I remember our previous house helper who lives in the next Barangay that is known of drug pushers and users. Her husband is a trisikad driver, renting a trisikad on a daily basis from their neighbor but he was not even consistently driving everyday to earn a living. So she has to work harder to feed her family. I gave her 700pesos a week or 117 pesos a day. Her husband bought a 100pesos worth of shabu without a qualm to satisfy himself while she was working hard earning 117 a day, taking care of my child while her own daughter was taken cared of by her husband's family just to earn to feed her own family. And that was one of the reasons why they fight almost everyday to the point of almost breaking up their relationship because she was tired already.
I also know of someone, a father of so many children, 9 or 10 siblings I think, whose job is selling fishes and also a trisikad driver. I learned that he uses shabu even in front of his young children. In fact, it was one of his children who unveiled that with dismay.
So why do these people buy shabu despite of their very difficult situation? The small amount of money they spent for shabu could have helped their family's needs especially for their children. So why do
These are just minor situations, a sad reality that I have known that is happening everywhere in our country. I, along with other millions of people who supported our dear president, hope that this atmosphere of menace will end so soon and then we will all live in a crime-free and peaceful country.
