Political Constructions of People Who Use Drugs in the Philippines: A Qualitative Content Analysis

• Main Author: Lasco, Gideon
• Format: text
• Published: Archīum Ateneo 2024
• Subjects: Drug war; Philippines; Politics of drug use; Qualitative content analysis; Political Science; Public Affairs, Public Policy and Public Administration; Social and Behavioral Sciences; Social Control, Law, Crime, and Deviance; Sociology
• Online Access: https://archium.ateneo.edu/dev-stud-faculty-pubs/169; https://archium.ateneo.edu/context/dev-stud-faculty-pubs/article/1169/viewcontent/1_s2.0_S0955395924002032_main.pdf
• Institution: Ateneo De Manila University

Background This paper examines the political constructions of people who use drugs in the Philippines throughout the presidency of Rodrigo Duterte (2016–2022), during which the government engaged in a ‘war on drugs’ and promoted a punitive drug regime. Methods Building on and drawing inspiration fro...