This is an interesting article but I wonder if jister can help me understand something.<p>The numbers from the WHO say Philippines had a low rate of drug addiction. So, to an outsider this looks like an extreme solution to a problem that doesn't exist.<p>What is going on? Why were voters so concerned about drugs they voted for desperate measures? Is there more drugs than the stats show?<p>People talked about voting for him because they wanted change. A satisfied voter doesn't vote for ectreme change. What are voters so unsatisfied about?