“A re-evaluation and scrutiny of our laws against dangerous drugs, and of our legal processes which related to these cases, are therefore necessary if we are to catch up with the realities on the ground,” he said on Thursday in his speech during the National Summit on Dangerous Drugs Law held at the Manila Hotel.
Guevarra said the recent revelations at the Senate probe on “ninja cops” showed “the disturbing possibility of how officers mandated by law to fight and contain the menace of dangerous drugs could be corrupted by the very criminals they are meant to apprehend and put in jail.” “These may create not only a disturbing impression of the inability of our legal institutions to address the drug menace but also of an even more disturbing suspicion of institutional connivance or tolerance towards the source of such menace,” he lamented.
“As it now stands, the law enacted to protect and care for our children has incentivized their exploitation and engagement into the shady world of drug trafficking and dealing,” he lamented.
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