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Essay About Drug Abuse In The Philippines

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Meghan Huang
ENG27- D
Mr. Andre Dominic Peralta

Illegal Drugs; Its Usage Affects Filipinos in Different Ways
Background on Illegal Drugs
What is an illegal drug? Illegal drugs are chemical substances that has its specified limitations and it may bring great damage to your body if taken in a wrong way. Why is it illegal? It is forbidden by several countries and in some situations because it causes chaos to irresponsible users and most users tend to get addicted to it. According to Carroll (2016), One of the things that is embodied to us since the middle of the last century are drugs. They manifest in all aspects of society and it has been widely known in the 1960’s. Drugs are imparted to us, for us. It is brought into existence for the benefit and satisfaction of man. It is part of our culture that’s why you can not just get rid of it directly and …show more content…

It became one of the major problems in the Philippines and it has been the top priority of the government’s program. In the Philippines, abuse of drugs is caused by multiple factors and there is a need for discernment towards these factors. In addition, it is a priority to do an epidemiologic study of the extent of drug abuse, which results to a powerful fulfillment for policy, treatment and prevention. As we all know, Philippines is experiencing great poverty even up until now. This is basically one of the reasons as to why there are many illegal drug users and pushers in our country. Unfortunately, Filipinos are not educated enough to be involving themselves in this certain circumstance. Although there are some few filipino citizens who use illegal drugs for medical or educational purposes, irresponsible drug addicts are still thriving. In consonance with Alibrandi (1978), the enslavement of any form of drugs is broadly an epidemic. This statement primarily sums up the issue on the drug use among the Filipino

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