VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Pahayag ni Marcos tungkol sa bilang ng mga drug addict sa PH nangangailangan ng konteksto
Nangangailangan ng konteksto ang pahayag ni Pangulong Ferdinand Marcos Jr. na may humigit-kumulang 4.5 milyong drug addict sa Pilipinas.
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VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Marcos’ claim about the number of drug addicts in PH needs context
While the results from the 2019 National Household Survey on the Patterns and Trends of Drug Abuse released by the Dangerous Drugs Board (DDB) show that there are 4.7 million lifetime users of drugs aged 10 to 69, only around 1.67 million, or two out of 100 Filipinos, are considered “current drug users.”