{"id":402,"date":"2015-02-25T12:40:00","date_gmt":"2015-02-25T04:40:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bridgesofhopeblog.wordpress.com\/?p=402"},"modified":"2015-02-25T12:40:00","modified_gmt":"2015-02-25T04:40:00","slug":"the-situation-drug-addiction-in-the-philippines","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/bridgesofhope.com.ph\/index.php\/the-situation-drug-addiction-in-the-philippines\/","title":{"rendered":"The Situation: Drug Addiction In The Philippines"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Drugs and alcohol has been glamorized by the media and in social media, with the latter playing such a big role in our daily life s it affects our own behaviors and preferences.<\/p>\n<p>In the Philippines, drugs is one of the most prevalent problems in the country, with an estimated 1.7 million Filipinos addicted or using drugs.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Below is the profile of drug users, according to the Dangerous Drugs Board of the Office of the President:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Mean Age: 28 years old<\/li>\n<li>Ratio of Male to Female Drug Users: 10:1<\/li>\n<li>Civil Status: Single (58.21%)<\/li>\n<li>Employment Status: Unemployed<\/li>\n<li>Average Monthly Household Income: Pho 16,290.80<\/li>\n<li>Residence: Urban Areas<\/li>\n<li>Duration of Drug Use: more than 6 years<\/li>\n<li>Nature of Drug Use: Poly-drug Use<\/li>\n<li>Most Commonly Abused Substances: (1) Methamphetamine Hydrochloride (Shabu); (2) Cannabis (Marijuana); and (3) Inhalants (Contact Cement, also known locally as &#8216;rugby&#8217;)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The figures above are alarming because they are growing and, unlike what the statistics revealed, many drug users are young adults and teenagers.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;\">Don&#8217;t be part of the statistics. If you, or someone you love, is addicted to drugs or any other substances, call us NOW:<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"widget-title\" style=\"text-align:center;\">+63 915 645 2703 \/ +63 917 509 8826<\/h2>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Drugs and alcohol has been glamorized by the media and in social media, with the latter playing such a big&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/bridgesofhope.com.ph\/index.php\/the-situation-drug-addiction-in-the-philippines\/\">[&hellip;]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0},"categories":[18,6,9],"tags":[54,3,84,24,7,68,69,14,15],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/bridgesofhope.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/402"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/bridgesofhope.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/bridgesofhope.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/bridgesofhope.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/bridgesofhope.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=402"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/bridgesofhope.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/402\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/bridgesofhope.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=402"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/bridgesofhope.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=402"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/bridgesofhope.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=402"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}