Browsing by Author "Yarcia, Lee Edson"
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The Politics of Drug Rehabilitation in the Philippines
Lasco, Gideon; Yarcia, Lee Edson (2022-06)
The international consensus to end compulsory drug treatments and close forced rehabilitation facilities needs urgent transformation to country policies. In the Philippines, as with other countries in Asia, rehabilitation can be compulsory and is seen as the humane alternative to the “war on drugs.” In this paper, we present the landscape of rehabilitation and narrate the ways in which people who use drugs are forced to undergo treatment. We unpack the politics behind rehabilitation and explain the sociocultural foundations that support compulsory ...