – shabu – remains the drug of choice in t…

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