What do Filipinos think about illegal drugs?

Thanks for the A2A Anon! Unfortunately, no one seems to have bothered doing a survey for your second question. Among other things, statistics are spotty in this country. Though, if you're a local as I think you are (my guess may be wrong), I'm pretty sure you know that. Public and Personal Opinion on Cannabis. read more

Most of the deaths related to drugs are caused by addicts fighting law enforcers, though there are special occasions where the police officers who are part of the drug trade are executing their drug colleagues (well, those police officers involved have pending cases in court, so that goes to show something is being done to those animals). read more

Private properties are becoming more favorable to drug syndicates as sites of illegal drug production. Methamphetamine remains more feasible to sell in the Philippines than cocaine, a more costly illegal drug. Owing to its geographical location, international drug syndicates use the Philippines as a transit hub for the illegal drug trade. read more

The booming illegal drug trade is directly correlated to government corruption which in itself is correlated to the poverty & low quality of life still experienced by many Filipinos. If they successfully suppress the illegal drug trade, then the next domino to fall is government corruption. read more

Although the net satisfaction rating for the Duterte administration’s war on drugs fell earlier this year on a non-commissioned survey by local polling firm Social Weather Stations (SWS), most Filipinos still gave the government a thumbs up for cracking the whip on illegal drugs. read more