Philippine Church head urges end to police drug killings

Too bad the U.S. doesn't have the guts to do what Duterte is doing.

As bad as things are; people should be very thankful that extrajudicial killings are not going down in the US war on drugs.

During the late 1960s with the hippie counterculture and media support advocating use of illegal narcotics ("Turn on, tune in , drop out"),

You're reducing a complex paradigm shift - not just in the US but globally - to a soundbyte from Leary at a festival? Weak.

the result has been the undermine and destruction of the stable, law and order society the U.S. once had. Unfortunately the cancer is too deeply ingrained in today's society that only extreme measures can halt the problems if it can.

This stable, law and order society that the US allegedly had; when was this? Antebellum times? Post slavery? Post segregation? Pinkertons? Wobblies? Prohibition? Post Wall Street? Post militia? Post 2008 Wall Street?

Duterte is a dictator in all but name. I'd be wary of having him as some kind of role model to aspire to.

Halwick

Legal opiates are a bigger problem in the US than illegal narcotics. The reason they haven't been able to "curb the desire" is because they don't actually try to remove the reason for that desire, only the symptom. When we're not talking addiction from prescription, drug abusers often have mental issues they try to solve with drugs. Just removing drugs won't help this people, won't do anything. And that is why Duterte's plan will fail too.

What is the Catholic Church doing about the drug problem? I don't see them offering any solutions, other than forgiving their sins, turn the other cheek and allowing the problem to continue.

To eliminate the problem, you "nip it in the bud", which is what Duterte is doing: Going after the manufacturer and dealers. Duterte recognizes that drug abuse is destroying the nation and its future generation.

Too bad the U.S. doesn't have the guts to do what Duterte is doing. During the late 1960s with the hippie counterculture and media support advocating use of illegal narcotics ("Turn on, tune in , drop out"), the result has been the undermine and destruction of the stable, law and order society the U.S. once had. Unfortunately the cancer is too deeply ingrained in today's society that only extreme measures can halt the problems if it can.

The other thing that needs to be done is to eliminate the demand, or desire of illegal narcotics. That's another area that has proven to be fruitless. The U.S. has never, even through aggressive education and therapy, been able to curb the desire.

The Catholic Church didn't do much to stop the spread of drugs in the first place, indeed it created part of the problem by prohibiting birth control exasperating poverty which itself then lead to this spiral of descent.

The manner in handling this problem is Permanent .You sell or manufacture Misery you Pay the penalty of death Very simple in a country overrun with Drug money and suppliers

I am glad to see the people rejecting Duterte's outrageous "solution" to this problem.