![]() Because, well, a lot has changed for the War on Drugs. But as an opening track, it’s incredibly portentous. As a lead single, the relatively muted song was a red herring for an album filled with arena-fitted anthems. “I’m always changing,” he sings on “Living Proof”, the opener to the band’s latest, I Don’t Live Here Anymore. The International Criminal Court (ICC) recently made a surprising request for its preliminary examination into thousands of alleged extrajudicial killings in Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte’s “war on drugs.” The court said it wanted to review footage from a movie set to be released to international audiences later this month.įor their documentary On the President’s Orders, Emmy-winning co-directors James Jones and Olivier Sarbil spent time with an indiscreet police chief and his officers in the Philippine city of Caloocan, as well as the families of some people killed there.In 2021, it doesn’t take long for the War on Drugs‘ Adam Granduciel to get to the point. ![]() Filmmaker James Jones confirmed media reports that due to the movie’s graphic scenes of killings and disturbing personal accounts of abuses in an anti-drug campaign that has resulted in the deaths of over 6,600 people in police raids, the ICC has requested the filmmakers officially submit their documentary. ![]() The film had its United States premiere at the Human Rights Watch Film Festival in New York in June, after which Human Rights Watch’s Philippines researcher Carlos Conde spoke about his extensive work on this issue.Latin America suffers the brunt of consequences of the drug war. Keeping track of the drug deaths is difficult, as official figures have been issued sporadically but in Mexico alone, upwards of 70,000 people have died in drug-related violence over the past six years. The government stresses that Mexico's murder rate is still lower than several nations, including Honduras, Guatemala, Brazil and Venezuela.ĭrug-related violence has plagued Guatemala, Honduras, and El Salvador as traffickers have increasingly infiltrated Central America.Īlmost all the cocaine consumed in Western countries is produced in Latin America, while violence linked to the drug trade kills thousands every year as smugglers fight for control of trafficking routes in Central America, Colombia and Mexico.ĭrug consumption is ticking up in nations such as Argentina and Brazil.Īccording to the OAS, about 45 percent of cocaine consumers, 50 percent of heroine users and 25 percent of marijuana smokers live in North and South America. While many people in Central America are also weary of the focus on the drug-fuelled violence, it remains an undeniable part of daily life in many parts of the region.Ĭosta Rica has fared better than many of its neighbors, but it worries about spillover from nearby countries. Honduras, for example, now has the highest homicide rate in the world, with about 7,200 people murdered last year in the tiny nation of 8 million people, most in drug-related crime. The report for the OAS, which includes all 35 North and South American nations, aims to start a debate among American nations regarding anti-drug policies. It also advocates for softer policies toward drug users. 'An addict is not a person with a chronic disease that should be punished for his addiction.' 'The decriminalization of drug consumption must be considered the base of any public health strategies,' the report says. The report echoes comments by Helen Clark, the head of the U.N. Development Program, who in March said she favored Latin American governments treating drugs as a public health problem. It also calls for 'a substantial reduction in penalties' to drug addicts and urges countries in the region to opt for rehabilitation programs instead. It suggests that countries in the region should consider the option of legalizing or decriminalizing marijuana consumption. 'Our report, however, did not find any significant support, in any of the countries, toward the decriminalization or legalization of any other illegal drug,' the OAS said. ![]()
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