International drug policy advocates expressed hope that President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. will be more accepting of offers to engage in discussions for a humane approach to the narcotics problem in the Philippines.
“We got in touch with our local partners, making sure they knew that we were offering an international voice and doing negotiations with the help of UNHRC to put pressure on the Philippine government,” she said.Data provided in 2021 to the International Criminal Court looking to investigate the situation in the Philippines, based on media and civil society reports, placed the number of drug war deaths between 12,000 and 30,000.
Clark said the change of government, with President Marcos taking over, may have slightly cooled off the violence but it is important now for the Philippines to “acknowledge that drug use is a reality and the state has the responsibility within its power to have it occur within a framework that puts people’s health and well-being first.”A Philippine government delegate to the conference, RJ Echeverri, deputy executive secretary for internal audit at the Office of the President, said Mr.
“This is the principle of harm reduction that governments must understand and implement,” she said. “Harm reduction is minimizing the harms and risks. It has a wide scope of public health policies and practices that are meant to reduce the negative consequences and damage done by tobacco, alcohol, drugs and other addictive behaviors,” Clark said.
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