DRUG SURRENDEREES PROGRAM BASIS ENHANCEMENT OF TOKHANG IN

POLICE STATION 1 GENERAL SANTOS CITY

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A Thesis
Presented to the
Faculty of Social Work
MMG College of General Santos City Inc.
General Santos City

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In Partial Fulfillment
of the Requirements for the degree of
Bachelor of Science in Social Work

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SHEENLY ROSE ALVEZ

SEPTEMBER 2021
 CHAPTER 1
INTRODUCTION

Background of the study

Addiction is an unceasing disease characterized by drug seeking and use that is

compulsive, or difficult to control, despite harmful consequences. The initial decision to

take drugs is voluntary for most people, and minors are not excluded to this. Repeated

drug use can lead to brain changes that challenges an addicted person’s self-control

and interfere with their ability to resist intense urges to take drugs. These brain changes

can be persistent, which why drug addiction is considered a “relapsing” disease people

in recovery from drug use disorders are at increased risk for returning to drug use even

after years of not taking the drug. It’s common for a person to relapse, but relapse

doesn’t mean that treatment doesn’t work (NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON DRUG ABUSE,

2018)

Adolescent at high risk of drug abuse often come from the most improvised

communities and experience a multitude of problems, including school failure and family

conflict. Research indicates that between 5’ to 8 percent of all juvenile male arrested in

some cities test positive for cocaine and it was also reported that just under half of high

school seniors have tried drugs and almost two thirds (64 percent) have used alcohol

( Seigel and welsh,2018).

In CBS News reports as cited in the addiction center (2018) article, stated that a

recent survey indicates approximately two million teens between the ages of 12 and 17

currently need treatment for a substance abuse problem, but only about 150,000 get the
help they need. This high number is largely due to the fact that is easy for teens to

access many kinds of drugs but trying anything just once can lead to drug addiction.

In the Philippines, more than 98 percent of these minor surrenderees admitted to

being drug users, while only 273 or 1.33 percent surrendered as drug pushers or

sellers, and 66 (0.32 percent) as drug couriers or runners. The PNP tally of minor

surrenderees is a quantum leap from comparative figures gathered by the PNP from

2010 until June 2016 and the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA)’S record of

rescued minors from anti-drug operations from 2011 to June 2016 (Maru, 2016)

PDEA Director General Isidro S. lapeña identified the suspect as Agustin Galve y

Ammaler, alias Ten-Ten 30 years old, a resident of Zone 6, Block 7, Barangay Fatima,

General Santos City. Galve is a watch-listed drug personality of PDEA Regional office

XII (PDEA ROXII). He was among the self-confessed drug users and pushers who

submitted themselves at police station 7, General Santos City Police Office (GSCPO).

However he went back to his illegal drug business. At around 5.00 in the afternoon,

Galve agreed to meet with the poseur- buyer in his residence of Barangay Fatima, to

facilitate the sale of one plastic sachet of methamphetamine hydrochloride, or shabu.

Upon the pre- arranged signal, joint elements of PDEA ROXII under Director Gil Cesario

Castro and Police Station 7, GSCPO arrested Galve after he handed over the illegal

drug in exchange for the buy-bust money. After the buy-bust operation, the operating

team immediately implemented a search warrant inside Galve’s house that led to the

seizure of an additional sachet shabu, weighing approximately one gram worth P7, 500.

Cases for violation of Section 5 ( Sale of Dangerous Drugs) and section 11

( Possession of Dangerous Drugs), Article II of Republic Act 9165, or The

Comprehensive Dangerous Drugs 2002, are being prepared for filing in court against

Galve, who presently detained at PDEA ROXII jail facility ( Aquino, MAY 13, 2017).

The researchers would like to conduct the study in order to find out the drug

surrenderees program Basis enhancement of tokhang in police station 1 general Santos

City. Results gathered will serve as basis for a propose enhancement program in the

implementation of tokhang.

Statement of the Problem

The researchers aimed to determine the drug surenderees in General Santos City for

fiscal 2016

Specifically, the researchers sought answer to the following question:

1. What is the possible situation of drug surrenderees in Police Station 1 in General

Santos City for fiscal 2016?

2. To determine the total number of drug surenderrees in police station 1?

3. What implication can be drawn from the study?

Scope and Delimitation

The scope of this research focused on the drug surrenderees in General Santos

City that will covered the eight police stations to be conducted only during the fiscal year

2016 to have a very recent result.

Definition of terms

The following terms being used in this study were defined operationally;
Drug surenderees. In this study, this refers to the number of minor individuals

particularly from junior high school to senior high school level who surrendered or

arrested because of drug related problem.

Fiscal - is used to describe something that relates to government money or public

money, especially taxes.

Tokhang - to knock on a suspected drug trafficker or drug addict's home to persuade

them to surrender and stop their illegal activities.

Shabu - slang term for the drug methamphetamine used in Japan, Hong Kong, the

Philippines, Malaysia, and Indonesia. Ya ba, also called shabú (Philippines), pills with a

mixture of methamphetamine and caffeine prevalent throughout Asia.

PDEA - Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) is responsible for efficient law

enforcement of all provisions on any dangerous drugs and/or precursors and essential

chemicals.

Drug pusher - an illegal drug dealer, a person who sells illegal drugs.

Relapsing - a return to bad behavior that you had stopped doing.

Significance of the study

The study will contribute many advantages to the following person:

Philippine National Police. This may serve as an eye opener for them to find

ways and means on how to solve the existing problems with minors who are into drugs

and look possible ways collaborate with the families and other members of society.
To the Barangay Officials. The result of this study may give them insights on the

implementation of policies with regards to minors so that they may not become salt of

the society.

To the Parents. Particularly the parents may benefit this study, for them to become

aware of the present situation with regards to minor and that they will monitor the

activities of their children to avoid from drug related problem.

To the Community, it will bring awareness about drug surrendeeres in police station 1

General Santos City. This will motivate them to become more supportive and more

understanding on this matter.

To the Researcher, the study brings understanding about drug surrendeeres program

basis enhancement of tokhang police station 1.

To the Future Researchers. This may help them in gathering needed information from

their present study.

Theoretical Framework

This study was anchored from the viewpoint Horvath, Misra, Epner and Cooper

(2015), that according to learning theory, addiction is simply a learned behavior. In other

words, people learned to engage in addictive behavior according to well-established

learning principles. There are two fundamentals types of learning that apply humans

and animals alike: 1) learning by paired association, called classical conditioning and 2)

learning from the consequences a behavioral choice, called operant conditioning. A

third type of learning is called social learning. Social learning occurs when we learn

something by observing others. Unlike classical conditioning and operant conditioning,

only humans and certain (e.g., dogs, horses) have demonstrated the ability to learn by

observation. People may learn addictive behavior through classical conditioning by

pairing the pleasure of addictive substances or activities, with environmental cues. For

example, suppose someone always smokes marijuana in the car after work. The

enjoyment of smoking marijuana forms a paired association. By repeatedly pairing

marijuana with car, and marijuana after work, both the car and after work will become

cues to smoke marijuana. Then these cues (getting into the car, getting off work) may

create powerful cravings for marijuana.

Conceptual framework

INDEPENDENT VARIABLE DEPENDENT VARIABLE

Drug surrenderees in
JUNIOR & SENIOR HIGH
police station in GSC for
SCHOOL
fiscal 2016

Figure 1: Conceptual framework