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Yolanda Ampoan is hugged by her children after learning of the death of her son Sandrex Ampo. Ampo was killed by unknown assailant on September 23, 2016 in Punta Sta Ana, Manila.

When half a million drug users surrendered in the Philippines, authorities sent some of them to Zumba

October 10, 2016Justice

When President Rodrigo Duterte took office in June, he promised mercy for drug addicts who turned themselves in. But there are very few drug rehab programs in the Philippines, and now some of the users who surrendered are being killed by masked gunmen.

Thailand is moving closer to decriminalizing meth

September 8, 2016Justice

Women gaze at jewelery displayed at an international fair in Tehran.

Crystal meth, skinny jeans and underground bloggers — it’s the Iran you never see

September 4, 2014Books

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