DDB: Philippines has 1.

8 million current drug users

Jodesz Gavilan
@jodeszgavilan
Published 2:45 PM, September 19, 2016
Updated 10:46 PM, October 11, 2016

MANILA, Philippines — There are 1.8 million current drug users in the Philippines or 1.8% of the
total population of 100.98 million, results of the Dangerous Drugs Board’s latest survey on the
drug use situation in the Philippines show.

According to the 2015 Nationwide Survey on the Nature and Extent of Drug Abuse in the
Philippines presented on Monday, September 19, the current drug use prevalence among
Filipinos aged 10 to 69 years old is at 2.3%, or an estimated 1.8 million users. Filipinos aged 10
to 69 years old comprise around 75% of the total Philippine population as of 2015.

My Responds:

I think the real reason why young people use drugs is that they are just being influence by their
friend or even their parents if their parents using it too. They are using drugs because they want
to forget their problems, have depression or they are being stressed and they don't have jobs
so they just put their attention on drugs. I think to lessen people using drugs, give them job or
create a program that will entertain not only drug addicts but also people. And for the young
people using drugs, Create a Fun Program or invite them to play some games so that their
attention would not be on drugs and Gather them and educate them that drugs is bad on their
health. That's all.

Jona Crishel V. Laudit

11 ABM - AM5