LINGAYEN–The chairman of the Dangerous Drugs Board (DDB) has called on Pangasinenses to help the government in its intensified campaign against illegal drugs by working towards a drug-free Pangasinan.

DDB Chairman Antonio Villar Jr., speaking during the 431^st founding anniversary of Pangasinan on April 5, rallied authorities to guard local ports as the Philippines, given its strategic location, is now becoming the trans-shipment point of illegal drugs in Asia.

Villar said local help is crucial as he lamented that the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) does not have a single boat to patrol the country’s long coastline.

Villar also said the government is doing everything possible to stop a foreign-based syndicate from West Africa from using Filipinos as drug mules.

At the same time, Villar proposed that illegal drug users undergo rehabilitation in rehabilitation centers.

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