Marcos on Duterte tirades: 'I think it's the fentanyl'

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<div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img alt="President Rodrigo Duterte interacts with President-elect Ferdinand Marcos, Jr. and son, Ilocos Norte Representative-elect Sandro Marcos, during the inauguration of Vice President-elect Sara Duterte at San Pedro Square, Poblacion District in Davao City on June 19, 2022. Joey Dalumpines, Presidential Photo/File&nbsp;" src="https://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2022/news/06/21/20220619-duterte-vp-sara-inaugration-mnib-15.jpg" class="fr-fil fr-dib"><figcaption>President Rodrigo Duterte interacts with President-elect Ferdinand Marcos, Jr. and son, Ilocos Norte Representative-elect Sandro Marcos, during the inauguration of Vice President-elect Sara Duterte at San Pedro Square, Poblacion District in Davao City on June 19, 2022. <em>Joey Dalumpines, Presidential Photo/File&nbsp;</em></figcaption></figure></div><p>MANILA &mdash; President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. on Monday said former President Rodrigo Duterte&#39;s recent verbal attacks against him could have been prompted by the alleged use of a powerful opioid painkiller.</p><p>Duterte over the weekend accused his successor of drug use and warned him against following the footsteps of his father, former President Ferdinand Marcos Sr., who was ousted in a popular uprising. Duterte also called out moves to amend the 1987 Constitution.</p><p>&quot;I think it&#39;s the fentanyl,&quot; Marcos said when asked to react to Duterte&#39;s remarks.</p><p>Criticized internationally for his bloody war on drugs, Duterte revealed in 2016 that he used to take fentanyl due to a spinal injury from motorcycle accidents.</p><figure class="op-interactive"><iframe frameborder="0" height="100%" id="ivsplayer01" scrolling="no" src="https://player.ivideosmart.com/ivsplayer/v4/dist/html/iframe-src.html?iframeid=ivsplayer01&key=e8c22c015ca9eafa76f1e3edfa03c603&spid=3001339&vid=2944486" width="100%"></iframe></figure><div class="iwantbar">Watch more News on <a href="https://www.iwanttfc.com/#!/browse/Genres/News/tag_id_genres/id_news" target="_blank">iWantTFC</a></div><p>&quot;Fentanyl is the strongest painkiller that you can buy. It&#39;s highly addictive, and it has very serious side effects. PRRD has been taking the drug for a very long time now... I hope his doctors take better care of him,&quot; Marcos told reporters.</p><p>He refused to comment further on Duterte&#39;s accusation of drug use, which he said he did not want to &quot;dignify.&quot;</p><p>Marcos has never been on a drug watch list, the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency said Sunday.</p>

<p>Criticized internationally for his bloody war on drugs, Duterte revealed in 2016 that he used to take fentanyl due to a spinal injury from motorcycle accidents.</p><figure class="op-interactive"><iframe frameborder="0" height="100%" id="ivsplayer01" scrolling="no" src="https://player.ivideosmart.com/ivsplayer/v4/dist/html/iframe-src.html?iframeid=ivsplayer01&key=e8c22c015ca9eafa76f1e3edfa03c603&spid=3001339&vid=2944486" width="100%"></iframe></figure><div class="iwantbar">Watch more News on <a href="https://www.iwanttfc.com/#!/browse/Genres/News/tag_id_genres/id_news" target="_blank">iWantTFC</a></div><p>&quot;Fentanyl is the strongest painkiller that you can buy. It&#39;s highly addictive, and it has very serious side effects. PRRD has been taking the drug for a very long time now... I hope his doctors take better care of him,&quot; Marcos told reporters.</p><p>He refused to comment further on Duterte&#39;s accusation of drug use, which he said he did not want to &quot;dignify.&quot;</p><p>Marcos has never been on a drug watch list, the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency said Sunday.</p>

<p>Duterte over the weekend accused his successor of drug use and warned him against following the footsteps of his father, former President Ferdinand Marcos Sr., who was ousted in a popular uprising. Duterte also called out moves to amend the 1987 Constitution.</p><p>&quot;I think it&#39;s the fentanyl,&quot; Marcos said when asked to react to Duterte&#39;s remarks.</p>

<div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img alt="President Rodrigo Duterte interacts with President-elect Ferdinand Marcos, Jr. and son, Ilocos Norte Representative-elect Sandro Marcos, during the inauguration of Vice President-elect Sara Duterte at San Pedro Square, Poblacion District in Davao City on June 19, 2022. Joey Dalumpines, Presidential Photo/File&nbsp;" src="https://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2022/news/06/21/20220619-duterte-vp-sara-inaugration-mnib-15.jpg" class="fr-fil fr-dib"><figcaption>President Rodrigo Duterte interacts with President-elect Ferdinand Marcos, Jr. and son, Ilocos Norte Representative-elect Sandro Marcos, during the inauguration of Vice President-elect Sara Duterte at San Pedro Square, Poblacion District in Davao City on June 19, 2022. <em>Joey Dalumpines, Presidential Photo/File&nbsp;</em></figcaption></figure></div><p>MANILA &mdash; President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. on Monday said former President Rodrigo Duterte&#39;s recent verbal attacks against him could have been prompted by the alleged use of a powerful opioid painkiller.</p>

President Marcos Jr. said ex-President Duterte's verbal attacks against him could have been prompted by the alleged use of an opioid painkiller.

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Marcos on Duterte tirades: 'I think it's the fentanyl'

Marcos on Duterte tirades: 'I think it's the fentanyl'