Marcos says working group formed to strategize new drug war

Job Manahan, ABS-CBN News

<div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img alt=" Fr. Flavie Villanueva along with workers carry the exhumed remains of Aljon Deparine at the Navotas Cemetery on September 17, 2021. George Calvelo, ABS-CBN News" src="https://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2022/tvpatrol/09/13/20210917-alleged-ejk-victims-exhumed-gc-6419.jpg"/><figcaption>Fr. Flavie Villanueva along with workers carry the exhumed remains of Aljon Deparine at the Navotas Cemetery on September 17, 2021. <em>George Calvelo, ABS-CBN News</em></figcaption></figure></div><p><br/>MANILA — A working group has been formed to strategize the country&#x27;s new approach in the war against illegal drugs, President Ferdinand Marcos, Jr. said. </p><p>In an interview with Toni Gonzaga that aired Tuesday, Marcos said the new drug war would focus on prevention with the aim to deter drug use among teens. </p><p>&quot;The war on drugs will continue, but we have to do it in a different way. Until we fully formulate our policies, hindi natin masasabi... Even as we speak, there [is] a working group putting in together a new war on drugs,&quot; said Marcos, who did not elaborate on who are key agencies or individuals involved in the working group. </p><p>&quot;We are looking more in the upstream of the problem, prevention. Turuan natin ang mga bata, &#x27;huwag kayo papasok sa ganyan, wala kayong aabutin diyan,&#x27;&quot; he added. </p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/06/10/22/marcos-to-wage-drug-war-with-respect-for-rights-rehab-focus-envoy">Marcos to continue drug war &#x27;with respect for rights, focus on rehabilitation&#x27;: diplomat</a></li></ul><p>Those addicted to drugs should be treated and rehabilitated, he added. </p><p>He said the government is also &quot;trying to formulate&quot; what is the latest and the best rehabilitation. </p><p>&quot;Even on the enforcement side, I would like to formulate, that will take a whole SONA just to explain [it].&quot; </p><p>The Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG) and the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) earlier said the Marcos administration will put emphasis in drug users&#x27; rehabilitation, with local officials taking the lead. </p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/08/16/22/drug-war-to-focus-on-rehab-authorities-say">Drug war to focus on rehab, authorities say</a></li></ul><p>At least 6,000 people have been killed in anti-illegal drugs operations since July 2016, data from the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) showed. </p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/spotlight/06/01/22/over-7000-deaths-in-6-years-of-dutertes-drug-war-research">War on drugs: ABS-CBN research shows over 7,000 individuals killed in past 6 years</a></li>	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/05/31/22/pdea-drug-war-also-focused-on-rehab-over-6200-killed-during-ops">War on drugs: Over 6,200 killed during operations, says PDEA</a></li></ul><p>The International Criminal Court (ICC) last year authorized a full inquiry into the alleged crimes against humanity under the drug campaign. But it suspended the probe 2 months later on Manila&#x27;s request, which cited its own investigation. </p><p>But ICC prosecutor Karim Khan said in June the probe should restart because the Philippines was supposedly not investigating the killings. </p><p>Duterte, who left office on June 30, pulled the Philippines out of the ICC in 2019 after the latter launched a preliminary probe into the crackdown. </p><p>Marcos had said he does not intend to rejoin the ICC, saying he would not let foreigners intervene with the country&#x27;s laws.</p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/08/01/22/philippines-will-not-rejoin-icc-says-marcos">Marcos: Philippines &#x27;has no intention of rejoining&#x27; ICC</a></li></ul><div><strong>RELATED VIDEO</strong></div><figure class="op-interactive"><iframe allow="autoplay; fullscreen" frameBorder="0" height="100%" id="ivsplayer01" scrolling="no" src="https://player.ivideosmart.com/ivsplayer/v4/dist/html/iframe-src.html?iframeid=ivsplayer01&amp;key=e8c22c015ca9eafa76f1e3edfa03c603&amp;spid=3001339&amp;vid=2146989" width="100%"></iframe></figure><div class="iwantbar">Watch more News on <a href="https://www.iwanttfc.com/#!/browse/Genres/News/tag_id_genres/id_news" target="_blank">iWantTFC</a></div>

A working group has been formed to strategize the country's new approach in the war against illegal drugs, President Ferdinand Marcos, Jr. said. 

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Marcos says working group formed to strategize new drug war

Marcos says working group formed to strategize new drug war

Job Manahan,

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Published Sep 13, 2022 06:17 PM PHT

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