HISTORY AND DEVELOPMENT OF DRUGS JUDGES 16:1-31

SAMSON AND DELILAH SAMSON WAS PUT INTO

SLEEP BY DELILAH
FACTORS FOR THE EMERGENCE OF DRUG
PROBLEM
1. THREE HOURS FLIGHT WESTWARD FROM THE 12,000 B.C
PHILIPPINES TO THE GOLDEN
HEMP
TRIANGLE.
WAS FIRST USED AS PAPER AND MEDICINE IN
2. PHILIPPINES HAS A HUMID, WARM AND CHINA
TROPICAL WEATHER
3. GREATER PART OF OUR POPULATION IS
GETTING YOUNGE AND YOUNGER 6000 B.C

4. PHILIPPINES IS THE MIRROR IMAGE ON CANNABIS SEEDS WERE INTRODUCED AS FOOD

AMERICA IN CHINA

5. MEN ARE BY NATURE PLEASURE LOVING OR

HEDONISTIC 10,000 B.C
6. THE PROFIT MOTIVE (MORE PROFIT THAN EARLIEST RECORD ON MAN’S USE OF
RISK) MARIJUANA
7. GRADUAL DISAPPEARANCE OF THE OLDEN
NUCLEAR FAMILY
ARCHEOLOGIST UNERATHED IN AN ANCIENT
8. CLAMOR TO RESPECT HUMAN RIGHTS VILLAGE IN A CHINESE ISLAND, NOW KNOW AS
9. “NO PERSON SHALL BE DEPRIVED OF HIS TAIWAN.
RIGHT TO LIFE, LIBERTY OR PROPERTY
WITHOUT DUE PROCESS OF LAW” MARIJUANA
10. THE IMPACT OF DISCOVERIES, (CANNABIS SATIVA)
EXPLORATION AND RESEARCHES
2 CENTURY EARLIER ASSYRIAN WAS ALSO
KNOW TO HAVE USE THE PLANT AS
HISTORY OF DRUGS INTOXICANT.
“SACRED TREE” RELIGIOUS RITUALS DURING
GENESIS 9:21 9,000 B.C

“AND HE DRANK OF THE WINE, AND WAS

DRUNKEN; AND HE WAS UNCOVERED WITHIN
HIS TENT.”
“QUNUBU”
FORERUNNER OF THE WORD CANNABIS “WAY
TO PRODUCE SMOKE” MARIJUANA (CANNABIS
SATIVA)
1200 B.C
INDIAN HINDUS USED FOR RELIGIOUS RITUALS
IN THE BELIEF THAT IT IS A SOURCE OF
HAPPINESS AND LAUGHTER PROVOKER.
HINDU SACRED TEXT ATHARVAVEDA (SCIENCE
OF CHARM)
“SACRED GRASS”, ONE OF THE SACRED PLANTS
IN INDIA
MARIJUANA
(CANNABIS SATIVA)
HISTORICAL RECORDS INDICATE THE NARCOTIC
WAS FIRST USED IN THE “ASIA MINOR” AREA,
MIDDLE EAST AND IN ASIATIC COUNTRIES.
GEOGRAPHICALLY, THE USE OF MARIJUANA IS
MORE WIDESPREAD THAN ANY OTHER
NARCOTIC.
3,000 B.C
INCAS OF PERU STARTED SMOKING MARIJUANA
AND BECAME PART OF THEIR CULTURE.
MARIJUANA
(CANNABIS SATIVA)
MEXICAN SPANISH WORD “MARIJUANA” USED
TO IDENTIFIED THE INDIAN HEMP PLANT,
CANNABIS SATIVA.
THE RESIN
IS CALLED “HASHIS”, HASHEES, CHARAS, BHANG
GANJAH or GUNJAH DEPENDING UPON THE
LOCALE FROM WHICH IT CAME.
THE WORDS “HASHIS” AND “ASSASSIN”
DERIVED FROM THE LEADER NAMED HASSAN
OR HASHASHIN, A MUSLIM CULT LEADER IN
THE 11TH CENTURY WHO FED HIS DICIPLES A
PREPARATION MADE FROM THE RESIN OF THE
FEMALE HEMP PLANT AS A REWARD FOR THEIR
SUCCESSFUL ASSASSINATION.
KING OF NARCOTICS
7000 B.C
CULTIVATED AND PREPARED BY THE
SUMERIANS
5000 B.C
THE SUMERIANS USE OPIUM OR AFIM OPIUM
POPY PLANT (PAPAVER SOMNIFERUM)
FROM GREEK WORDS
PAPAVER – “POPPY”
SOMNIFERUM – “I BRING SLEEP”
OPIUM “OPOS” – “VEGETABLE JUICE”
OPION – “POPPY JUICE”
SUGGESTED BY THE FACT THAT THEY HAVE AN
IDEOGRAM FOR IT WHICH HAS BEEN
TRANSLATED AS “HUL”, MEANING “JOY” OR
“REJOICING”
SUMERIANS IN MESOPOTAMIA WERE
REFERRING “HAPPINESS”, AND THE OPIUM
POPPY AS ‘HUL GIL”, THE ”PLANT OF JOY”
NEPENTHE
“THAT WHICH CHASES AWAY SORROW” (DRUG
OF FORGETFULNESS)
EARLY TRACES OF THE OPIUM HAS AN
APPARENT REFERENCE IN HOMER’S ODYSSEY
“THE POWER OF ROBBING GRIEF AND ANGER
OF THEIR STING AND BANISHING ALL PAINFUL
MEMORIES”
WRITTEN IN 9TH CENTURY B.C ROUSES
TRANSLATION TELLS OF A DRUG POTENT
AGAINST PAONS AND QUARRELS AND CHARGE
WITH FORGETFULNES OF TROUBLES; WHOEVER
DRUG THIS MINGLED IN THE BOWL, NOT ONE
TEAR WOULD HE LET FALL THE WHOLE DAY
LONG, NOT IF MOTHER AND FATHER WOULD
DIE, NOT IF THEY SHOULD SLAY A BROTHERS A
DEAR SON BEFORE HIS FACE AND HE SHOULD
SEE IT WITH HIS OWN EYES.
OPIUM WAR
EMPEROR YUNG CHEN
CHINA ATTEMPTED TO STOP THE IMPORTATION
OF OPIUM FROM CHINA TO INDIA.
2500 B.C
EARLIEST HISTORICAL EVIDENCE OF THE EATING
OF POPPY SEEDS AMONG THE LAKA DWELLERS
ON SWITZERLAND.
300 B.C
GREEK NATURALIST AND PHILOSOPHER,
RECORDS WHAT HAS REMAINED AS THE
EARLIEST UNDISPUTED REFERENCE TO THE USE
OF POPPY JUICE.
1000
OPIUM IS WIDELY USED IN CHINA AND THE FAR
EAST.
MORPHINE
(THE FIRST DERIVATIVE OF OPIUM) 1803-1806
MORPHIUM
IT WAS NAMED FOR MORPHEUS, THE GREEK
”GOD OF DREAMS”
1806
DISCOVERED BY FRIEDRICH WILHELM ADAM
SERTUERNER
THE GREEK HAS CLAIMED ITS FIRST DISCOVEY,
ALTHOUGH IN THE SAME YEAR, GERMANY HAS
SUCCESSFULLY ISOLATED AN ALKALOID OF
OPIUM CALLED MORPHINE
“THE MIRACLE DRUG”
HEROIN/DIACETYLMORPHINE
(ANOTHER DERIVATIVE OF OPIUM)
DISCOVERED IN 1896 THROUGH THE PROCESS
OF SYNTHESIS OF MORPHINE BY THE BRITISH
CHEMIST NAMED ALDER WRIGHT.
ITS NAME WAS DERIVED FROM THE WORD
“HERO” AND SUGGEST COURAGE AND
IMPRESSIVE POWER. THE COURAGE AND THE
DARING OF THE DREAMER-TRANSITORY AND
ILLUSORY.
IT WAS THE STRONGEST OF ALL OPIUM
DERIVATIVES SYNTHESIZES FROM MORPHINE
AND THE MOST ADDICTIVE OF ALL DRUGS.
CODEINE
(THE THIRD DERIVATIVE OF OPIUM)
1832
PIERRE ROBIQUET
WAS PRODUCED IN FRANCE WHILE IN THE
PROCESS OF DISCOVERING DRUGS THAT
WOULD EFFECTIVELY CURE OPIUM, MORPHINE
ADDICTS.
IT WAS DERIVE FROM MORPHINE THROUGH
CHEMICAL PROCESS.
KODEIA FOR “POPPY HEAD”
”KING OF ALL DRUGS”
- ALCOHOL
GENESIS 9:21
AND HE DRANK OF THE WINE, AND WAS
DRUNKEN; AND HE WAS UNCOVERED WITHIN
HIS TENT.
250 B.C PSALMS, 104:14-15
“THOU DOST CAUSE GRASS TO GROW FOR THE
CATTLE AND PLANTS FOR MAN TO CULTIVATE,
THAT HE MAY BRING FORTH FOOD FROM THE
EARTH, AND THE WINE TO GLADDEN THE
HEART OF MAN.
350 B.C PROVERBS, 31:5
”GIVE STRONG DRINK TO HIM THAT IS READ TO
PERISH, AND WINE UNTO THOSE THAT BE OF
HEAVY HEARTS.”
PROVERBS, 31:7
“LET THEM DRINK AND FORGET THEIR
POVERTY, AND REMEMBER THEIR MISERY NO
MORE.”
3500 B.C
EARLIEST HISTORICAL RECORDED OF
PRODUCTION OF ALCOHOL: THE DESCRIPTION
OF BREWERY IN AN EGYPTIAN PAPYRUS.
2000 B.C
EARLIEST RECORD OF PROHIBITIONIST
TEACHING, BY AN EGYPTIAN PRIEST, WHO
WRITES TO TO HIS PUPILS: “I, THY SUPERIOR,
FORBID THEE TO GO TO THE TAVERNS. THOU
ART DEGRADED LIKE BEASTS.”
3000 B.C
APPROXIMATE DATE OF THE SUPPOSED ORIGIN
OF THE USE OF TEA IN CHINA
350 A.D
EARLIEST MENTION OF TEA, IN A CHINESE
DICTIONARY.
1439
THE USE OF TOBACCO WAS INTRODUCED INTO
EUROPE BY COLUMBUS AND HIS CREW
RETURNING.
COCAINE
(DERIVED FROM THE LEAVES OF COCA BUSH)
THE CHEWING COCA LEAF (COCA BUSH OR
ERYTHROXYLUM COCA) WAS PRACTICED
CENTURIES AGO BY ANCIENT INCAS OF PERU,
BUT COCAINE WAS NOT DISCOVERED UNTIL
ABOUT MIDDLE OF THE 19TH CENTURY.
COCA BUSH IS GROW IN THE ANDES
MOUNTAIN REGION OF SOUTH AMERICA, IN
THE EAST INDIES, IN JAVA, IN INDIA AND
CEYLON.
1844
COCAINE IS ISOLATED IN ITS FORM.
HISTORY IN PHILIPPINE SETTING
PRE-SPANISH ERA
“NGA-NGA” AND FERMENTED ALCOHOLIC
BEVERAGES
THE OPIUM POPPY PLANT ND THE COCA BUSH
WERE ABSENT IN THE PHILIPPINE VEGETATION
PRIOR TO 1521
1780
CHINESE PHRIAS (GHETTOS) STARTED SMOKING
OPIUM AS A VICE.
1844-1846
THE SPANISH COLONIAL GOVERNMENT LAID
DOWN AN OPIUM MONOPOLY.
1901
SYSTEMATIC SURVEY 190 JOINTS WHERE THE
CHINESE SMOKE OPIUM
1906
PARTIAL LEGISLATION CHINESE ADDICTS AS
ALLOWED TO OBTAIN LICENSE TO USE OPIUM
IN THEIR HOMES FOR FEE OF 5.00 PESOS
1908-1946
TOTAL BAN OF OPIUM TOOK EFFECT
1953
R.A No. 953
TO PROVIDE FOR THE REGISTRATION OF
COLLECTION, AND THE IMPOSITION OF FIXED
AND SPECIAL TAXES UPON ALL PERSONS WHO
ENGAGE IN ILLEGAL DRUG PRODUCTION.
1955
FOREIGNER FOR THE PURPOSE OF PRODUCING
“REEFERS” INTRODUCED MARIJUANA PLANT IN
PASAY CITY.
JANUARY 8, 1959
THE FIRST MARIJUANA RAID IN PASAY CITY WAS
CONDUCTED BY THE PC CRIMINAL
INVESTIGATION.
EARLY 60’S
SMALL HEROIN LABORATORIES OPENED IN
MANILA.
1963
WARNING OF OPIUM ADDICTION AMONG
CHINESE CONCURRENT INCREASE AMONG
FILIPINOS 63% FILIPINO ARRESTED FROM DRUG
OFFENSE.
MARCH 30, 1972
R.A No. 6425
“DANGEROUS DRUG ACT OF 1972”

PD 44 NOVEMBER 9, 1972
PLACED UNDER CONTROL NOT ONLY
NARCOTICS BUT ALSO PSYCHOTROPIC
SUBSTANCES.
NOVEMBER 14, 1972
DDB WAS ORGANIZED TO PROVIDE
LEADERSHIP, DIRECTION AND COORDINATION
IN THE EFFECTIVE IMPLEMENTATION OF R.A No.
6425
1974
ADDICTION OF OPIATES AND BARBITURATES
HAD ALMOST DISAPPEARED.
1975-1980
THE CULTIVATION OF MARIJUANA INCREASED
AND BECAME GEOGRAPHICALLY WIDESPREAD.
THE PATTERN OF DRUG TAKING INVOLVED
MARIJUANA, ABUSE OF PHARMACEUTICAL
PRODUCTS (ESPECIALLY COUGH SYRUP) AND
INHALATION SOLVENTS.
UNODC
UNITED NATIONS OFFICE OF DRUGS AND
CRIME
OPIUM 17TH CENTURY 19TH CENTURY CHINESE
IMMIGRANTS TOOK TO THE HABIT AND
TOLERATED BY THE AUTHORITIES.
1903
OPIUM DENS IN MANILA 190 DENS (130 TONS)
1906
US BANNED THE OPIUM
1960
HEROIN LABORATORIES IN MANILA 9-10 KGS
PER MONTH
R.A No. 9165
JUNE 7, 2002
COMPREHENSIVE DANGEROUS DRUGS ACT OF
2002
DRUG EDUCATION
WHAT ARE DRUGS?
A DRUG IS DEFINED AS A SUBSTANCE USED AS
MEDICINE OR IN THE MAKING OF MEDICINES,
WHICH AFFECTS THE BODY AND MIND AND
HAVE A GREAT POTENTIAL FOR ABUSE. IT CAN
EITHER BE NATURAL AND
SYNTHETIC/ARTIFICIAL.
IS ANY SUBSTANCE, VEGETABLE, MINERAL OR
ANIMAL IN ORIGIN, USED IN THE COMPOSITION
OR PREPARATION OF MEDICINE OR ANY
SUBSTANCE USED AS MEDICINE. CHEMICAL
IT IS ANY SUBSTANCE TAKEN INTO THE BODY
THAT ALTERS THE WAY OF MIND AND THE
BODYWORK.
DRUG
IN CRIMINOLOGIVAL PARLANCE, REFERS TO
SUBSTANCE, OTHER THAN FOOD AND WATER
INTENDED TO BE TAKEN OR ADMINISTERED
FOR THE PURPOSE OF ALTERING, SUSTAINING
OR CONTROLLING RECIPIENT’S PHYSICAL,
MENTAL OR EMOTIONAL STATE.

CATEGORIES OF DRUGS
HERBAL - PLANTS OR SUBSTANCES THAT HAVE
DRUG EFFECTS, ITS USE IS NOT GENERALLY
REGULATED BY LAW.
PRESCRIPTIVE/PRESCRIPTION DRUGS - DRUGS
REQUIRING WRITTEN AUTHORIZATION FROM A
DOCTOR TO ALLOW PURCHASE.
OVER-THE-COUNTER DRUGS (OTC) - DRUGS
THAT ARE NON-PRESCIPTION MEDICINES,
WHICH MAY BE PURCHASED FROM ANY
PHARMACY OR DRUGSTORE WITHOUT
WRITTEN AUTHORIZATION FROM A DOCTOR.
UNRECOGNIZED DRUGS - COMMERCIAL
PRODUCTS THAT HAVE A PSYCHOACTIVE DRUG
EFFECTS BUT ARE NOT USUALLY CONSIDERED
DRUGS.
ILLICIT DRUGS - DRUGS WHICH SALE, PURCHASE
OR USE IS GENERALLY PROHIBITED BY LAW.
NON-MEDICAL USE OF DRUGS OR DRUG ABUSE
THE PRACTICE OF TAKING DRUGS WITHOUT
PROPER MEDICAL SUPERVISION.
SELF-MEDICATION SYNDROME THE SELF-
MEDICATION SYNDROME IS FOUND IN USERS
AND WOULD BE USERS OF DRUGS WHOSE
SOURCES OF INFORMATION ARE PEOPLE OR
LITERATURE OTHER THAN DOCTORS ,
PHARMACISTS AND HEALTH WORKERS.
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, OR OF
COMMITTING ANY ACT OR INDISPENSIBLE
ASSISTANCE TO A PERSON IN ADMINISTERING A
DANGEROUS DRUG TO HIMSELF/HERSELF
UNLESS ADMINISTERED BY A DULY LICENSED
PRACTITIONER FOR PURPOSE OF MEDICATION.
ROUTE OF DRUG ADMINISTRATION
ORAL INGESTION
”THE MOST COMMON WAY OF TAKING DRUGS”
SAFEST MOST CONVINIENT and MOST
ECONOMICAL ROUTE POSSIBLE.
BUCCAL
PLACING IN BUCCAL CAVITY, JUST UNDER THE
LIPS, THE DRUG WILL BE ABSORBED INTO THE
BLOOD STREAM THROUGH THE SOFT TISSUES
IN THE MOUTH.
INJECTION
THIS FORM OFFERS THE FASTEST RESPONSE OR
EFFECT. ADMINISTER TO THE BODY BY THE USE
OF SYRINGE/HYPODERMIC NEEDLE.
SUBCUTANEOUS
INJECTED BELOW THE SURFACE OF THE SKIN.
“SKIN POPPING”
INTRAMUSCULAR
INJECTED OF DRUG INTO A LARGE MUSCLE
MASS THAT HAS A GOOD BLOOD SUPPLY.
GLUTEUS MAXIMUS, QUADRICEPS, OR TRICEPS
INHALATION
THIS ROUTE MAKES USE OF THE GASEOUS AND
VOLATILE DRUGS WHICH ARE INHALED AND
ABSORBED RAPIDLY THROUGH THE MUCOUS
OF THE RESPIRATORY TRACT.

DRUG IN GASEOUS FORM ENTERS THROUGH

THE LUNGS AND IS QUICKLY ABSORBED BY THE
RICH CAPILLARY SYSTEM.

SNORTING
INHALATION THROUGH NOSE OF DRUGS NOT
IN GASEOUS FORM.

TOPICAL
APPLICATION OF DRUGS DIRECTLY TO A BODY
SITE SUCH AS THE SKIN AND THE MUCUS
MEMBRANE.

IONTOPHORESIS
INTRODUCTION OF THE DRUGS INTO THE
DEEPER LAYER OF THE SKIN BY USE OF SPECIAL
TYPE OF ELECTRIC CURRENT FOR LOCAL EFFECT.

SUPPOSITORIES
ADMINISTERED THROUGH THE VAGINA OR
ANUS