Philippines: Marcos-Duterte Rift Gets Ugly With Drug Accusations

Philippines: Marcos-Duterte Rift Gets Ugly With Drug Accusations

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By Jason Gutierrez

In a snide counterattack, Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. said Monday that the extended use of the opioid painkiller fentanyl by his immediate predecessor, Rodrigo Duterte, might have caused the former leader to accuse him of being a drug addict.

Marcos hit back at Duterte in a feud simmering...

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