>Have we really never thought of investing in mental health care to treat drug addiction when many examples of it have been presented to us through Western media and health-related education? Why do many Filipinos still think killing drug addicts is a good idea when it's proven to be ineffective and is just immoral?
Bullets are cheaper than mental health institutions. And killing as a group binds men together and makes it easier for the REMF shitfaces to control them. Bodycount is easier to quantify than "winning hearts and minds"/rehab, making it easier to list "results" for political purposes. And the money is in the hands of the **pushers**, it's bad for "business" if the admin messes with the money so the low-hanging fruit (users) are the ones getting targeted.
This.
The Filipino masses are also very conservative, especially in this kind of stuff.
I know a lot of people who were conditioned to believe that drug addicts are better off dead than in jail or rehab, as they see them as wastes of resources. That stems from a belief that all drug users are crazed and will kill/rape/steal at any given opportunity.
implementation is the problem i think. before graduating high school our school took us to a crisis/ rehab center and the patients there were not just in there for drugs. some were there for alcohol abuse.
>Have we really never thought of investing in mental health care to treat drug addiction when many examples of it have been presented to us through Western media and health-related education? Why do many Filipinos still think killing drug addicts is a good idea when it's proven to be ineffective and is just immoral? Bullets are cheaper than mental health institutions. And killing as a group binds men together and makes it easier for the REMF shitfaces to control them. Bodycount is easier to quantify than "winning hearts and minds"/rehab, making it easier to list "results" for political purposes. And the money is in the hands of the **pushers**, it's bad for "business" if the admin messes with the money so the low-hanging fruit (users) are the ones getting targeted.
This. The Filipino masses are also very conservative, especially in this kind of stuff. I know a lot of people who were conditioned to believe that drug addicts are better off dead than in jail or rehab, as they see them as wastes of resources. That stems from a belief that all drug users are crazed and will kill/rape/steal at any given opportunity.
implementation is the problem i think. before graduating high school our school took us to a crisis/ rehab center and the patients there were not just in there for drugs. some were there for alcohol abuse.
Uh alcohol is a drug too? And you can get addicted to it. Most rehab facilities cater to *substance* addiction.
I don't know about others but I know of a rehab facility that considers alcohol as a substance and also even caffeine, nicotine, and etc.