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This paper makes the case that existing typologies of political violence and state killing do not capture the character of extra-judicial killings seen in the Philippines' ongoing war on drugs, and its forerunner which took place in Thailand in 2003. It will argue that the thousands of murders witnessed in both campaigns represent a distinct form of targeted killing, which is state directed and biopolitical in form, in attempting to discipline vital aspects of human life. It is this disciplinary element which raises questions of vigilantism, which was historically an extra-legal form of social control. As a consequence, the paper responds to the lacuna in current targeted killing literature, which has neglected and as a consequence undertheorized how states utilise apparent vigilante violence for political ends in the context of the war on drugs. Comparing both Rodrigo Duterte and Thaksin Shinawatra's tactics in their respective wars on drugs, it will demonstrate that state vigilantism as a typological category refers to intense periods of extrajudicial killings, where the state seeks to dehumanise a target group while actively orchestrating vigilante style violence against it.

In every country, substances are well-known game-changers of any person. Like caffeine, nicotine, or even alcohol, some notables are highly used and are known to be legally available for consumption. However, it is not an unknown reality that illegal substances are available in the streets of any country, even in the Philippines. They are kept from public use and are mostly abused, while some become dependent on them. This observed fact led the government in its war against drugs and other programs that aim to eradicate illegal drugs and offer a cure and developmental program for those who are abused and dependent on them. With the different existing platforms, the stakeholder's knowledge, attitude on the various effects of the substances, such as their abuse and dependence, and governing policies, should be checked. To understand the said situations, the study used an embedded design and acquired qualitative data through an open-ended semi-structured interview with Barangay Officials, students, and teachers as its participants. Similarly, the quantitative data was gathered through a researcher-made questionnaire as exploratory factor analysis. Through joint display analysis, the study was able to put an understanding that the phenomena can be summed up into CARE: Compliance to Government-given responsibilities, acknowledging that success requires support, Resolute and unyielding in helping the dependent and the abused, and Engagement of the whole family and the Community.

In every country, substances are well-known game-changers of any person. Like caffeine, nicotine, or even alcohol, some notables are highly used and are known to be legally available for consumption. However, it is not an unknown reality that illegal substances are available in the streets of any country, even in the Philippines. They are kept from public use and are mostly abused, while some become dependent on them. This observed fact led the government in its war against drugs and other programs that aim to eradicate illegal drugs and offer a cure and developmental program for those who are abused and dependent on them. With the different existing platforms, the stakeholder's knowledge, attitude on the various effects of the substances, such as their abuse and dependence, and governing policies, should be checked. To understand the said situations, the study used an embedded design and acquired qualitative data through an open-ended semi-structured interview with Barangay Officials, students, and teachers as its participants. Similarly, the quantitative data was gathered through a researcher-made questionnaire as exploratory factor analysis. Through joint display analysis, the study was able to put an understanding that the phenomena can be summed up into CARE: Compliance to Government-given responsibilities, acknowledging that success requires support, Resolute and unyielding in helping the dependent and the abused, and Engagement of the whole family and the Community.

In every country, substances are well-known game-changers of any person. Like caffeine, nicotine, or even alcohol, some notables are highly used and are known to be legally available for consumption. However, it is not an unknown reality that illegal substances are available in the streets of any country, even in the Philippines. They are kept from public use and are mostly abused, while some become dependent on them. This observed fact led the government in its war against drugs and other programs that aim to eradicate illegal drugs and offer a cure and developmental program for those who are abused and dependent on them. With the different existing platforms, the stakeholder's knowledge, attitude on the various effects of the substances, such as their abuse and dependence, and governing policies, should be checked. To understand the said situations, the study used an embedded design and acquired qualitative data through an open-ended semi-structured interview with Barangay Officials, students, and teachers as its participants. Similarly, the quantitative data was gathered through a researcher-made questionnaire as exploratory factor analysis. Through joint display analysis, the study was able to put an understanding that the phenomena can be summed up into CARE: Compliance to Government-given responsibilities, acknowledging that success requires support, Resolute and unyielding in helping the dependent and the abused, and Engagement of the whole family and the Community.

"In this unique and engaging book, Sue Pryce tackles the major issues surrounding drug policy. Why do governments persist with prohibition policies, despite their proven inefficacy? Why are some drugs criminalized, and some not? And why does society care about drug use at all? Pryce guides us through drug policy around the world"--

Criticism of the "war on drugs" pursued under Republican administrations has grown in the United States. With the election of Bill Clinton many experts expected a shift from law enforcement policies to an approach favouring treatment and prevention. The budget announced in April, however, revealed no such shift in allocation of resources. Although the war on drugs has apparently failed to reduce the supply of cheap heroin and cocaine to the United States, the prevention strategy favoured by its opponents--school based prevention programmes--has not yet been shown to be effective in dealing with the concentration of drug misuse among the socially disadvantaged. In looking for new strategies Clinton must satisfy both liberals and conservatives in Congress, and community policing might therefore prove to be a politically expedient option.

Contemporary drug taking and giving among the general populace are multi-level phenomena involving highly vicarious origins, needs and/or other supporting social, psychological or spiritual functions. Within this, a specific subgroup has emerged promoting a variety of (drug-based) religions, spiritual doctrines or ethical systems. Dividing such drug-based organizations into two categories of moral/ethical posture—the situational and the iconic/deterministic—a review of each catechism, ethical base and (when applicable) ritual practice is reviewed and annotated.

Argues that `drugspeak' suppresses all but the most academic discussion of policy alternatives, deflects attention from items on the shadow agenda of anti-drugs activists, and prevents consideration of the structural sources of the most destructive forms of drug use.