President Rodrigo Duterte on Tuesday said he wants drug addicts to receive medications at home using the P1 billion from the P5 billion check he received from the Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corporation (Pagcor).
"You just stay in your house and I will order medical workers all around the country to go to areas, sa mga may tinamaan ng droga... sa bahay lang ang treatment. Ang mahal diyan kasi ang medisina," Duterte said during his speech at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport before leaving for Cambodia.
Duterte said the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) will find out where drug addicts live, check their medicines, and supply their medication for treatment.
"There are about four millions of you. I dont know if there will be enough. I still have three [billion]. You can still buy medicines, for example tranquilizer, medicines that will keep you calm, medicines that will restore your sanity kung mahabol pa," Duterte said.
"Mahal, but I hope one billion will go a long way to treat you this Christmas," he added.
In jest, Duterte said he would provide ropes to hopeless drug addicts so that they could just hang themselves.
"Ngayon, 'pag talagang luko-luko na at walang...alibyo na ang katawan, hindi na maisuli, padala ako ng mga lubid. Magbigti na lang kayo," he said.
Duterte, whose violent war on drugs has been criticized both locally and abroad to its increasing death toll, previously mentioned that the P1 billion from Pagcor's P5 billion check will provide free medicines to Filipinos.
"You just stay in your house and I will order medical workers all around the country to go to areas, sa mga may tinamaan ng droga... sa bahay lang ang treatment. Ang mahal diyan kasi ang medisina," Duterte said during his speech at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport before leaving for Cambodia.
Duterte said the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) will find out where drug addicts live, check their medicines, and supply their medication for treatment.
"There are about four millions of you. I dont know if there will be enough. I still have three [billion]. You can still buy medicines, for example tranquilizer, medicines that will keep you calm, medicines that will restore your sanity kung mahabol pa," Duterte said.
"Mahal, but I hope one billion will go a long way to treat you this Christmas," he added.
In jest, Duterte said he would provide ropes to hopeless drug addicts so that they could just hang themselves.
"Ngayon, 'pag talagang luko-luko na at walang...alibyo na ang katawan, hindi na maisuli, padala ako ng mga lubid. Magbigti na lang kayo," he said.
Duterte, whose violent war on drugs has been criticized both locally and abroad to its increasing death toll, previously mentioned that the P1 billion from Pagcor's P5 billion check will provide free medicines to Filipinos.
Source: gmanetwork
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