DRUG EDUCATION and VICE CONTROL
Drugs
- Any chemically active substance rendering a
specific effect on the central nervous system of
man.
- A chemical substance that affects the functions
of living cells and alters body or mind processes
when taken into the body or applied through the
skin.
- Is a chemical substance that brings about
physical, emotional or behavioral change in a
person taking it.
- Any chemical substance, other than food,
which is intended for used in the diagnosis,
treatment, cure, mitigation or prevention of
disease or symptoms.
- The term drug derives from the 14th century
French word drogue, which means a dry
substance.
When are drugs harmful?
Any drug may be harmful when taken in:
- Excess;
- Dangerous combinations;
- By hypersensitive (allergic) person
Drug Abuse
- Is the overuse or consumption of drugs other
than for medical reasons.
- Any non-medical use of drugs that cause
physical, psychological, legal, economic, or
social damage to the user or to the people
affected by the user’s behavior.
- Using drugs without prescription.
- Abuse of drugs and other substances can lead
to physical and psychological dependence.
DRUGS COMMONLY ABUSED
1) STIMULANT
- Drug that excite the central nervous
system, increasing alertness,
decreasing fatigue, delaying sleep, also
impale appetite and cause weight loss.
a) Shabu – street names, poor man’s
cocaine, S, ice, Shabs, Ubas, bato, Siopao
Methamphetamine
hydrochloride/SHABU - a type of
amphetamine also known as “poor
man’s cocaine”.  Other names are
Shabu, Ubas, Siopao, Sha and Ice. 
- Shabu is a white, odorless crystal or
crystalline powder with a bitter numbing
taste.
b) Cocaine – an agent that produces a
temporary increase of the functional
activity or efficiency of an Organism or
any of its parts.
Street names – Coke, Snow, Flake, Bow
Cocaine - is a drug from the leaves of
the Coca plant, a shrub that originated
in South America. This drug affects the
central nervous system as a stimulant.
-The name comes from "coca" and the
alkaloid suffix -ine, forming cocaine. It is
a stimulant, an appetite suppressant,
and a topical anesthetic. 
2) Opiates/Narcotic
- Group of drugs that are used medically
to relieve pain, but have a high potential
for abuse.
-In medicine, the term opiate describes
any of
the narcotic opioid alkaloids found as
natural products in the opium poppy
plant, Papaver somniferum.
Narcotic – substance that lessens pain
and/or induces stupor.
a). Opium – is the dried latex obtained
from the opium poppy (Papaver
somniferum). Opium contains up to
12% morphine, an alkaloid, which is
frequently processed chemically to
produce heroin. The latex also
includes codeine.
Opium poppy, Papaver somniferum,
is the species of plant from which
opium and poppy seeds are derived.
Opium is the source of many narcotics,
including morphine (and its
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derivative heroin), thebaine, codeine, pa
paverine and noscapine. The Latin
botanical name means the "sleep-
bringing poppy", referring to
the sedative properties of some of these
opiates.
b) Morphine – is a  potent opiate
analgesic drug that is used to relieve
severe pain. It was first isolated in 1804
by Friedrich Serturner, first distributed
by him in 1817, and first commercially
sold by Merck in 1827.
- It took its name from the Greek god of
dreams Morpheus.  and air freshener
-The most abundant alkaloid found
in Opium, the dried sap (latex) derived
from shallowly slicing the unripe
seedpods of the opium, or common
and/or edible, poppy.
- Morphine can usually be found in tablet
form, a syrup, injection or as a
suppository form.
- Morphine is usually taken orally via a
syrup, tablet or capsule, however, it can
come in an injectable form.
C) Heroin – is processed from
morphine, a naturally occurring
substance extracted from the seed pod
of certain varieties of poppy plants.
It is typically sold as a white or brownish
powder or as the black sticky substance
known on the streets as "black tar
heroin”.
3) Hallucinogens
- Drugs that are derived from plants
chemical substances which affects the
perception, sensation, behavior and
produces hallucination on the user.
Marijuana - is the term used to describe
all the plant material like leaves, tops,
stems, flowers and roots from a
cannabis plant (Cannabis sativa), dried
and prepared for smoking or taken orally
as “brownies”.
-The mind altering component is the
tetrahydrocannabinol; THC for short,
which is concentrated in the resin.
4) Depressants/Sedatives
- Drugs that have mild-calming or sleep-
producing effect upon the central
nervous system.
- e.g. Valium
5) Inhalants -  drugs whose volatile vapors are
taken in via the nose and trachea.
- includes solvents, bases and aerosol,
rugby, gasoline, hair spray, lighter fluid
5) Opiates/Narcotics
Opiates, sometimes called narcotics,
are a group of drugs that are used
medically to relieve pain, but have a
high potential for abuse. Some opiates
come from a resin taken from the
seedpod of the Asian poppy. Opiates
that are commonly abused are Opium,
Morphine, Codeine, and synthesized or
manufactured opiates.
Opium - refers to the coagulated juice
of the opium poppy (Papaver
Somniferum L.) and embraces every
kind, class and character of opium,
whether crude or prepared; the ashes or
refuse of the same.
OTHER DANGEROUS DRUGS
Methylenedioxymethamphetamine
(MDMA) or commonly known as
"Ecstasy", "X-TC", "Adam", "Eden
Tablet", or by its any other name - refers
to the drug having such chemical
composition, including any of its isomers
or derivatives in any form;
Sedatives - Sedative-hypnotics such
as tranquilizers, sleeping pills, and
sedatives are drugs, which depress or
slow down body functions. These drugs
ca be dangerous when not taken
according to physician's instructions.
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Ketamine - is an anesthetic that is
abused for its hallucinogenic properties.
Its predominant legitimate use is as a
veterinary anesthetic.
-can cause dream-like states and
hallucinations. Users report sensations
ranging from a pleasant feeling of
floating to being separated from their
bodies. Some ketamine experiences
involve a terrifying feeling of almost
complete sensory detachment that is
likened to a near-death experience.
Amphetamines
-is a psychostimulant drug of the
phenethylamine class that produces
increased wakefulness and focus in
association with decreased fatigue and
appetite.
– Drug that is stimulant to the central
nervous system. It is colorless and
maybe inhaled, injected or swallowed. It
may be used medically to treat
depression, and obesity.
ROUTES OF DRUG ADMINISTRATION
1) Oral Ingestion
- Taken by the mouth and must pass
through the stomach before being
absorbed in the bloodstream.
2) Inhalation
- Drug in gaseous from enters the lungs
and is quickly absorbed by the capillary
system.
3) Injection
- Administered into the body by the use
of a stringe or hypodhermic needle.
4) Snorting
- Inhalation through the nose of drugs in
gaseous form.
5) Buccal
- Drugs is administered by placing it in
the buccal cavity just under the lips.
DEFINITION OF TERMS
DRUG
–Any substance that enters the human body
and can change either the function or structure
of the human organism.
MEDICINES
– Drugs used in the diagnosis, cure, treatment,
and prevention of disease or for the relief of pain
or discomfort.
THREAPEUTICS
-Use of drugs in treating and preventing disease
and in preserving health.
DRUG ABUSE
-Deliberate or unintentional continuous of mind
changing chemical substances usually for
reasons other than legitimate medical purposes,
that results in any degree of physical, mental.
ABSTINENCE
- Cessation of use of a psycho-active substance
previously abused, or on which the user
developed drug dependence.
DRUG DEPENDENCE
-Term relates to physical or psychological
dependence or both.
- Impaired control over drug-taking behavior is
implied.
DRUG ADDICT
- Person who is physically dependent on one or
more psycho-active substances, or whose long
term use has produce tolerance, who has lost
control over his intake, and would manifest
withdrawal symptoms if discontinuance were to
occur.
DRUG ADDICTION
-A chronic disorder characterized by the
compulsive use of a substance resulting in
physical, psychological, or social harm to the
user and continued use despite of that harm.
OVERDOSE
- The inadvertent of deliberate consumption of
much larger doses that the habitually used by
the individual in question and resulting in serious
toxic reaction or death.
POLY DRUG ABUSE
- Use of two or more psycho-active substance in
quantities and with frequencies that cause the
individual significant physiological,
psychological, or sociological distress or
impairment.
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REHABILITATION
-Restoration of an optimum state of health by
medical, physical, psychological, social and peer
group support for a chemically dependent
person and his significant others.
TOLERANCE
-Physiological adaptation to the effects of drugs
so as diminish the effects with constant dosages
or to maintain the intensity and duration of
effects through increased dosage.
TREATMENT
-Application of planned procedures to identify
and change patterns of behavior that are mal-
adoptive, destructive, health injuring or to
restore appropriate levels of physical,
psychological or social functioning.
CLANDESTINE LABORATORY
-Any facility used for the illegal manufacture of
any dangerous drug.
CULTIVATE OR CULTURE
-Any act of knowingly planting, growing, raising,
or permitting the planting, growing or raising of
any plant which is source of a dangerous drug.
ADMINISTER
-Any act of introducing any dangerous drug into
the body of any person, with or without his/her
knowledge, by injection, inhalation, ingestion or
other means.
CHEMICAL DIVERSION
-Sale, distribution, supply or transport of
legitimately imported, in transit, manufactured or
procured controlled precursors and essential
chemicals.
DELIVER
-Any act of knowingly passing a dangerous drug
to another, personally or otherwise, and by any
means, with or without consideration.
DEN, DIVE, RESORT
-Place where any dangerous drug and essential
chemical is administered, delivered, stored for
illegal purposes.
DRUG SYNDICATE
-Any organized group of two or more persons
forming or joining together with the intention of
committing any offense prescribed in RA 9165.
PRACTITIONER
-Any person who is a licensed physician, dentist,
chemist, medical technologist, nurse, midwife,
veterinarian or pharmacist in the Philippines.
ILLEGAL TRAFFICKING
-Illegal cultivation, culture, delivery,
administration, dispensation, manufacture, sale
trading, transportation, distribution, importation,
exportation and possession of any dangerous
drugs.
PLANTING OF EVIDENCE
-Willful act by any person of maliciously and
surreptitiously inserting, placing, adding or
attaching directly or indirectly, through any overt
or covert act any dangerous drugs in the person,
house, effects or in the immediate vicinity of an
innocent individual for the purpose of
implicating, incriminating or imputing the
commission of any violation of RA 9165.
PUSHER
-Any person who sells, trades, administers,
dispense, delivers or gives away to another,
distributes, dispatches in transit or transports
dangerous drugs or who acts as a broker.
USE
-Any act of injecting, intravenously or
intramuscularly, of consuming any dangerous
drugs.
CONFINEMENT
- Refers to the residential treatment and
rehabilitation of trainees, clients and patients in
a center.
CONFIRMATORY TEST
- An analytical test using a device, tool or
equipment with different chemical or physical
principle that is more specific which will validate
and confirm the result of the screening test.
CONTROLLED DELIVERY
-The investigative technique of allowing an
unlawful consignment of any dangerous drug,
essential chemical to pass into, through out of
the country under the supervision of an
authorized officer, with a view to gathering
evidence to identify any person involved in any
dangerous drug related offense.
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DISPENSE
-Any act of giving away, selling or distributing
medicine or any dangerous drug with or without
the use of prescription.
DRUG DEPENDENT
-Refers to a person suffering from drug
dependence.
FINANCIER
- Any person who pays for, raises or supplies
money for, or underwrites any of the illegal
activities prescribed under RA 9165.
INSTRUMENT
- Anything that is used or intended to be used, in
any manner, in the commission of illegal drug
trafficking or related offenses.
LABORATORY
-Refers to the facility of a private or government
agency that is capable of testing a specimen to
determine the presence of dangerous drugs
PROTECTOR/CODDLER
- Any person who knowingly and willfully
consents to the unlawful acts provided in RA
9165 and uses his/her influence, power or
position in shielding, harboring, screening or
facilitating the escape of any person he/she
knows or has reasonable grounds to believe on
or suspects, has violated the provisions of RA
9165 in order to prevent the arrest, prosecution
and conviction of the violator.
SCREENING TEST
-A rapid test performed to establish
potential/presumptive positive result.
TRADING
-Transactions involving the illegal trafficking of
dangerous drugs and/or controlled precursors
and essential chemicals using electronic
devices, or acting as a broker in any such
transactions whether for money or any other
consideration.
THE PHILIPPINE ANTI DRUG EFFORTS
On February 16, 1972, Philippine Constabulary
Anti Narcotics Unit was activated (CANU).
-On March 30, 1972, Republic Act 6425
otherwise known as the ‘Dangerous Drug Act of
1972” was approved.
-This law created the Dangerous Drug Board as
the policy-making and regulatory body on
prevention and control of drug abuse. RA 6425
serves as the backbone of the Philippine drug
enforcement system.
-January 3, 1973, President Ferdinand E.
Marcos ordered the immediate execution of
Chinese national Lim Seng alias Gan Sou So,
top heroin trafficker in the Philippines, by firing
squad at the Fort Bonifacio grounds.
- The execution was aired live in television.
-CANU was renamed as AFP NARCOM on
February 1, 1983
-AFP NARCOM functions were absorbed by
PNP Narcotics Group in 1991
-PDEA was created upon enactment of RA 9165
in 2002
 Signed June 7, 2002
 Published June 19, 2002
 Took effect July 4, 2002
-Creation of The new Dangerous Drugs Board
(DDB) as the policy and strategy formulating
body.
-The Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency
(PDEA) as its implementing arm.
-In July 2002, PDDG Anselmo Avenido (Ret.)
appointed as first Director General of PDEA.
-On April 6, 2006, Gen. Dionisio R. Santiago
(Ret) appointed as PDEA Director General vice
Anselmo Avenido.
-In January 2011, PCSUPT Jose Gutierrez (Ret)
was appointed as PDEA Director General vice
Gen. Dionisio R. Santiago (Ret).
With the creation of PDEA….
-the secretariat of the National Drug Law
Enforcement and Prevention Coordinating
Center or DEP Center has been absorbed by
the new agency
…Narcotics Group of the PNP;
Narcotics Division of the NBI; and
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Narcotics Interdiction Unit of the Bureau of
Customs have been abolished
EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 218
“Strengthening the support mechanism for
the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency”
-issued on June 18, 2003 by President Gloria
Macapagal Arroyo.
-Creation of Task Forces: The Office of the
President, the PNP, and other agencies which
were performing drug law enforcement and
prevention function prior to the enactment of RA
9165 shall organize anti-drug forces to support
the PDEA.
-The PDEA shall exercise operational
supervision and provide technical support to
the main task force created by the PNP.
PHILIPPINE DRUG ENFORCEMENT AGENCY
(PDEA)
 A law enforcement agency
 Lead agency on the government’s anti-
drug campaign
 Responsible for efficient and effective
law enforcement of all provisions on
any dangerous drug and/or controlled
precursor and essential chemicals
-Serves as the implementing arm of the
Dangerous Drug Board (DDB).
-Responsible for the efficient and effective law
enforcement of all the provisions on any
dangerous drug and/or controlled precursor and
essential chemical as provided in RA 9165.
PHILIPPINE DRUG ENFORCEMENT AGENCY
(PDEA)
-Headed by Director General with the rank of
Undersecretary, appointed by the President.
-The head of the PDEA is assisted by 2
deputies Director General, with the rank of
Assistant Secretary, 1 for Operations and 1
for Administration, also appointed by the
President.
POWER AND DUTIES OF PDEA
-To cause the efficient and effective
implementation of the national drug control
strategy formulated by the Dangerous Drugs
Board;
- Undertake the enforcement of the provisions of
Article II of RA 9165 relative to the unlawful acts
and penalties involving any dangerous drugs
and/or controlled precursor and essential
chemicals;
-Administer oath and issue subpoena and
subpoena duces tecum relative to the conduct
of investigation involving the violations of RA
9165;
-Arrest and apprehend as well as search all
violators and seize or confiscate the effects or
proceeds of the crimes as provided by law;
-Take charge and have custody of all dangerous
drugs and/or controlled precursors and essential
chemicals seized, confiscated or surrendered to
any national, provincial or local law enforcement
agency;
-Establish a forensic laboratory in each PNP
office in every province and city in order to
facilitate action on seized or confiscated drugs,
thereby hastening their destruction without
delay;
- Recommend to the DOJ the forfeiture of
properties and other assets of persons and/or
corporations found to be violating the provisions
of RA 9165 and in accordance with the pertinent
provisions of the Anti-Money Laundering Act of
2001;
- Prepare for prosecution or cause the filing of
appropriate criminal and civil cases for violation
of all laws n dangerous drugs, controlled
precursors and essential chemicals, and other
similar controlled substances;
-Monitor, and if warranted by circumstances, in
coordination with the Philippine Postal Office
and the Bureau of Customs, inspect all air cargo
packages, parcels and mails in the central post
office;
-Conduct eradication programs to destroy wild or
illegally grown plants from which dangerous
drugs may be extracted;
-Initiate and undertake the formation of a
nationwide organization which shall coordinate
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and supervise all activities against drug abuse in
every province, city, municipality and barangay;
-Establish and maintain a national drug
intelligence system in cooperation with law
enforcement agencies, other government
agencies/offices and local government units that
will assist in the apprehension of big-time drug
lords;
- Establish and maintain close coordination,
operation and linkages with international drug
control and administration agencies and
organizations;
-Create and maintain an efficient special
enforcement unit to conduct an investigation, file
charges and transmit evidence to the proper
court;
- Require all government and private hospitals,
clinics, doctors, dentists and other practitioners
to submit a report to it;
- Coordinate with the DDB for the facilitation of
the issuance of necessary guidelines, rules and
regulations for the proper implementation of RA
9165;
- Initiate and undertake a national campaign for
drug prevention and control programs, where it
may enlist the assistance of any department,
bureau, office, agency or instrumentality of the
government, including government-owned
and/or controlled corporations; and
-Submit annual and periodic reports to the DDB
from time to time and perform such other
functions as may be authorized of required
under existing laws and as directed by the
President.
DANGEROUS DRUG BOARD (DDB)
-Created by virtue of Republic Act 6425
otherwise known as Dangerous Drug Act of
1972 subsequently repealed by RA 9165.
-the policy-making & strategy-formulating body
in the planning & formulation of policies &
programs on drug prevention & control.
-It shall develop and adopt a comprehensive,
integrated, unified and balanced national drug
abuse prevention and control strategy.
DANGEROUS DRUG BOARD (DDB)
-DDB composed of 17 members wherein 3 of
which are permanent members, the other 12
members are ex- officio capacity and 2 regular
members.
THREE (3) PERMANENT MEMBERS
- At least 7 years of training and experience in
the field of the ff: fields in law, medicine,
criminology, psychology or social work.
- Appointed by the president.
-One designated as the Chairman with the rank
of Secretary (with the term of 6 years) and the
two other regular members as undersecretary
(one with 4 years term and the other 2 years but
succeeding appointment will serve six years and
until their successors shall have been duly
appointed and qualified.
TWELVE (12) EX- OFFICIO MEMBERS
- Secretary or representative of the following
Department:
- DOJ, DOH, DND, DOF, DOLE, DILG, DSWD,
DFA, DepEd,
- Chairman CHED, NYC
- Director General - PDEA
TWO (2) REGULAR MEMBERS
- President of Integrated Bar of the Philippines
(IBP).
- Chairman or President of a non- government
organization involved in dangerous drug
campaign to be appointed by the President.
The Director of NBI and Chief, PNP are the
permanent consultant of the DDB.
DRUG MULES or “DRUG COURIERS”
-Are individuals who transport dangerous drugs
in exchange for a huge amount of money,
depending on the amount of drugs to be
delivered and the route/distance to be traveled.
-Women are usually targeted by syndicates
since they generally generate mild suspicion
from authorities and the female body has more
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cavities possible to insert the drugs in, therefore
posing less detection risk.
Methods of Concealment
1. Hidden in luggage/suitcases;
2. Ingestion/Swallowing;
3. Placed in shoes;
4. Placed in bottom part of luggage;
5. Placed inside handbag;
6. Others- Undergoing minor operation, placing
in shoeboxes/ books/bottles/parcels, etc.
Factors contributing to the drug courier
problem
1. Filipinos are usually enticed by the offer
because of the syndicates’ promise of
love/marriage, as have been recorded in several
arrests involving Filipina drug couriers. Others
are lured by the opportunity to travel and the
promise of a comfortable life while others want a
high-paying job and easy money.
2. The drug courier problem can also be
attributed to the (1) The prevalence of poverty,
(2) Poor educational background, (3) Easy
money, (4) Unemployment and 95) the idea of
traveling
The Task Force Drug Couriers
The Task Force Drug Couriers (TFDC) was
created on February 08, 2010 by virtue of
Administrative Order No. 279. It is an inter-
agency team tasked in the deterrence,
prevention and protection of Filipinos from being
victimized as drug couriers by international drug
trafficking syndicates.
The Task Force is composed of 13 agencies,
chaired by the Philippine Drug Enforcement
Agency and co-chaired by the Department of
Foreign Affairs with the following agencies as
members
1. Bureau of Customs
2. Bureau of Immigration
3. Commission on Higher Education
4. Department of Justice
5. Department of Labor and Employment
6. Manila International Airport Authority
7. National Bureau of Investigation
8. Philippine Information Agency
9. Philippine National Police – Aviation Security
Group
10. Tourism Infrastructure and Enterprise Zone
Authority (formerly Philippine Tourism Authority)
11. Office of the President thru the Office of the
Executive Secretary
MODUS OPERANDI (MO)
Couriers are usually recruited by casual
acquaintances they meet in key cities here or
abroad, mostly fellow Filipinos connected to
drug syndicates like the African Drug
Syndicate (ADS), offering plane tickets, hotel
accommodation and huge amounts of money.
In some instances, members of syndicates
befriend/marry potential recruit then later turn
him/her into a courier or cohort. On the other
hand, unwitting victims were duped by
acquaintances into carrying packages in
exchange for money, not knowing that drugs
were placed inside.
Couriers may also be recruited through the
internet and social networking sites like
Facebook, MySpace, Tagged, etc. Syndicates
also engage in travel & tours
businesses/agencies to arrange airline and hotel
bookings of the couriers and use fraudulent
documents/fake credit cards.
The ADS is believed to be behind the alarming
increase of Filipino drug couriers arrested
abroad. They deliver drugs to their connections
in different points around the world by employing
drug couriers to prevent the risk of getting
caught themselves. They also use Filipinos as
cohorts to recruit fellow OFWs.
The ADS is an international syndicate involved
in drug trafficking and cyber crimes.
They use stolen and/or falsified documents to go
about with their transaction (i.e. purchase of
plane tickets, hotel bookings) and usually
communicate with their cohorts thru phone or
the internet.
Members are proficient in English and well-
versed, very persistent and are generally friendly
which makes them recruit potential victims
easily.
National Anti-Drug Strategy & 4 Pillars of
Anti-Drug Campaign
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THE FOUR PILLARS OF ANTI-DRUG
CAMPAIGN
1. Drug Supply Reduction Drive
 Reduce the supply of drugs
 Drive the prices high and create acute
shortage of drugs
 Neutralize sources of drugs
2. Drug Demand Reduction Drive
 Reduce the demand side of the drug
chain
 Concentrates on anti-drug advocacy
efforts – public information and
treatment and rehabilitation
 Targets non-users, casual drug users
and addicts/recovering persons
3. Alternative Development/Reform Programs
 Development/livelihood program
 Education program
 Family solidarity/development program
 Good governance program
 Legal reforms
4. International Cooperation
 Neutralize transnational drug syndicates
 Minimize drug trafficking to and from the
country
 Exchange of information and
technologies
 Multilateral, regional, sub-regional and
bilateral assistance and cooperation
REPUBLIC ACT 9165
Some Pertinent Provisions of
Comprehensive Dangerous Drug Act of 2002
UNLAWFUL ACTS AND PENALTIES UNDER
RA 9165
Section 4. Importation of Dangerous Drugs
Penalty:
Life Imprisonment and fine of Five Hundred
Thousand pesos (P500,000.00) to Ten Million
Pesos (P10,000,000.00).
Importation of any Controlled precursor and
essential chemicals
Penalty:
Imprisonment ranging from twelve (12) years
and one (1) day to twenty (20) years and a fine
ranging from One Hundred Thousand pesos
(P100,000.00) to Five Hundred Thousand Pesos
(P500,000.00)
Sec 4"protector/coddler" of any violator of
the provisions under this Section.
penalty
-twelve (12) years and one (1) day to twenty (20)
years of imprisonment and a fine ranging from
One hundred thousand pesos (P100,000.00) to
Five hundred thousand pesos (P500,000.00)
Section 5. Sale, Trading, Administration,
Dispensation, Delivery, Distribution and
Transportation of Dangerous Drugs
Penalty
-life imprisonment and fine ranging from Five
hundred thousand pesos (P500,000.00) to Ten
million pesos (P10,000,000.00)
Section 6. Maintenance of a Den, Dive or
Resort involving dangerous drugs
penalty
–life imprisonment and a fine ranging from Five
hundred thousand pesos (P500,000.00) to Ten
million pesos (P10,000,000.00)
-The penalty of imprisonment ranging from
twelve (12) years and one (1) day to twenty (20)
years and a fine ranging from One hundred
thousand pesos (P100,000.00) to Five hundred
thousand pesos (P500,000.00) shall be imposed
upon any person or group of persons who shall
maintain a den, dive, or resort where any
controlled precursor and essential chemical is
used or sold in any form.
Section 7 Employees and Visitors of a Den,
Dive or Resort
12 years and 1 day to 20 years (100,000.00 to
500,000.00).
- (a) Any employee of a den, dive or resort, who
is aware of the nature of the place as such; and
- (b) Any person who, not being included in the
provisions of the next preceding, paragraph, is
aware of the nature of the place as such and
shall knowingly visit the same.
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Section 8. Manufacture of Dangerous Drugs
and/or Controlled Precursors and Essential
Chemicals
- Penalty for Manufacture of Dangerous drugs-
life imprisonment and a fine ranging from Five
hundred thousand pesos (P500,000.00) to Ten
million pesos (P10,000,000.00)
- Penalty for manufacture any controlled
precursor and essential chemical - The penalty
of imprisonment ranging from twelve (12) years
and one (1) day to twenty (20) years and a fine
ranging from One hundred thousand pesos
(P100,000.00) to Five hundred thousand pesos
(P500,000.00)
Note:
- The presence of any controlled
precursor and essential chemical or laboratory
equipment in the clandestine laboratory is a
prima facie proof of manufacture of any
dangerous drug.
Sec 11. Possession of Dangerous Drugs
- Possession of Dangerous Drugs regardless of
purity- penalty provided life imprisonment and a
fine ranging from Five hundred thousand pesos
(P500,000.00) to Ten million pesos
(P10,000,000.00)
- 10 grams or more of opium, morphine, heroin,
cocaine or cocaine hydrochloride, marijuana
resin or oil, and other dangerous drugs,
- 50 grams or more of shabu
- 500 grams or more of marijuana
Penalty-Life imprisonment and fine ranging from
Php 400,000.00 to Php 500,000.00
- If the quantity of shabu is ten (10) grams but
not more than 50 grams
Penalty- Imprisonment of 20 years and 1 day to
life imprisonment and fine ranging from Php
400,000.00 to Php 500,000.00
- If 5 grams or more but less than 10 grams of
any Dangerous Drugs
- 300 grams or more of marijuana but less than
500 grams
Penalty- imprisonment of 12 years and 1 day to
20 years and a fine ranging from Php
300,000.00 to Php 400,000.00
-If the quantity of dangerous drugs are less than
5 grams.
- If the quantity of Marijuana is less than 300
grams.
Sec 15. Use of Dangerous Drugs
Penalty
-A person apprehended or arrested, who is
found to be positive for use of any dangerous
drug, after a confirmatory test, shall be imposed
a penalty of a minimum of six (6) months but not
exceeds one year rehabilitation in a government
center for the first offense.
- If apprehended using any dangerous drug for
the second time, he/she shall suffer the penalty
of imprisonment ranging from six (6) years and
one (1) day to twelve (12) years and a fine
ranging from Fifty thousand pesos (P50,000.00)
to Two hundred thousand pesos (P200,000.00):
Provided, That this Section shall not be
applicable where the person tested is also found
to have in his/her possession such quantity of
any dangerous drug provided for under Section
11 of this Act, in which case the provisions
stated therein shall apply.
Sec 16. Cultivation of plants classified as
source of dangerous drugs
Penalty
- Life imprisonment and fine ranging from Five
hundred thousand pesos (P500,000.00) to Ten
million pesos (P10,000,000.00)
Penalty of 12 years and 1 day to 20 years of
imprisonment and a fine ranging from
P100,000.00 to P500,000.00 shall be imposed
upon any person, who acts as a
“protector/coddler of any violator of the
provisions of Sec. 16…..
Section 18. Unnecessary Prescription of
Dangerous Drugs. –
The penalty of imprisonment ranging from
twelve (12) years and one (1) day to twenty (20)
years and a fine ranging from One hundred
thousand pesos (P100,000.00) to Five hundred
thousand pesos (P500,000.00)
and the additional penalty of the revocation
of his/her license to practice shall be imposed
upon the practitioner, who shall prescribe any
dangerous drug to any person whose physical or
physiological condition does not require the use
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or in the dosage prescribed therein, as
determined by the Board in consultation with
recognized competent experts who are
authorized representatives of professional
organizations of practitioners, particularly those
who are involved in the care of persons with
severe pain.
Section 19. Unlawful Prescription of
Dangerous Drugs.
– The penalty of life imprisonment and a fine
ranging from Five hundred thousand pesos
(P500,000.00) to Ten million pesos
(P10,000,000.00) shall be imposed upon any
person, who, unless authorized by law, shall
make or issue a prescription or any other writing
purporting to be a prescription for any
dangerous drug.
Section 21. Custody and Disposition of
Confiscated, Seized, and/or Surrendered
Dangerous Drugs, Plant Sources of
Dangerous Drugs, Controlled Precursors and
Essential Chemicals,
Instruments/Paraphernalia and/or Laboratory
Equipment
The PDEA shall take charge and have custody
of all dangerous drugs, plant sources of
dangerous drugs, controlled precursors and
essential chemicals, as well as
instruments/paraphernalia and/or laboratory
equipment so confiscated, seized and/or
surrendered, for proper disposition in the
following manner:
The apprehending team having initial custody
and control of the drugs shall, immediately after
seizure and confiscation, physically inventory
and photograph the same in the presence of the
accused or the person/s from whom such items
were confiscated and/or seized, or his/her
representative or counsel, a representative from
the media and the Department of Justice (DOJ),
and any elected public official who shall be
required to sign the copies of the inventory and
be given a copy thereof;
-Within twenty-four (24) hours upon
confiscation/seizure of dangerous drugs, plant
sources of dangerous drugs, controlled
precursors and essential chemicals, as well as
instruments/paraphernalia and/or laboratory
equipment, the same shall be submitted to the
PDEA Forensic Laboratory for a qualitative and
quantitative examination;
- A certification of the forensic laboratory
examination results, which shall be done under
oath by the forensic laboratory examiner, shall
be issued within twenty-four (24) hours after the
receipt of the subject item/s.
- That a final certification shall be issued on the
completed forensic laboratory examination on
the same within the next twenty-four (24) hours
After the filing of the criminal case, the Court
shall, within seventy-two (72) hours, conduct
an ocular inspection of the confiscated, seized
and/or surrendered dangerous drugs, and
controlled precursors and essential chemicals,
including the instruments/paraphernalia and/or
laboratory equipment, and through the PDEA
shall:
within twenty-four (24) hours thereafter
proceed with the destruction or burning of the
same, in the presence of the accused or the
person/s from whom such items were
confiscated and/or seized, or his/her
representative or counsel, a representative from
the media and the DOJ, civil society groups and
any elected public official
Section 23. Plea-Bargaining Provision.
– Any person charged under any provision of
this Act regardless of the imposable penalty
shall not be allowed to avail of the provision on
plea-bargaining .
Section 28 – Criminal Liability of Government
Officials and Employees.
- The maximum penalties of the unlawful acts
provided in the Act shall be imposed, in addition
to absolute perpetual disqualification from any
public office, if those found guilty of such
unlawful acts are government officials and
employees.
Section 29. Criminal Liability for Planting of
Evidence
– Any person who is found guilty of "planting"
any dangerous drug and/or controlled precursor
and essential chemical, regardless of quantity
and purity, shall suffer the maximum penalty.
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Program for Treatment and Rehabilitation of
Drug Dependents
- A drug dependent or any person who violates
Section 15 of this Act may, by himself/herself or
through his/her parent, spouse, guardian or
relative within the fourth degree of consanguinity
or affinity, apply to the Board or for treatment
and rehabilitation of the drug dependency. The
Board shall bring forth the matter to the Court
which shall order that the applicant be examined
for drug dependency.
If the examination by a DOH-accredited
physician results in the issuance of a
certification that the applicant is a drug
dependent, he/she shall be ordered by the Court
to undergo treatment and rehabilitation in a
Center designated by the Board for a period of
not less than six (6) months.
Temporary Release From the Center; After-
Care and Follow-Up Treatment Under the
Voluntary Submission Program.
-Upon certification of the Center that the drug
dependent within the voluntary submission
program may be temporarily released, the Court
shall order his/her release on condition that said
drug dependent shall report to the DOH for after-
care and follow-up treatment, including urine
testing, for a period not exceeding eighteen (18)
months under such terms and conditions that
the Court may impose.
Dangerous Drug Test Requirements
The following shall undergo mandatory
drug testing:
1. applicants for drivers license
2. applicants for Firearms license & PTCFOR
3. members of the PNP, AFP, & other LEA
4. All persons charged with criminal offense with
penalty of not less than 6 years.
5. All candidates for public office national/ local
The following shall undergo random drug
testing:
1.students of secondary and tertiary schools;
2. officers and employees of public & private
offices.
SUPREME COURT DECISIONS
………………The Philippines Supreme Court
upheld mandatory, random, suspicionless drug
testing of workers and high school and college
students, but struck down as unconstitutional
provisions of the Comprehensive Dangerous
Drugs Act of 2002 that required drug tests for
candidates for political office or those charged
with criminal offenses.
…………………the court noted that the law says
the random drug testing of employees "shall be
undertaken under conditions calculated to
protect as much as possible the employee's
privacy and dignity," and that employers are not
required to report positive test results to
prosecutors. It also found that "the intrusion into
the employee's privacy... is accompanied by
proper safeguards, particularly against
embarrassing leakages of test results, and is
relatively minimal."
……………….In the case of students, the high
court found that drug testing was not only
constitutional, but perhaps even necessary. It
noted the presence of drugs in the country "that
threatens the well-being of the people,
particularly the youth and school children who
usually end up as victims.
………………….Candidates for political office,
however, may not be subjected to drug tests as
condition of candidacy, the court held. The drug
law's provisions requiring testing of candidates
unconstitutionally added to the constitution's
provisions defining the qualification or eligibility
of candidates
……….The court was equally kind to people
charged with criminal offenses, holding that they
cannot be drug tested because they might
incriminate themselves and because drug
testing in their cases would not be random or
suspicionless. "To impose mandatory drug
testing on the accused is a blatant attempt to
harness a medical test as a tool for criminal
prosecution, contrary to the objectives of RA
9165 [the drug testing law]. Drug testing in this
case would violate a person's right to privacy
guaranteed under Section 2, Article III of the
Constitution. Worse still, the accused persons
are veritably forced to incriminate themselves
Responsibility and liability of law
enforcement agencies in testifying as
Prosecution Witness in Dangerous Drug
Cases
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- Penalty- 12 years and 1 day to 20 years and a
fine of not less than Php 500,000.00 in addition
to the administrative liability.
- For any members of law enforcement agency
who, after due notice, fails or refuses
intentionally or negligently to appear as a
witness for prosecution.
Section 92. Delay and Bungling in the
Prosecution of Drug Cases
– Any government officer or employee tasked
with the prosecution of drug-related cases under
this act, who, through patent laxity, inexcusable
neglect, unreasonable delay or deliberately
causes the unsuccessful prosecution and/or
dismissal of the said drug cases, shall suffer the
penalty of imprisonment ranging from twelve
(12) years and one (1) day to twenty (20) years
without prejudice to his/her prosecution under
the pertinent provisions of the Revised Penal
Code.
Non-applicability of the Probation Law for
Drug Traffickers and Pushers. – cannot avail
of the privilege granted by Probation Law (PD
968, as amended).
NAPOLCOM MEMORANDUM CIRCULAR NO.
200003
Adopting Salient Provisions of PDEA
Memorandum on the preparation of pre-
operation report and PNP-AIDSOTF
Memorandum Circular in the conduct of Anti-
Illegal Drugs Operations.
Pre-Operations
-Operating Unit to submit to PDEA, the pre-
operations report, indicating details such
identity, area of operation, composition, tactics
and equipment of the operating unit and duration
of the operation. Also includes the information
on the suspect/s.
-Certification of Coordination – prepared by
PDEA given to the operating unit which
submitted a pre-operations report.
Exemption of submission of Pre Operations
Report:
1. In remote places where coordination is not
possible;
2. When coordination will compromise the lives
of police operatives, informant and witnesses,
involved in anti-drug operations;
3. When coordination will prejudice the
apprehension of drug suspects and confiscation
of dangerous drugs;
4. When prior coordination will compromise the
entire police operation.
(In above instances, post coordination shall be
made in lieu of prior coordination).
Signatories to the Pre-Operation Report
- signed by the Team Leader.
Conduct of Operation
- Team shall be led by a police commissioned
officers except in far flung areas where there are
no assigned PCOs.
- To have at least 1 female member operative
who shall be responsible for arresting and
frisking female suspects and for taking custody
of children found in the place of operation.
VICES
Vice – is any immoral conduct or habit, the
indulgence of which leads to depravity,
wickedness and corruption of the minds and the
body.
Different Forms of Vices:
1) Drug addiction
2) Alcoholism
3) Prostitution
4) Gambling
ALCOHOLIC
-A person who has experienced physical,
psychological, social or occupational impairment
as consequence of habitual, excessive
consumption of alcohol.
ALCOHOL ABUSE
-Use of ethyl alcohol or liquor in a quantity and
with a frequency that causes the individual
significant physiological, psychological, or
sociological distress or impairment.
ALCOHOLIC DEPENDENCE
-A chronic lost of control over the consumption
of alcoholic beverages despite obvious
psychological or physical harm to the person.
Increasing amount are required overtime and
abrupt discontinuance may precipitate a
withdrawal symptoms.
ALCOHOLIC LIQUOR
-Any beverages or compound, whether distilled,
fermented, or otherwise, which will produce
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intoxication or which contains in excess of one
percent of alcohol and used as a beverage.
DRUNKARD
- A person who habitually takes or use any
intoxicating alcohol liquor and while under the
influence of such, or in consequence of the
effect thereof, is either dangerous to himself or
to others.
ALCOHOLISM – which is also known as
“Alcohol Dependence Syndrome” is a disease
characterized by the following:
a) Craving – strong need or compulsion to drink
b) Loss of Control – frequent inability to stop
drinking once a person has begun to drink.
c) Physical Dependence – The occurrence of
withdrawal symptoms, such as shakiness and
anxiety when alcohol use is stopped.
SOME PROBLEMS ARISING FROM
ALCOHOLISM
a) Loss of employment which can lead to
financial problems;
b) Marital Conflict and contribute to
domestic violence;
c) Drinking at inappropriate times and
behavior can lead to legal consequences, such
as public disorder (Alarm and Scandal).
DRUNKNESS AS A CRIME
-In the Philippines, drunkenness in itself is not a
crime because a person may drink to excess in
the privacy of his home or in the party and
commit no crime at all.
-It is only when a drunken person exhibits his
condition publicly, or disturbs, endangers, or
injured others, that he became an offender and
therefore, subject to arrest and punishment.
-Before and during elections, it is unlawful to sell
or drink intoxicating liquor, as provided in the
election law.
-Under RA 4136, as amended, driving under the
influence of liquor is prohibited.
Under Article 15 of the Revised Penal Code,
intoxication is considered as an Alternative
Circumstances.
- It is considered a mitigating circumstance when
the offender has committed a felony in a state of
intoxication, if the same is not habitual.
- It is considered an aggravating circumstance,
when the intoxication is habitual or intentional.
PROSTITUTION
-act or practice of providing sexual services to
another person in return for payment.
-is the exchange of money for the performance
of sexual act.
PROSTITUTE
-Customarily used, to refer to a female person
who engages in sex in exchange for money as
profession.
PHILANDERING
-Is having casual/illicit sex with a number of
people.
-It usually refers to men, and often in the context
of cheating on a wife or girlfriend.
TO PHILANDER
-Is to carry on romantic and/or sexual affairs
outside a committed relationship
PHILANDER
-Is a serial cheater who betrays his spouse or
long term partner repeatedly;
-The term usually refers to men (obviously,
women have also been known to carry on
affairs).
VAGRANTS AND PROSTITUTES (under RPC)
-Any person having no apparent means of
subsistence, who has the physical ability to work
and who neglects to apply himself or herself to
some lawful calling.
-Any person found loitering about public or semi-
public building or places, or tramping or
wandering about the country or to the streets
without visible means of support.
-Any idle or dissolute person who lodges in
houses of ill-fame, ruffians or pimps and those
who habitually associate with prostitutes.
PROSTITUTES –
women, who for money or profit, habitually
indulge in sexual intercourse or lascivious
conduct.
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Republic Act No. 10158
Signed last March 27, 2012, amended Article
202 of the Revised Penal Code removing
vagrancy from the country's list of crimes amid
concerns it only targets the poor and the
disadvantaged.
Although the poor or homeless people can no
longer be hauled to jail for vagrancy, the new
law continued to penalize women engaged in
prostitution.
RA 10158, defined prostitutes as "women who
for money or profit, habitually indulge in sexual
intercourse or lascivious conduct."
A person found guilty of prostitution is punished
by imprisoned from one to 30 days or a fine not
exceeding P200.
In case of recidivism, they are punished by
arresto mayor in its medium period to prison
correccional in its minimum period or a fine
ranging from P200 to P2,000, or both,
depending on the court.
With the enactment of the law, all pending
vagrancy cases meantime shall be dismissed
and all persons serving sentence for violating
the vagrancy law shall immediately be released.
RELATED LAWS ON THE PROTECTION OF
WOMEN AND CHILDREN
RA 7610, as amended, (Special Protection of
children against child abuse, exploitation
and discrimination Act)
- Penalize those who engage in or promote,
facilitate or induce child prostitution, who
commit the act of sexual intercourse or
lascivious conduct with a child exploited in
prostitution and who derived profit on
advantage therefrom, whether as a manager or
owner of the establishment.
-penalty of reclusion temporal in its medium
period to reclusion perpetua
GAMBLING
GAMBLING
-Wagering of money or something of material
value on an event with an uncertain outcome
with the primary intent of winning additional
money and/or material goods.
ILLEGAL NUMBERS GAME
-Any form of illegal gambling activity which uses
numbers or combination as factors in giving out
jackpots.
JUETENG
-Illegal numbers game that involves the
combination of numbers as a form of local lottery
where bets are placed and accepted per
combination .
MASIAO
-Illegal numbers game where the winning
combination is derived from the results of the
last game of Jai Alai or the Special Llave portion
LAST TWO
-Illegal numbers game where the winning
combination is derived from the last two
numbers of the first prize of the winning
Sweepstakes ticket.
BETTOR (Mananaya)
-Any person, who places bets for himself/herself
or in behalf of another person, other than the
personnel or staff of any illegal numbers game
operation.
COLLECTOR or AGENT (Cabo, Cobrador)
-Any person who collects, solicits or produces
bets in behalf of his/her principal for any illegal
numbers game who is usually in possession of
gambling paraphernalia
MAINTAINER, MANAGER OR OPERATOR
-Any person who maintains, manages, or
operates any illegal number game in a specific
area.
FINANCIERS OR CAPITALIST
-Any person who finances the operations of any
illegal numbers game.
PROTECTOR OR CODDLER
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-Any person who lends or provides protection, or Penalizing any person who directly or indirectly
receives benefits in any manner in the operation participates in cockfights, at a place other than a
of any illegal numbers game. licensed cockpit.

RELATED LAWS ON GAMBLING  - The penalty of arresto menor or a fine not

- Article 195 of RPC. Acts punishable in
gambling – any person directly or indirectly take
part in any game of Monte, jueteng, other form
of lottery, policy, banking or percentage game,
dog races or any other game the result of which
depends wholly upon a chance wherein wagers
consisting of money, articles of value, or
representative of value are made.
Article 195 of RPC. (Penalty)
-The penalty of arresto mayor or a fine not
exceeding two hundred pesos, and, in case of
recidivism, the penalty of arresto mayor or a fine
ranging from two hundred or six thousand
pesos,
- The penalty of prision correccional in its
maximum degree shall be imposed upon the
maintainer, conductor, or banker in a game of
jueteng or any similar game.
Article 196 (RPC). Penalizing any person who
shall import into the Philippine Islands from
any foreign place or port any lottery ticket or
advertisement, or in connivance with the
importer, shall sell or distribute the same.
-The penalty of arresto mayor in its maximum
period to prision correccional in its minimum
period or a fine ranging from 200 to 2,000
pesos, or both, in the discretion of the court
Article 197 (RPC). Betting in sports Contest –
Penalizing any person who shall bet money or
any object or article of value or representative of
value upon the result of any boxing or other
sports contest.
exceeding 200 pesos, or both, in the discretion
of the court
RA 3063 – Approved June 17, 1961
authorizing licensed race tracks and racing clubs
and their authorized agent to offer, take or
arrange bets outside the place, enclosure of
track where the races held.
Penalty - fine of not less than one thousand
pesos not more than two thousand pesos or by
imprisonment for not less than one month or
more than six months, or both, in the discretion
of the court. If the offender is a partnership,
corporation or association, the criminal liability
shall devolve upon its president, director, or any
other official responsible for the violation.
PD 449 – Cockfighting Law of 1974 – Approved
May 9, 1974.
PD 483 - Penalizing Betting, Game-fixing or
point shaving and Machinations in Sports
Contents. Approved on June 13, 1974.
PD 1602 – Approved June 11, 1978.
prescribing stiffer penalties on illegal gambling.
RA 9287 – Approved 2, 2004
An Act increasing the penalties for illegal
numbers games, amending certain provisions
of P.D. 1602, and for other purposes.

-The penalty of arresto menor or a fine not

exceeding 200 pesos, or both,

Article 198 (RPC). Illegal betting on horse

races
– Penalizing any person who, except during the
periods allowed by law, shall bet on horse races.

- The penalty of arresto menor or a fine not

exceeding 200 pesos, or both,

Article 199 (RPC). Illegal cockfighting –