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    The document discusses the negative impacts of President Duterte's "war on drugs" in the Philippines. It has caused widespread physical, emotional, and economic harm. While some claim the war on drugs has been successful due to drug seizures and arrests, others argue this approach is flawed and inhumane. The war on drugs has ruined many innocent lives without due process. Children have experienced psychological distress and poverty due to losing parents in the crackdown. The documentary "Inside the World's Toughest Prison" features prisoners who say they were framed with planted drugs. Overall, the document argues the war on drugs should end to prevent further human rights violations and injustice.

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    The document discusses the negative impacts of President Duterte's "war on drugs" in the Philippines. It has caused widespread physical, emotional, and economic harm. While some claim the war on drugs has been successful due to drug seizures and arrests, others argue this approach is flawed and inhumane. The war on drugs has ruined many innocent lives without due process. Children have experienced psychological distress and poverty due to losing parents in the crackdown. The documentary "Inside the World's Toughest Prison" features prisoners who say they were framed with planted drugs. Overall, the document argues the war on drugs should end to prevent further human rights violations and injustice.

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    The document discusses the negative impacts of President Duterte's "war on drugs" in the Philippines. It has caused widespread physical, emotional, and economic harm. While some claim the war on drugs has been successful due to drug seizures and arrests, others argue this approach is flawed and inhumane. The war on drugs has ruined many innocent lives without due process. Children have experienced psychological distress and poverty due to losing parents in the crackdown. The documentary "Inside the World's Toughest Prison" features prisoners who say they were framed with planted drugs. Overall, the document argues the war on drugs should end to prevent further human rights violations and injustice.

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    Argumentative Essay

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    Pauline Lavilla
    The document discusses the negative impacts of President Duterte's "war on drugs" in the Philippines. It has caused widespread physical, emotional, and economic harm. While some claim the war on drugs has been successful due to drug seizures and arrests, others argue this approach is flawed and inhumane. The war on drugs has ruined many innocent lives without due process. Children have experienced psychological distress and poverty due to losing parents in the crackdown. The documentary "Inside the World's Toughest Prison" features prisoners who say they were framed with planted drugs. Overall, the document argues the war on drugs should end to prevent further human rights violations and injustice.

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    Thousands of people in the Philippines have suffered lasting physical, emotional, and

    economic harm from President Rodrigo Duterte's abusive "war on drugs". The war on
    drugs has been a very often discussed topic due to many controversial issues. Some
    people believe the War on Drugs has been quite successful due to the amount of drugs
    seized and the amount of drug kingpins arrested. I believe this to be the wrong mindset
    when it comes to the war on drugs. The war on drugs isn’t a winnable one so we must
    do all that is possible to assist those who struggle with drug addiction and decriminalize
    small amounts of drugs. These minor changes in the way we combat drugs will create
    significant change and have lasting effects.
    We can all agree that drug abuse is horrible. There’s the addiction, dependency, social
    isolation, crippling finances, potential overdose, and worsened mental illness; All awful
    things. But the Philippines' approach to dealing with these problems is arguably just as
    awful.

    In the documentary called “Inside the World's Toughest Prison” prisoners are asked to
    tell their stories.It's widely assumed that Filipino police are required to make a certain
    number of drug arrests every day, causing corrupt officers to frame or set up innocent
    people.” They set up innocent people by planting meths or other drugs and make them
    confess even though it’s not theirs. The 48-page report, "'Our Happy Family Is Gone':
    Impact of the 'War on Drugs' on Children in the Philippines," details the plight of children
    whose parents or guardians have been killed. Many children have suffered
    psychological distress, and all experienced economic hardship made worse by the
    death of a family breadwinner. The increased poverty and trauma have led many
    children to leave school or compelled them to work. Some children who lost a family
    member have faced bullying in their school and community. Some were forced to live on
    the streets. Because of the war on drugs, many people were affected. Numbers of
    innocent people are being killed. It is just sad how some of those innocent lives did not
    get any justice because of our governance.

    War on drugs should be stopped. It has ruined lives of hundreds of innocent people
    without proper justice and procedures. Yes, it lessened the crimes in the country. But do
    we have to get blood on our hands, to ensure safety? Were those people really the
    main suspects? The root of all evil? No! They are just citizens of the Philippines.
    Deprived with their rights. Human rights. Killing others makes us less human. So let's
    end this war, before we become monsters that we fear.

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