Redirecting the anti-drug campaign

EDITORIAL

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With the message that he feels the people's pain, President Marcos has announced a redirection of his approach to the illegal drug scourge.

Administration officials say the new tack will have a heightened focus on the micro entrepreneurs of the illegal drug trade, even as the campaign against large-scale drug traffickers continues.

The new approach inevitably raises comparisons to that of the previous administration, wherein thousands of people, mostly from impoverished communities, were killed by state forces on mere suspicion of involvement in the illegal drug trade.