Senate President Francis Escudero has expressed support for the Philippine National Police’s (PNP) recalibrated strategy, which focuses more on the sources and supply chains of illegal drugs rather than on drug dealers and users on the streets.

Escudero pointed out that the PNP should have adopted this approach much earlier to catch drug lords and not just small-time drug dealers.

“From the beginning, we should have focused on the supply chain since the raw materials for shabu and cocaine largely come from abroad,” the Senate president said.

If the PNP succeeds in its “new strategy,” Escudero said, there will be a shortage of illegal drugs in the country.