Philippine President Wants Police to Target Small-Time Drug Dealers

Philippine President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. has directed the police to intensify operations against small-time drug dealers, raising concerns about a revival of the bloody anti-drug campaign of the previous Rodrigo Duterte administration. Marcos has consistently claimed that his government’s anti-drug advocacy is more effective by focusing on high-profile drug syndicates instead of mobilizing the police to aggressively […]