PDEA is alarmed on increasing counts of minors being used by drug syndicates as couriers for their illegal drug trade. This is after they caught a 17 year old kid on a drug bust of Metro Manila Regional Office and PDEA on a suspected drug den at Makati city last June 7. They are using minors simply because they could be less suspicious. It is indeed effective since the count of minors being caught is increasing every year. Records from 2003 shows a total of 854 kids ages around 7 to 17 years old was caught working for drug dealers and this year alone, the count is at 85 and were still at the middle of the year so more would come. They are being used as pushers, workers on shabu laboratories and marijuana plantations.
I can’t help but feel pity for these children, I know for a fact that they were born out of love and their parents did not want this to happen to them but why get involved with drug dealing at such an early age? Is it because of poverty? Out of curiosity? Most of them are out of school youth, and they are being brought up knowing that drug dealing is a fast way to earn money. It is a gamble, for money and their freedom. Its either get caught or get rich but of course no one gets rich out of drug dealing especially if you’re a minor so the only option for them is to deal drugs and get caught eventually.
Under Section 6 of RA 9344 or known as the Juvenile Justice and Welfare Act of 2006, states that minors 15 years old and below that may have any criminal case cannot be put to jail instead they will be under the custody of DSWD (Department of Social Welfare and Development) till they reach the age of 16.
Imagine 854 that could have been our counties next hope, those that could have made changes in our country are now suffering because of some people abusing our minors. If only we are not on a third world country, on a place where crime is rampant, out of school youth are not being attended at and education is not a priority of the government. What we need is hope. Were quickly running out of it thus we have to act now, and act fast.
I can’t help but feel pity for these children, I know for a fact that they were born out of love and their parents did not want this to happen to them but why get involved with drug dealing at such an early age? Is it because of poverty? Out of curiosity? Most of them are out of school youth, and they are being brought up knowing that drug dealing is a fast way to earn money. It is a gamble, for money and their freedom. Its either get caught or get rich but of course no one gets rich out of drug dealing especially if you’re a minor so the only option for them is to deal drugs and get caught eventually.
Under Section 6 of RA 9344 or known as the Juvenile Justice and Welfare Act of 2006, states that minors 15 years old and below that may have any criminal case cannot be put to jail instead they will be under the custody of DSWD (Department of Social Welfare and Development) till they reach the age of 16.
Imagine 854 that could have been our counties next hope, those that could have made changes in our country are now suffering because of some people abusing our minors. If only we are not on a third world country, on a place where crime is rampant, out of school youth are not being attended at and education is not a priority of the government. What we need is hope. Were quickly running out of it thus we have to act now, and act fast.
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