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Monday, July 26, 2004 (Philippines)
| DANGEROUS Drugs Board executive director Jose Calida points to a diagram showing the successful efforts of anti-narcotics agencies in the government's fight against drugs. CHERYL G. CRUZ |
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SHABU, not marijuana, is the preferred drug of choice in the country today, with students comprising the bulk of first-time users, according to records from the Dangerous Drugs Board.
DDB executive director Jose Calida also told Baguio reporters Sunday that from 2001 to May this year, anti-narcotics agents seized some P11.9 billion worth of shabu, mostly from the National Capital Region, as against the P2.76 billion worth of marijuana and its derivatives confiscated for the same period in various anti-drugs operations.
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