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The thesis tackles about the sentiments of bereaved families or emotions of the families slayed in the controversial war on drugs also to unveil the experiences, the motivation to change their lives and to understand the plight of the bereaved families through sentiments caused by the government's intensified anti-drug campaign through Oplan Tokhang. Also looked at participants' positive and negative experiences, acceptance, faith and hope in their drug problem stories and sentiments. Oplan Tokhang is a program ordered by Former President Rodrigo ROA Duterte in his fights against illegal drugs and other forms of criminality in the Philippines. Using sentiment analysis based from the narratives of 30 bereaved families in Tarlac City. The methodology includes purposive sampling, key informant interviews, and document analysis anchored on ethical considerations and accompanied by a psychologist during the fieldwork. Majority of the bereaved families are traumatized by the way their loved ones were killed in the Oplan Tokhang. National Government Agencies and Local Government Unit may also create a Center for Grief and Bereavement to provide a wide range of programs and services to support individuals, bereaved families, and communities in dealing with grief and loss caused by the death in using illegal drugs or implementing anti-illegal drugs campaign of the government.