An estimated 687,000 drug users have turned themselves in since President Rodrigo Duterte took office, but the government is proving unprepared to assist them.
In Philippine Drug War, Little Help For Those Who Surrender
RICHARD C. PADDOCK, NY Times: World
Mon, 09/05/2016 - 10:36am
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