EFFECTIVENESS OF OPLAN TOKHANG IN RELATION RELATION TO DRUG REPORTED INCIDENTS IN THE CITY OF SAN FERNANDO, PAMPANGA IN THE YEAR 2015-2016
Castro, Kenneth
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For more than decades, Illegal drugs is one of the major problems of countries all over the world. The current situation on war against drugs in the world is very horrible that have an effect in the society and economy of a country. Philippines is one of the country which is affected by illegal drugs. An estimated of 1 million Filipinos are living in the country. In !1" during the reign of President President #odrigo #oa $uterte $uterte about ! drug personalitie personalities s were %illed %illed due to drug related cases. #ather spending a lot of money and putting persons into prison who are innocent and sometimes being %illed. The government should ma%e an effective treatments or programs to the users of illegal drugs &'ean (artin, !1)*. The +nited 'tates Administration helped the olombian government by passing a bill giving them a financial help for counter narcotics aid pac%age. olomb olombian ian governmen governmentt as% a financ financial ial aid to other other nation nations s to support support their campa campaig ign n in olu olumb mbia ia on war war agai agains nstt drugs drugs in thei theirr count country ry.. olo olomb mbia ian n government was e-pected to receive a /.0 billion but in the end they only received a financial aid of 1.0 billion. hen the plan was made olombia is in a state of economic repression and e-perienced chaos throughout their country. Plan olombia was made as a machinery for peace, prosperity, and uniting all people in olombia. The focus of the plan is centered on the improvement of
their country in peace process, in anti2narcotics plan and the development of their country. Plan olombia is the aerial spraying of coca crops in olombia which would eliminate the production of cocaine in their country and aiding military needs in their law enforcement but when the police force implemented Plan olombia thousands of people have died due to drug related cases and people were traumati3ed because of the brutal implementation of Plan olombia &#eid !1*. Felipe alderoni4s was the president of olombia in the year &!"2!1!* he declared a war against drugs and resulted to death, torture, mass %illings, and other violence. 5ecause of this other victim have suffered from P'T$ &Post Traumatic 'tress $isease*. The government respond through it by hiring a lot of doctors, psychiatrist and nurses that can help the patients in recovering from their traumas &6ohmuller, !17*. People e-perience trauma because of the violence in Plan olombia. The orld 5an% find out 1.0 billion people have e-perienced conflict and long term violence violence in every generation generation &Adams, !11, !11, p.1*. e need to interview interview persons that that suf suffer fer phys physic ical al viol violen ence ce and and trau trauma ma to see see the the over overvi view ew of vict victim im e-periences. In political violence Ignation (artin25aro &1898* defines trauma is the most basic form of suffering. 5ased on 5aro who wor%ed as a psychiatrist in :l 'alvador, trauma for him is a permanent residue of what happened and a bad thing that transpires in a life of a person. &;ernande3, !!* research shows that trauma is a product of cruel relationship &p.1"*. 'imilarly, n25ar?, 1898, p.1)* &;ern@nde3, !!, p.1"* &5ulman, !7, p.)*. In the year !, (inister of Thailand, Tha%sin introduced a 3ero2tolerance war on drugs. It is a response to the consumption of heroin and its objective is to ma%e Thailand a drug free country by $ecember !). The police of Thailand were tas%ed to apprehend a number of drugs users. They even offered incentives if they they e-ce e-ceed ed beyo beyond nd the the numb number er of targ target ets. s. The The drug drug user users s who who were were apprehended were ordered to attend seminars and treatment programs by the
end of the year and those who refused were detained in compulsory detention centers which are manage by military. The leaders were tas%ed to ma%e a list of drug dealers and users which were passed to the police. :ven the village were rewarded once they get a drug free status. In !8 lean and 'eal program in Thailand Thailand was implemented implemented again against illegal drugs. In !11 !11 the campaign of
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The The pres prese ent stud study y aims aims to det determi ermine ne the eff effect ectiven ivenes ess s of Cplan plan To%hangHCplan $ouble 5arrel in relation to drug reported incidents in the ity of 'an Fernando, Pampanga for the year !102!1". 'pecially, 'pecially, it aims to answer the following uestionsJ 1. ;ow may the demogra demographi phic c profile profile of the responden respondents ts be described described in terms terms ofJ a. AgeK b. 'e-K c. ivi ivill 't 'tatus atusKK d. 'ocio 'ocio eco econom nomic ic sta statu tusK sK e. And educat education ional al attain attainmen mentL tL !. hat hat is the the leve levell of effe effect ctiv iven enes ess s of the the Cpla Cplan n To%ha o%hang ng in comb combat atti ting ng incidence of drugs in the area of the study as perceived by the research respondentsL ). hat is the present status of drug surrenders resulted from the implementation of the Cplan To%hang To%hang in the area ar ea of the studyL 7. hat hat is the the crime crime situat situatio ion n anal analysi ysis s of drug report reported ed inci inciden dents ts at the the 'an 'an Fernando Police 'tation for the month of =anuary !10 to $ecember !1" in the area of the studyL 0. Is there a signifi significant cant difference difference with with regard to crime crime situation situation of drug drug cases for for the month of =anuary !10 to $ecember !1" in the area of the studyL ". hat hat is the the degr degree ee of the the seri seriou ousn snes ess s of the the prob proble lems ms rega regard rdin ing g the the implementation of Cplan To%hang in the ity of 'an Fernando, Pampanga despite the declared war on drugs by the DovernmentL
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This study is limited only in ity of 'an Fernando, Pampanga wherein the implementation of Cplan To%hang is being observed. The results of the study is only applicable in the city of 'an Fernando, Pampanga and cannot be applicable to other places in the country. 'an Fernando is a first2class component city in city in the Philippine Philippine province province of Pampanga, Pampanga, of whic which h it is the the prov provin inci cial al capit capital al.. The region regional al cent center er of entral 6u3on 6u3on &#egion III*, it has a population of )","08 people according to the !10 census.
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This study is very beneficial to the researchers in able for them to %now how serious is the implementation of Cplan To%hang in the ity of 'an Fernando, Pampanga. To the students in able for them to have a %nowledge on what will be the conseuences they might encounter when they use drugs. To the future researchers for their reference in their study. To the ity Dovernment of 'an Fernando, for them to be able to draft a policy development program in their area of jurisdiction. To the community in general in order for them to have a safe and a drug free community and lastly to the drug users and pushers who wants to change their lives because the government have a program for them in order to rehabilitate them and ma%e them a well reformed person.
