Drug war: a challenge
War on
illegal drugs continue to hit the headlines and the episodes come everyday
under stories of apprehensions and raids with certain casualties, including
enforcement agents. Even Vice President Leny Robredo made the headlines when
appointed by President Duterte as drug czar only to be sacked a few days after
sharing co-chairmanship in the Inter-Agency Committee on Anti-Illegal Drugs.
Illegal
drug trafficking is a long menace to many societies and many believe as long as
there are supplies, there will still be drug business and “awe” as a
consequence. Shabu may be eliminated but other substitutes may likely appear.
Society has still to trash “marijuana,” a plant species which is also
considered as medicinal. In the past, over-the-counter drugs have been
swallowed for addictive intakes; to some are injectibles for immediate effect.
