Senior lecturer in the Department of Anthropology, University of the Philippines Diliman, and a research fellow at the Ateneo de Manila University's Development Studies Program, Quezon City, Philippines.
Senior lecturer in medical jurisprudence and constitutional law at the College of Law, University of the Philippines Diliman, Manila, Philippines, and a drug policy expert at the United Nations Joint Programme for the Protection and Promotion of Human Rights in the Philippines.
Health Hum Rights. 2022 Jun;24(1):147-158.
The international consensus to end compulsory drug treatments and close forced rehabilitation facilities needs urgent transformation to country policies. In the Philippines, as with other countries in Asia, rehabilitation can be compulsory and is seen as the humane alternative to the "war on drugs." In this paper, we present the landscape of rehabilitation and narrate the ways in which people who use drugs are forced to undergo treatment. We unpack the politics behind rehabilitation and explain the sociocultural foundations that support compulsory treatment. We argue that a transition to a human rights-based approach, including voluntary alternatives in community settings, is possible by capitalizing on the reforms that are, unwittingly, the result of the "war on drugs."
国际社会已达成共识，要终止强制性药物治疗并关闭强制康复设施，这需要将这一共识紧急转化为各国的政策。在菲律宾，与亚洲其他国家一样，康复可以是强制性的，被视为“禁毒战争”的人道替代方案。在本文中，我们介绍了康复的现状，并讲述了迫使吸毒者接受治疗的方式。我们剖析了康复背后的政治，并解释了支持强制治疗的社会文化基础。我们认为，可以通过利用“禁毒战争”不经意间带来的改革，转而采取基于人权的方法，包括在社区环境中提供自愿选择，从而实现这一转变。
