Paper: Drug-free nation: Reconstructing the ‘official drug narratives’ in Singapore and the Philippines

Highlights ‘Official drug narratives’ are governments’ accounts of their country’s drug problem. Singapore’s narrative credit its punitive laws as rescuing the country from chaos. Philippine drug agencies cast the country as constantly under threat of drugs. In both countries, drug enforcers are portrayed as protagonists and underdogs. Official drug narratives can shape drug policies and […]