Todo tutok at hindi­ titigilan ni Pangulong­ ­Rodrigo Duterte ang problema ng iligal na ­droga sa Pilipinas.

Ibinabala ni Pangu­long Digong na hindi malayong humantong ang Pilipinas bilang isang “failed state” kapag hindi naresolba ang mabigat­ na problema na may kinala­man sa kalakaran ng bawal­ na gamot.

“Our main focus now is terrorism, human trafficking, and drugs. But on my notes here, I would like to stress to you now that our main focus is the drug problem. Why?

­Because it will destroy our country. Why? If we do not interdict the present problem now, considerin­g the magnitude and widespread contamination­ of the people of the Philippines,­ it will result someday maybe in a failed state,” pahaya­g ni Pa­ngulong Duterte sa 115th Anniversary ng Philippine­ Coast Guard (PCG) sa Port Area, Malate,­ Manila kahapon ng hapon.

Binanggit ni Duterte na dati nang iniulat ni dating Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) Director Dionisio Santiago na umaabot na sa mahigit tatlong mil­yon ang bilang ng mga adik.

Kaya nang maupo si Duterte bilang Presidente ay bumulaga, aniya, ang katotohanan na napaka­tindi talaga ng problema sa iligal na droga.

“Alam ho ninyo, during the time of General Santiago, that was about two, three years ago.

He gave us the figure of three million addicted Philippines.­ ‘Yun sa panahon niya. ‘Yung akin, we did not know the dimension of that problem,” sabi pa ni Pangulong Digong.