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Asst. Prof. Frederick Iguban Rey is a faculty member from the Department of Sociology and the Political Science Department of the Pontifical and Royal University of Santo Tomas (UST), España, Manila, Philippines. Aside from his teaching and research obligations in the University, he is also on his secondterm as a municipal councilor (2013-2016, 2016-2019) of the Municipality of Malinao, Province of Aklan and an officer of the National Movement of Young Legislators (NMYL), Aklan Chapter.He earned his Bachelor’s degree in Sociology from UST and his Master of Science degree (with highest honors) in the same discipline from the Asian SocialInstitute (ASI) as a scholar. In 2011, he finished his Master of Arts Degree in Creative Writing in his attempt to bridge the gap between Sociology and Literature. On the same year, he pursued his Doctorate Degree in Political Science specializing in the study of Political Sociology and the Philippine political culture. The University of Santo Tomas and the Kondrad Adenauer Stiftung (KAS), a German political foundation funded his dissertation. As a research associate since 2005, he received commissioned researches from international research organizations and agencies. In 2005-2008 and 2010-2013, the International Federation of Catholic Universities (IFCU) based in Paris, France funded his team to study the drug issues and policies of the Philippines where they were able to publish two books. He was also charged by the World Bank (2007), the United Nations (2012), and most recently by the JapanInternational Cooperation Agency (2017-2021) to conduct research.He is with the Pontifical and Royal University of Santo Tomas as a faculty member and a senior researcher since 2003.
Address: Santo Tomas, Central Luzon, Philippines
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Drug policies refer to the laws and measures promulgated by a government in the substance abuse d... more Drug policies refer to the laws and measures promulgated by a
government in the substance abuse domain (Caulkins & Pacula, 2008). More precisely, drug policy refers to the laws, programs, intervention strategies and practices to control and regulate the use of drugs. Because drug use/abuse is a worldwide issue, hardly any country exists which does not have laws on drugs. However, the drug situation is not the same everywhere. Hence, the policy responses to the problem are in no way alike.
In the Philippines, drug abuse ranks among the top social concerns
of the government which absorbs much of its attention and resources.
The overall policy response of the Philippine government to the problem
is embodied in R.A. 9165, more popularly known as “The Comprehensive
Drugs Act of 2002.”
This book is the result of a quite exceptional multidisciplinary research
cooperation that has tried to chart the course of policy initiatives and
practices in the field of substance use/abuse in the Philippines.
Political combatants participate in an electoral process by rendering armed services to politicia... more Political combatants participate in an electoral process by rendering armed services to politicians. By making their bodies as a medium of exchange, they obtain symbolic or material rewards. This article argues that political organizations in the province of Aklan recognize the various roles of combatants in the actual conduct of democratic contests. Furthermore, the triumph and glory of political organizations reside in the skillful maneuvering of the instruments of power and its constant attempt to increase its monopoly in the use of force. This vicious landscape may appear despicable and disgusting but one must remember that the world of politics is a world of countless paradoxes. Through creative balancing among different actors in a political system, the entire structure attains its symmetry. These pre-modern gladiators invest in a postmodern political-economic transaction that locates them at the forefront of Aklan politics.
Drug policies refer to the laws and measures promulgated by a government in the substance abuse d... more Drug policies refer to the laws and measures promulgated by a
government in the substance abuse domain (Caulkins & Pacula, 2008). More precisely, drug policy refers to the laws, programs, intervention strategies and practices to control and regulate the use of drugs. Because drug use/abuse is a worldwide issue, hardly any country exists which does not have laws on drugs. However, the drug situation is not the same everywhere. Hence, the policy responses to the problem are in no way alike.
In the Philippines, drug abuse ranks among the top social concerns
of the government which absorbs much of its attention and resources.
The overall policy response of the Philippine government to the problem
is embodied in R.A. 9165, more popularly known as “The Comprehensive
Drugs Act of 2002.”
This book is the result of a quite exceptional multidisciplinary research
cooperation that has tried to chart the course of policy initiatives and
practices in the field of substance use/abuse in the Philippines.
Political combatants participate in an electoral process by rendering armed services to politicia... more Political combatants participate in an electoral process by rendering armed services to politicians. By making their bodies as a medium of exchange, they obtain symbolic or material rewards. This article argues that political organizations in the province of Aklan recognize the various roles of combatants in the actual conduct of democratic contests. Furthermore, the triumph and glory of political organizations reside in the skillful maneuvering of the instruments of power and its constant attempt to increase its monopoly in the use of force. This vicious landscape may appear despicable and disgusting but one must remember that the world of politics is a world of countless paradoxes. Through creative balancing among different actors in a political system, the entire structure attains its symmetry. These pre-modern gladiators invest in a postmodern political-economic transaction that locates them at the forefront of Aklan politics.