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Chapter 3: DRUGS
In the past decade, drug users in the Philippines have been reduced fivefold.
The proliferation and severe social impact of illegal drugs in
Philippine society led President Arroyo to launch an aggressive
campaign against the syndicates involved in the drug trade. She
attacked the drug problem from many angles and on many levels.
Nationally, she highlighted the drug problem as a national security
concern and worked with Congress to pass the Comprehensive Dangerous
Drugs Act, and reorganize and create new government units, such as the
PDEA, to make the operational response against drugs more efficient and
penetrating. On the barangay level, she catalyzed local communities to
fight against drugs and build awareness of the attendant evils. Across
the nation, numerous drug laboratories were dismantled and criminals
arrested through her personal and uncompromising campaign.
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