IT will take the Philippines 200 years to rehabilitate the estimated 1.3 million drug addicts in the country because of lack of treatment facilities in the country, Senate Minority Leader Ralph Recto disclosed on Tuesday.

Despite the serious drug problem in the Philippines, according to Recto, there are only 42 drug rehabilitation centers operating in the country, and only 14 centers are run by the government.

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