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Robredo, U.N. office tackle 'best practices' on health-based approach vs drugs
Vice President Leni Robredo's chief of staff Philip Dy says community-based drug rehabilitation programs would best help 'slight or occasional' drug users who surrender to authorities

Shabu in Southeast Asia at record high – U.N.
'Seizures of methamphetamine in 2018 were once again a record, yet street prices of the drug decreased in many parts of the region,' says the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime

Home 'most dangerous place' for women – United Nations study
The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime calculates that of a total 87,000 female homicide cases worldwide in 2017, some 50,000 – or 58% – were committed by the victims' intimate partners or family members

Part 2: The Philippines as target market for illicit drugs
A public health approach rather than a law enforcement one should form the basis for a response to drug use and dependence
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UNODC raises concern over drug-related killings in PH
The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime says it is ready to engage with the Philippines to address illegal drugs with appropriate legal safeguards

Rights groups ask UN to condemn drug-related killings in PH
Some 300 NGOs say the approach of the Duterte administration clearly deviates from important global norms for the implementation of drug control policies

Transnational crime booming across Southeast Asia – UN
The problem is so acute that the UN estimates illegal trade across East Asia and the Pacific is now worth more than 100 billion

Thai police seize nearly 1-M meth pills
3 men and a woman all from Chiang Mai province were arrested on suspicion of drug smuggling
Booming business: Organized crime 'worth $870 billion worldwide'
International organized crime is worth US 870 billion the head of the UN s office on drugs and crime UNODC said Monday October 15 urging greater coordination in fighting it