According to United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund (UNICEF) the Philippines has the lowest rate of infection, yet has one of the fastest growing number of cases worldwide. STDs are not really common to the uneducated individuals. The little attention STD gets in the Philippines also aids the spread of this disease. Because not a lot of people are aware of this disease and what causes it, people tend to spread the diseases, without prior knowledge that they are also circulating the disease. Sex used to be a blessing, now everyone is doing it or fearing it. Sex is supposed to be for procreation not for lust, yet everyone seems to be doing it for sensual pleasure. .
The amount of pleasure people get from sex is the same amount of pleasure some people find in drugs. Originally, drugs or herbs were discovered and introduced to the human race in order to make advancements in our medical technology. Marijuana is one of the most common drugs that are being utilized by our generation as a leisure activity or a stress reliever, but this drug is said to have medical benefits which are not being properly used when teenagers "smoke pot". According to the researchers in drugs.ie, an independent website that helps individuals prevent and/or address problems arising from drug and alcohol use, teenagers engage in drugs because of abandonment, stress, influence, bad influences, etc. Basically, teenagers that are more exposed to a bad environment is more likely to engage in substance abuse. The increase in substance abuse around the world has made it very common in our country, the Philippines, and it is one of the many issues that Mayor Duterte, an anti drug mayor, is trying to combat. According to Mayor Duterte in an article of the Inquirer, if drugs will not be contained, the country will turn into Asia's "Mexico". Drug threats will bring the country down, and the effects that every drug can cause can corrupt everyone's mindset.