SEN. Emmanuel "Manny" Pacquiao said he was "naive" and ignorant of the law when he took shabu in his youth, but argues offenders today know drugs are illegal and should be punished.

Pacquiao, a retired world champion boxer, has been a high-profile backer of President Rodrigo Duterte's brutal war on drugs that has killed thousands of people.

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