The Philippine president is widely-known for his harshly negative attitude towards drugs and the controversial “war on drugs” that he is waging in the country. At one point, however, he championed the legalization of recreational marijuana.
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has surprised people with yet another shocking statement — he claimed to have smoked marijuana during the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) meeting in Singapore in November. Duterte said that he did so in order to stay awake during the daylong political event.