Anti-narcotics drive focuses on rehabilitation: PBBM
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(File photo) MANILA - The current administration is taking a new approach when it comes to handling the rampant narcotics trade, President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. said, emphasizing the need to focus on the treatment and rehabilitation of drug users. "The war on drugs will continue but we have to do it in a different way," Marcos said during an exclusive interview with TV host Toni Gonzaga aired on AllTV Channel on Tuesday. Marcos said the drug war was not mentioned in his first State of the Nation Address (SONA) delivered on July 25 because "it is an internal matter." He added that there was already a "working group" tasked to formulate a new policy against the prevalence of illegal drug trade in the country. "They knew about the war on drugs. We are looking more in the upstream, upstream of the problem, the prevention," Marcos said. "So, all of that. And those who are already involved o naadik na (or drug addict), we shoul