Este grupo quiere cambiar la forma en que Filipinas habla sobre el consumo de drogas

El proyecto ACCEPT promueve una educación sobre drogas basada en la evidencia, la empatía y un enfoque de salud pública para la reforma de políticas. Más información, en inglés, está disponible abajo.

'For too long, drug education has relied on fear,' says ACCEPT Project lead RJ Naguit

MANILA, Philippines – How can the Philippines talk about drug use without going into stereotypes of “addicts” and charged assumptions of them automatically being criminals?

That’s the aim of a group called ACCEPT Project, or the “Advancing Compassionate, Evidence-informed, Practical, and Transformative Modules for Sensible Drug Conversations” project, which developed drug education modules that are based on public health and human rights concepts.

The project wants to form a nationwide network where communities tackle the issue of drug use not from a criminal perspective, but based on a health and social justice perspective.

“For too long, drug education has relied on fear. The ACCEPT modules prove that when we empower communities with evidence and empathy, we don’t just reduce stigma—we create community,” said doctor Raymond John “RJ” Naguit, the project lead, during the launch on March 26.