SENATOR Francis Pangilinan on Thursday said President Rodrigo Duterte should look at continued drug use by many Filipinos as a health issue, not a law enforcement problem.

Pangilinan made the statement even as he defended fellow Liberal Party member and ex-President Benigno Aquino 3rd from the ire of President Rodrigo Duterte, who was criticized by the former leader for his war on drugs.

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