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A. LESSON PREVIEW/REVIEW

Introduction
Hello class! Previously, we discussed the types of gambling, its effect, and also the preventive aspects
of gambling. Before we start our topic today, do you have any questions and clarifications as regards our last
topic? For today’s module, we will discuss the national programs of the government to combat the vices and
the use and trade of illegal drugs. This will provide us a better insight into understanding the strategies applied
by the government and its specific programs to combat the proliferation of illicit drugs.

B. MAIN LESSON

Drug prevention is clearly a national program of the government to combat the ill effects of drugs.
However, to be more effective in its implementation the national government had created different agencies for
it to enforce and implement its programs for a drug-free community. Law Enforcement Pillars such as the
PDEA, PNP, and other law enforcement agencies are tasked to operate for the achievement of a drug-free
society. With this, let us try to explore what are the common programs utilized by the government to prevent
the proliferation of illicit drugs.

The drug issue is undoubtedly a public health challenge that must be prioritized because it creates
complex health and social problems. Under the administration of President Rodrigo Roa Duterte, the
Philippines has undergone rigorous anti-drug cleansing through the shared efforts of national government
agencies, non-government organizations, faith-based groups, and the private sector.

In addressing the drug menace, a myriad of strategies needs to be put in place and operationalized.
The government’s intensified campaign to curb illegal drugs will only succeed if it is carried out on various
fronts.

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Recognizing the need to set forth a comprehensive and balanced approach to drug demand and drug
supply reduction, the Philippine Anti-Illegal Drugs Strategy (PADS) has been developed as a blueprint of the
government’s strategies and programs in addressing the country’s drug use problem. It is aligned with the
President’s priorities and is anchored on the Philippine Development Plan 2017-2022 sub-goal of ensuring
security, public order, and safety which indicates that the national anti-illegal drugs strategy includes
suppressing the flow of illegal drugs supply through sustained law enforcement operations and reducing
consumer demand for drugs and other substances through drug rehabilitation and massive preventive
education and awareness programs.

The Anti-Drug Strategy

Components of the Anti-Drug Strategy

1. Drug Supply Reduction
Take away drugs from the public through market denial operations and prevention of diversion from the licit to
illicit market and reduce the proliferation of illegal drugs through sustainable alternative development programs.
*Law Enforcement
In order to fully support the government’s anti-drug campaign, the Philippine National Police
launched its PNP Anti-Illegal Drugs Campaign Plan: Double Barrel. Implemented in a two-pronged
approach, this is the centerpiece of PNP’s campaign against illegal drugs. The lower barrel is
dubbed as Project Tokhang (ToktokHangyo), a Visayan composite term that stands for knock
(Toktok) and pleads (Hangyo). The upper barrel, which is the Project HVT (High-Value Target), is a
sustained anti-illegal drugs police operation that includes buy-busts, service of search and arrests
warrants, manhunts, raids, and checkpoints against High Value and Street Level Targets involved in
trafficking and selling of illicit drugs.

Another important government initiative is the provision of financial and technical support for the
implementation of economically viable and sustainable alternative development projects. This
strengthens the involvement of LGUs, community members, and other concerned agencies in
alternative development project implementation. With the aim of reducing and eliminating the illicit
cultivation of marijuana, the DDB “Dangerous Drugs Board” reaches out by initiating project
interventions and encouraging cultivators to engage in alternative livelihood. The definition of the
alternative development program has been expanded to benefit not only former marijuana cultivators
but also recovering drug dependents in urban areas.

Another major part of DDB’s plan is to strengthen the reporting mechanism to facilitate the
monitoring and evaluation of these alternative development programs supported by the Board
through the years.

*Regulatory Compliance
The Board continually updated the list of drugs for regulation and monitored drug abuse trends
to determine the possible inclusion of new drugs and substances.

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*Judicial and Legislative Measures

Measures consist of regular reprisal of the judiciary on recent Board regulations and the
Comprehensive Dangerous Drugs Act of 2002 or RA 9165. The Board also seeks to foster and
improve cooperation among pillars of the criminal justice system such as the judiciary, prosecution,
and law enforcement.

2. Drug Demand Reduction

Take people away from the lure of drug abuse through policy formulation, preventive education, research,
treatment, rehabilitation, and reintegration; provision of alternative development programs and forging
cooperation with regional and international agencies and counterparts.
*Policy Formulation
The Board issued several Board Regulations to respond to the current national drug abuse situation
and directives of President Rodrigo Duterte.

*Preventive Education and Capacity-building

The Philippines is adopting the International Standards on Drug Use Prevention which stipulates that
prevention initiatives should target the various developmental stages and settings.
The DDB has a range of educational programs and services designed to cater to the needs of every
sector of society. It has programs that engage the youth, addresses the needs of parents, and
provide employers, educators, health professionals, policymakers, and other sectors with information
on the prevention and control of drug use.

*Treatment, Rehabilitation and Reintegration

As an important facet of drug demand reduction, trends in treatment and rehabilitation as well as
issues and concerns that families and recovering drug dependents face during the process are
continually monitored. These are integrated into existing health and social agencies to ensure a
continuum of care. More importantly, services are built on community resources.

*Research
Through its Policy Studies, Research and Statistics Division (PSRSD), the DDB conducts
research and studies to gather data and analyze trends in drug abuse and trafficking in the country.

What are the programs implemented by the Government in the Fight Against Drugs?
1. Preventive Education
The DDB has a significant role in helping attain the Filipinos’ collective societal vision. All of the agency’s
efforts falling under its drug demand reduction and civic awareness and response pillars accomplish the
tasks set to initiate anti-drug abuse advocacies and information campaigns.

Preventive education programs all seek to discourage users and impending abusers from experimenting
with illicit substances or continuing to abuse them. It is a subset of drug demand reduction. These
strategies complement the approaches employed in reducing consumer demand for controlled

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substances. The Board utilizes policies and programs which seek reduction of desire to obtain and use
illegal drugs.

2. Training, Seminars, Campaigns, and Advocacies

Empowering Stakeholders to Become Catalysts

Community outreach programs and advocacy programs are constantly conducted in different key
settings such as schools, communities, and workplaces. During these activities, members of the DDB
staff serve as resource speakers orienting the participants on the country’s drug abuse problem, the ill
effects of drug abuse, and the legal consequences of being involved in illegal drugs activities.

Several projects falling under preventive education may also be categorized as capability-building
programs, in the form of either a seminar or training. These activities seek to develop skills among
participants which, in turn also help them shun drug dependency; improve their preventive education
practice and implementation of their tasks per the Comprehensive Dangerous Drugs Act.

3. Programs for the Youth

A. DDB Youth Leadership Training
This preventive education program is an offshoot of the consultation with community-based
organizations involved in drug abuse prevention. It aims to create a cadre of leaders who lead anti-drug
abuse campaigns. The institutionalization of this program is still looked into given that the program
participants from its pilot implementation sessions have started to implement their action plans
efficiently in their respective communities.

B. Barkada Kontra Droga (BKD, Peer Groups Against Drugs)

As an effective peer-based preventive education and information program to counter the dangers and ill
effects of drug abuse, the Board has institutionalized the BKD program in order to enlist the
participation of more in and out-of-school youth, and eventually organize them into a movement of
young people who are catalysts within their peer groups in advocating a healthy, drug-free lifestyle.

C. National Youth Congress on Drug Abuse Prevention and Control

This annual three-day live-in Congress is designed to provide an open and comfortable atmosphere for
fun, real work, and innovative strategic planning to address the drug problem in the respective localities
of the youth participants. A team of anti-drug advocates and facilitators provides participants the
opportunity for positive discussions/dialogues, structured learning activities, workshops, and inputs. The
team approach is employed throughout the congress to foster teamwork, learning, camaraderie, and
harmonious relationship of youth delegates.

D. National Drug Education Program (NDEP)

This program which is currently implemented in elementary and secondary schools, in cooperation with
DDB-member agency DepEd, entails five components – curriculum and instruction, co-curricular and

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ancillary services, teacher and staff development, parent education and community outreach, and
research, evaluation and monitoring – which is comprehensive in nature and provides a holistic
approach to the problem of drug abuse. It was designed to enable all sectors to work collaboratively,
with the school system as the core, thereby, unifying all sectoral endeavors.

E. Drug Abuse Prevention Program for Out-of-School Youth

This program aims to design a responsive livelihood project dedicated to Out-of-School Youth in
cooperation with the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) and the Technical
Education, Skills Development Authority (TESDA).

F. Seminar on Drug Abuse Prevention Program for Scoutmasters and Scout Leaders
This is a three-day training program for Scoutmasters and Leaders which aims to integrate drug abuse
prevention in the scouting program.

G. National Seminar-Workshop for College Student Leaders on Drug Abuse Prevention Education
This is a three-day seminar-workshop aimed at intensifying initiatives against substance abuse among
college student leaders who will become partners in strengthening and mobilizing student organizations
to incorporate and sustain in their general plans of action, various initiatives relative to drug abuse
prevention education.

H. Project STAND – “Street Artists: No to Drugs”

This is a primary prevention program under the Civic Awareness and Response strategy of the DDB
designed to create awareness on the drug abuse problem and generate a social response on its
prevention and control.

I. Inter-School Stage Play Competition

This is a one-day competition involving student artists and performers in depicting stage plays that are
relevant to the present drug situation or condition based on a given theme. The objectives of these
events are to provide the youth with a creative outlet for their enthusiasm and energy for them to be
less prone to experiment with dangerous drugs and to enhance their talents through performing arts.

4. Programs for Children

A. Drug Abuse Resistance Education (DARE) Program
The Drug Abuse Resistance Education Program (DARE) is being enhanced to complement the
implementation of NDEP. DARE offers a variety of activity-oriented techniques which are designed to
encourage student-generated responses to problem-solving situations, specifically on drug abuse. This
is being implemented in collaboration with the Philippine National Police.

B. Kids Against Drugs Program

To bring anti-drug advocacy to the children, the DDB participates in the annual celebration of Children’s
Month every October. The DDB conducts the Kids Against Drugs program, a primary prevention activity
that aims to inculcate the skills of “Saying ‘No’” to children as a firm foundation for preventive education.

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C. Self-Discovery Seminar for Kids

This is a two-day program which aims to create self-awareness among kids and also elicit their
leadership qualities so as to take responsibility for creating positive attitudes in their lives.

Programs for Parents

A. Systematic Training for Effective Parenting (STEP)
To help parents deliver their roles on drug abuse prevention, the DDB conducts Seminar-Workshop on
Systematic Training for Effective Parenting. This is a three-day activity that aims to enhance
participants’ knowledge of responsible parenthood and remind them of their role in drug abuse
prevention. This seminar-workshop is designed for parents to demonstrate and appreciate their role in
drug abuse prevention and control.

B. Parent-Youth Resource Against Drug Abuse (PYRADA)

This is a two-day seminar designed to organize a well-informed parent and youth resource against drug
abuse. Objectives are to provide family members with knowledge on the dangers of drug abuse and
enhance competencies to resist the temptations of drug abuse and encourage and motivate family
members to become actively involved in drug abuse prevention activities.

C. Drug Abuse Prevention Program for the Families of Overseas Filipino Workers
This is a one-day activity for overseas contract workers and their families to be aware of the hazardous
effects of drug abuse and learn some ways of preventing the use of it.

Programs for Different Sectors

A. Life Skills Training
This training aims to train a core group of trainers in the development of life skills of various target
groups in drug abuse prevention. It is usually designed as three-day training on Life Skills and BKD
orientation to enhance the capacities of the participants to face life’s pressures and resist drugs.

B. Seminar-Workshop on Dangerous Drugs Law for Judges, Prosecutors, and Law Enforcers
To address the problems on dismissal of drug cases and operations lapses, the DDB convenes judges,
prosecutors, and law enforcers in a three-day seminar workshop. This initiative aims to further
coordinate and integrate the overall efforts of the criminal justice system especially in the field of
prosecution and investigation.

C. Seminar on Board Regulation Updates, RA 9165 for Doctors, Pharmacists and Allied
Professionals
Following its mandate to enjoin all stakeholders especially in preventing the illicit use of dangerous
drugs and diversion of controlled precursors and essential chemicals, the DDB conducts a one-day
seminar which aims to inform the participants of Board Regulation Nos. 3, 6 and the recent regulations
regarding dangerous drugs used therapeutically in the medical fields, especially among Pharmacists,
Doctors, and Allied Professionals.

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D. Drug Abuse Prevention Seminar in the Workplace

The Board has implemented seminars that aim to increase the awareness of the employees and the
top-level management on the detrimental effects of drug abuse in the workplace. The topics on
substance abuse have been incorporated in the regular safety and health training programs to
encourage more companies to put up their own policies

E. Drug Abuse Prevention Program for the Transport Groups

This is a primary prevention activity involving the public transport groups designed to ensure the safety,
the well-being of the commuters and pedestrians by having drug-free transport personnel. Cooperating
agencies are the DDB, DOLE, DOH, PDEA, LTFRB, LTO, and the Philippine Global Road Safety. It
seeks to reduce the incidence of drug-related vehicular accidents, promote public order and safety on
the streets; and organize anti-drug patrol among drivers and other transport personnel.

F. Inter-Faith Based Programs on Drug Abuse Prevention Education

This program was conceptualized based on the belief that spirituality works as an intervention strategy
among drug dependents and as a powerful weapon on drug abuse prevention. It was designed to
establish an Interfaith Council on DAP.

G. Forum on Life skills Enhancement for Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) Companies
This is a one-day forum for Human Resource Personnel of various BPOs aimed at creating awareness
on the dangers of drug abuse and illicit trafficking. This information drive and the capacity-building
program is a call to promote a healthy and drug-free lifestyle among Business Process Outsourcing
workers in the Philippines.

H. Training of National Service Training Program (NSTP) Implementers on Drug Abuse Prevention
Education
A training program which aims to promote anti-drug abuse advocacy through providing information on
the extent of the country’s problem on drugs, government efforts to address the problem, salient
provisions of the drug law, ill effects of drugs and current youth prevention initiatives. Objectives are to
provide opportunities for continuing in-service training to teachers on the effective utilization of support
instructional materials and teaching strategies on drug education to ensure the proper delivery of the
program; and to encourage deeper participation among mentors on drug education, prevention, and
control programs.

I. Integration of Drug Abuse Prevention and Treatment in the Primary Health Care Program
This is a project being implemented by community health centers integrating drug abuse prevention in
the Primary Health Care Program. It complements treatment and rehabilitation services after the client's
release from the rehabilitation centers.

J. Strengthening Barangay Anti-Drug Abuse Councils

This is a two-day activity aimed at upgrading the knowledge and skills of barangay leaders and utilizing
them as anti-drug advocates.

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K. Continuing Seminar on Anti-Illegal Drug Operations and Investigation

This is a five-day training live-in training that aims to enhance the knowledge and skills of participants to
effectively and efficiently conduct anti-illegal drug operations.

L. Training of Trainers on the Universal Prevention Curriculum (UPC) for Substance Use
This is an eight-day live-in training program consisting of two curricula: Curriculum 1 - Introduction to
Prevention Science and Curriculum 2 - Pharmacology and Physiology for Prevention Specialist. The
training is for the preventive education workers designed to enhance their knowledge and
competencies in planning, implementation, monitoring, and evaluation of evidence-based practices in
the area of substance use prevention.

M. Drug Abuse Prevention Program for Senior Citizens

This is a one-day activity for elderly/senior citizens for them to be aware of the hazardous effects of
drug abuse and its prevention and control.

*Skill-building Activities
1. As a student, what could be the best preventive programs that can be implemented by the government
or the local government to combat addiction? Justify your answer.

2. Prepare your own slogan with a theme of Drug Prevention. From that, explain the basic concept of your
theme.

*Check for Understanding

This is a self-evaluation activity to determine your understanding of the topics presented by answering the
questions honestly. Write your answer on the box provided the opposite of the question. Write legibly and no
erasures are allowed.

1. This is considered as the blueprint of the government in PADS

combating drug problems in the country.
2. A strategy employed to reduce the proliferation of illegal drugs Supply Reduction
through sustainable alternative development programs.

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3. This is considered the centerpiece of PNP’s campaign against Double Barrel

illegal drugs
4. This is also known as the Comprehensive Dangerous Drugs Act of R.A. 9165
2002
5. The government strategy that focused on policy formulation, Demand Reduction
preventive education, research, treatment, rehabilitation, and
reintegration; provision of alternative development programs

C. LESSON WRAP-UP

Summary:
In order for us to easily understand drug prevention we must first understand what is Drug education.
Drug education is defined as the planned provision of information, resources, and skills relevant to the
prevention of substance abuse. It is a tool used by the government to educate people regarding the effects of
drugs on the physical and the normal function of the brain.

Our government has designed a national drug control strategy to fight against illegal drugs. The
components of the Anti-Drug Strategy are Drug Supply Reduction and Drug Demand Reduction.

Frequently Asked Questions

What is drug supply reduction?
Supply reduction efforts generally involve attempts to disrupt the manufacturing and distribution supply chains
for these drugs, by both civilian law enforcement and sometimes military forces.

What is drug demand reduction?

Demand reduction aims to decrease the use of illegal drugs through education and treatment designed for
at-risk populations and the general public.

What are the programs implemented by the Government in Fight Against Drugs?
*DDB Youth Leadership Training
*Barkada Kontra Droga (BKD, Peer Groups Against Drugs)
*National Youth Congress on Drug Abuse Prevention and Control
*National Drug Education Program (NDEP)
*Drug Abuse Prevention Program for Out-of-School Youth
*Seminar on Drug Abuse Prevention Program for Scoutmaster and Scout Leaders
*National Seminar-Workshop for College Student Leaders on Drug Abuse Prevention Education
*Project STAND – “Street Artists: No to Drugs”
*Inter-School Stage Play Competition

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*Thinking about Learning

Now, kindly mark your place in the work tracker by encircling the corresponding number. This work tracker will
help you see how much work you have accomplished and how much work is left to do.

A. Before ending this module, let us see how you develop this activity.

The section of the module that is: Easy Difficult

Topic

Why

B. This is for your self-evaluation, put a (/) mark if

a. I CAN describe Oplan Tokhang? ____.
b. I CAN explain Supply and Demand Reduction ____.

KEY TO CORRECTIONS

Sequence of thought and idea 4 points

Clarity of the answer 3 points
Readability 2 points
Neatness 1 point
Total: 10 points

*Skill Building Activities

1. The answer and scoring will now depend on the instructor’s perception as to the response of the student
since the interpretation varies from one instructor to another.
2. The answer and scoring will now depend on the instructor’s perception as to the response of the student
since the interpretation varies from one instructor to another.

*Check for Understanding

1. PADS
2. Supply Reduction
3. Double Barrel
4. R.A. 9165
5. Demand Reduction

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