drug war

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drug war - conflict between law enforcement and those who deal in illegal drugs

warfare, war - an active struggle between competing entities; "a price war"; "a war of wits"; "diplomatic warfare"

law, jurisprudence - the collection of rules imposed by authority; "civilization presupposes respect for the law"; "the great problem for jurisprudence to allow freedom while enforcing order"

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President Rodrigo Duterte on Monday said he would not allow himself to be jailed over the drug war killings under his presidency.

I'll take you to hell: Duterte to fight efforts to jail him over drug war

Malacanang remains steadfast in its stand not to allow the United Nations Human Rights Commission (UNHRC) to come to the country and investigate the human rights situation in the country under President Duterte's drug war.

Palace won't budge, says foreign probe an affront to PH sovereignty

Revised drug war death toll is thousand less than previous figure !-- -- MANILA, Philippines (Update 2, 6:57 p.m.

Revised drug war death toll is thousand less than previous figure

As easy as it is, we should resist framing Trump's response to the opioid crisis as a marked departure from long-established practices of the US drug war. More aptly, we might say that Trump simply doubled down on many of the missteps that I outlined in Meth Wars.

Apocalypse Now and Forever

After his government vowed last year to 'replicate the success' of the Philippines' drug war, Sri Lanka President Maithripala Sirisena again heaped praises on President Rodrigo Duterte's top crusade, saying it is an example to the whole world, ABS-CBN News reported.

Duterte drug war 'an example to the whole world' says Sirisena

Carlos H Conde | Tribune News Service UNIDENTIFIED gunmen shot dead Athena Antonio's father, Bonifacio, in September 2016, not long after Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte's murderous"drug war" began on June 30.

In Philippine 'Drug War,' A Pervading Helplessness

Demonstrators took to the streets of Manila to protest Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte's drug war, which has left thousands of people dead, and to express their opposition to plans to change the constitution.

Thousands protest deadly drug war: Church-led protest took place as the country celebrated the anniversary of the 1986 popular revolt, which ousted Philippine dictator Ferdinand Marcos and ended his 20-year rule

Joseph Victor "JV" Ejercito's proposal to transfer the police's drug war budget to anti-terrorism efforts.

Police chief wants drug war budget used against terror

As anger simmers over Rodrigo Duterte's drug war, the Philippine President says there could have been abuses in his government's crackdown, ordering the police to take custody of officers who were involved in the killing of a high school student last week.

Anger boils over in Philippines over Duterte's drug war

"The Drug War: A Trillion Dollar Con Game" shines a much needed and overdue spotlight on the bureaucratic and corporate special interests that are fighting to keep this disastrous policy in place.