毒品泛滥是菲律宾的社会毒瘤，而毒品又衍生出其他犯罪，令菲律宾成为全球高犯罪率、社会治安混乱的国家之一。杜特尔特在达沃禁毒取得成效后赢得了总统大选，上台执政后，将其治毒经验从达沃推广至全国，开展了备受国内外关注的扫毒运动，菲律宾政府分阶段地推进扫毒计划，打击国内制毒、贩毒集团。为了有效遏制毒品，杜特尔特开展毒品“合作外交”，寻求中国、印度尼西亚、马来西亚等周边国家的支持，以抗衡国内外人权组织及美国、欧盟等西方世界的压力和指责。杜特尔特政府依靠铁血手腕治毒，在短期内遏制了毒品的公开交易，但禁毒运动尚缺乏综合有效的治理措施及相关配套的公共卫生、医疗与司法保障，很难从根本上消除菲律宾毒品带来的社会隐患。
Before Duterte’s presidency，Philippines’ drug problem kept deteriorating as many kinds of crime derived from it. And thus，Philippines was a country with the highest crime rate in the world. After Duterte won the presidential election in 2016 upon his anti-drug policy in Davao，he launched a nation-wide drug war. For better sweeping drugs out of Philippines，Duterte seeks for supports from neighboring countries like China，Indonesia and Malaysia，countering against the pressure from the USA，the EU and the UN. Nonetheless，Duterte government’s policy cannot eradicate drugs in Philippines in the long run，as it relies on threatening and killing，rather than effective policies of public health，medication and justice.
