MANILA, Philippines --- Malacaang on Friday said that President Rodrigo Duterte's estimate that around 7 to 8 million Filipinos were drug users refers to the "national figure" and is not confined with data from Metro Manila. Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo said this after Duterte, during the campaign rally of the PDP-Laban in Bian, Laguna over the weekend, said there are now 7 to 8 million drug users in the country, which is double his estimate of between 3 and 4 million drug users in 2016. "So ilan 'yan sila? I'll place it about 7 to 8 million now. Now tell me. There are 7 to 8 million Filipinos reduced to slaves to a drug called shabu," Duterte said. "Seven to 8 mill...
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