Spurred by the recent discovery of several laboratories and storage facilities of illegal drugs in the city run by local and foreign suspects, Manila Mayor Joseph Ejercito Estrada issued an executive order creating the city’s Anti-Drug Abuse Council (Madac).

Estrada said the establishment of the council is mandated by circulars issued by the Department of Interior and Local Government that coordinates efforts of all government offices towards fighting illegal drugs.

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