DRUG users are not criminals but victims who need special treatment. The message in the Supreme Court Chief Justice’s Circular of March 17, 2009 is a step forward in handling drug cases in this nation.

At first glance, we might believe the law has become friendly. It is not punitive or retributive in answering the bad with the bad, merely putting wrongdoers in jail who fail to behave in accordance with societal norms. This is the law that star