The war on drugs is the main problem the Philippine government is facing today.

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According to Asia and Pacific Amphetamine-Type Stimulants Information Center
(APAIC), crystalline methamphetamine remains the most problematic drug of use in the
Philippines. According to the latest drug use survey conducted by the Dangerous Drugs Board
(DDB), there were an estimated 1.8 million drug users in the Philippines. Excluding cannabis,
crystalline methamphetamine, a strong and highly addictive drug that affects the central nervous
system, was the most widely abused drug in the country, accounting for approximately half
(48.9%, 859,150 individuals) of the current drug users. There is no legal use for it (WebMD).
On the other hand, shabu and marijuana are the most-used drug in the Cordillera according to
PDEA Information Officer Joseph Calutlut.
In the 2015 report of the Dangerous Drugs Boards (DDB), around 1.8 million Filipinos
from 10-69 years old are using drugs, or 1.8% of the total population. In Baguio City, Mayor
Mauricio Domogan said latest police records reveal 2,372 suspected drug users have turned
themselves into authorities (SunStar Baguio, 2017). Despite the number of suspected users,
drug-affected barangays in Baguio City had been reduced to six: Middle Quirino Hill, Pinget,
Bakakeng Central, Aurora Hill Proper, Camp 7, Irisan.
Since 2012, a proposal for a rehabilitation center, to be located in Irisan, has been
tackled. That there is a need for a government-owned rehabilitation center in the region to meet
the needs of the families that have a drug-dependent family member (Dolino, 2012). Substance
abuse is a pattern of recurrent use that leads to damaging consequences. Damaging
consequences may involve failure to meet ones major role responsibilities. It may continue for
a long period of time or progress to substance dependence, a more severe disorder associated
with physiological signs of dependence (tolerance or withdrawal syndrome) or compulsive use
of a substance (CSUN).
August 2016, Mayor Domogan admitted the City Government has limited funds for
livelihood assistance for the rapidly increasing number of drug surenderrees wanting to reform
their way of life that is why efforts are being done in order to help them shy away from going
back to the illegal drug trade. In terms of hosting a government drug rehabilitation facility, he
revealed that the local government is offering the use of a portion of the city-owned 5,000-
square meter property in Balenben, Irisan, near the Social Development Center of the CSWDO,
as a site for rehabilitation center. However, he claimed there are four alleged informal settlers
whose houses must be demolished proposed rehabilitation center site (See, 2016). Now,
September 2017, Mayor Domogan is still eyeing a portion of the City Social Development
Center in Balenben, Irisan as rehabilitation center for drug users.
Now, the researchers aim to design a government-owned rehabilitation center for drug
dependent people in Baguio City catering to their physiological and psychological needs that
is in line with the City Governments plans and budgets having the assurance that standards
are met.