DANGEROUS DRUGS ACT OF 2002 (RA 9165)

WHAT IS THE COMPREHENSIVE

DANGEROUS DRUGS ACT OF 2002?

 The Comprehensive Dangerous Drugs

Act of 2002 is a policy imposed by the
government to deal with the state’s
problem with illegal drugs, particularly
how it affects the youth.
DANGEROUS DRUGS ACT OF 2002 (RA 9165)
WHAT DOES THIS LAW COVER?
 Introducing a dangerous drug into a person’s body by injection, inhalation, or
any other method. The exception is if it is done by a licensed
practitioner(doctor, nurse, etc.) for medical purposes.
 Passing a dangerous drug to another. It may be done personally or using
another person or means.
 giving away or selling dangerous drugs.
 Illegal trafficking, delivery, administration, dispensation, manufacture, sale,
trading, transportation, distribution, importation, export and possession of
any dangerous drug, and/or controlled precursor and essential chemical.
DANGEROUS DRUGS ACT OF 2002 (RA 9165)
WHAT DOES THIS LAW COVER?
 Trading- transactions involving the illegal trafficking of dangerous drugs
and/or controlled precursors and essential chemicals using electronic
devices. This includes e-mails, test messages, cellular phones, landlines, 2-
way radios, the internet, instant messages and chat rooms, or acting as
brokers in any way of such transaction in violation of the Dangerous drugs
Act. It may be for money or any other consideration usually by a group of
two or more persons joining together who functions in any one of these:
a. Financier- any person who pays for, raises, supplies money for, or
underwrites any of the illegal activities under the Dangerous Drugs Act.
b. Protector/Coddler – any persons who knowingly and willfully consents to
the violations of the Dangerous Drug Act and uses his/her power, influence, or
position to shield, harbor, screen, or facilitate the escape of any person he/she
knows, suspects or has reason to believe has violated the Dangerous Drugs
Act in order to prevent the violator from being arrested, prosecuted, and/or
convicted.
c. Pusher- any person who sells, trades, administers, dispenses, gives away
on whatever terms, distributes, dispatches in transit, transport dangerous
drugs, or acts as a broker in any transaction that violates the Dangerous
Drugs Act.
 The penalty for any of the given situations ranges from 6
months for possession of drug paraphernalia to life
sentence or even death sentence for maintaining a drug
den.
This law also includes the following:
1. Fast destruction of dangerous drugs that are seized
2. Punishment for policemen and law enforcers who delay drug
cases
3. Mandatory drug test for drivers.
4. Random drug test for students and government and private
workers.
5. Compulsory education on dangerous drugs in all school levels.
WHY SHOULD THIS LAW BE OBEYED?
 This law protects the integrity of all Filipinos from the
harmful effects of dangerous drugs on their physical
and mental well-being.
 It pursues a serious and intensive campaign against
the trafficking and use of dangerous drugs and other
similar substances.
 It makes sure that people with legitimate medical
needs including the use of dangerous drugs are not
adversely affected by this program.
 It provides effective mechanisms or measures to
reintegrate into society individuals who have fallen
victims to drug abuse or dangerous drug dependence
through sustainable programs of treatment and
rehabilitation.
CONSUMER ACT (RA 7394)
WHAT IS THE CONSUMER ACT OF THE PHILIPPINES (RA
7394)?
 Is a national policy which is aimed to protect the interest of the
consumers and buyers of products and services. It also aims to set
and maintain standards of conduct for both the business and industrial
sectors.
The objectives of this national law are the following:
1. Protection of consumers against hazards to health and safety;
2. Protection of consumers against deceptive and unfair sales, acts and
practices;
3. Giving of information and education so consumers can make sound
choices and decisions;
4. Provision of adequate rights and means of redress; and
5. Allowing consumers to be represented in the making of social and
economic policies.

WHICH GOVERNMENT AGENCIES IMPLEMENT THE CONSUMER

ACT AND WHAT ARE THEIR AREAS OF CONCERN?
 Department of Trade and Industry (DTI)
˃ Consumer product quality and safety
˃ Deceptive, unfair, and unconscionable sales, acts, and practice
˃ Weights and measures (metrication)
˃ Consumer products and service warranties
˃ Price tag
˃ Labeling and Packaging
˃ Liability for products and services
˃ Service and repair shops
˃ Advertising and sales promotion
 Department of Agriculture (DA)
Agricultural products:
˃ Quality and safety
˃ Labeling and packaging
 Department of Education (DepEd)
˃ Consumer education and information
 Department of Health (DOH)
Food, drugs, cosmetics, devices, and hazardous substances
˃ Quality and safety
˃ Labeling and packaging
˃ Advertising and sales promotion
˃ Price tag
 Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP)
˃ Consumer credit transactions extended by banks and other financial
intermediaries.
 Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)
˃ Credit facilities extended to consumers by financing companies
WHAT CAN A CONSUMER DO IF HE OR SHE HAS A COMPLAINT?
If you're not satisfied with the response, write
a formal letter of complaint to the consumer
protection agency concerned. State your name
and address; the name and address of the
establishment against whom you are
complaining; the circumstances regarding the
complaint including names, dates, places, etc.
Enclose supporting documents such as official
receipt, deed of sale, and the like.
You should be prepared to make an appearance when called,
especially during the mediation conference.
 WHAT CAN A CONSUMER DO IF HE OR SHE HAS A COMPLAINT?

Report the complaint to the proper

authority. Explain the problem in a calm
manner and tell clearly what action you
would like to be taken (refund, repair,
replacement).
Show proofs of purchase like sales
receipts, warranties, or contracts that
will support your complaint.

Identify the problem. What do you think

is the way to solve the problem?
Is it refund of your money?
Is it product repair or replacement?
NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL AWARENESS
AND EDUCATION ACT OF 2008 (RA 9512)
Knowledge on how to conserve, protect, and rehabilitate our
forests, mountains, seas, and rivers would help all Filipino citizens
to live in a healthful and safe environment.

WHAT IS ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION?

1. Environmental concepts and principles
2. Environmental laws
3. The state of international and local environment
4. Local environment best practices
5. The threats of environment degradation and its impact on
human well-being.
6. The responsibility of the citizenry to the environment
7. The value of conservation, protection, and rehabilitation of natural resources
8. The environment in the context of sustainable development

WHO SHALL IMPLEMENT THE SAID ACT?

1. The Department of Education (DepEd)
2. The Commission on Higher Education (CHED)
3. The Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA)
4. The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD), in
coordination with the Department of Environment and Natural Resources
(DENR)
5. The Department of Science and Technology (DOST) and other relevant
agencies.
 TRADITIONAL AND ALTERNATIVE
MEDICINE ACT OF 1997 (RA 8423)
WHAT IS THE TRADITIONAL AND ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE ACT
(TAMA) OF 1997?
 It is a health care law which aims to promote and provide affordable and
effective traditional and alternative medicinal methods to Filipinos. The
creation of the Philippine Institute of Traditional and Alternative Health Care
was mandated by the very same law. This law sees to it that the government
fulfills its responsibility in providing quality health care options to every
Filipino through developing traditional and alternative medicinal methods and
integrating them into the existing national health care system.
The objectives of the Act are as follows:
 To encourage scientific research on traditional and alternative health care systems that
have direct impact on public health care;
 To promote and advocate the use of traditional, alternative, preventive, and curative
health care that have been proven safe, effective, cost-effective, and consistent with
government standards on medical practice;
 To develop and coordinate skills training courses for various forms of traditional and
alternative health care modalities;
 To formulate standards, guidelines, and codes of ethical practice appropriate for the
practice of traditional and alternative health care as well as in the manufacture, quality
control, and marketing of different traditional and alternative health care materials,
natural and organic products, for approval and adoption by the appropriate
government agencies;
 To formulate policies for the protection of indigenous and natural health resources and
technology from unwarranted exploitation, for approval and adoption by the
appropriate government agencies;
 To formulate policies to strengthen the role of traditional and alternative health care
delivery system; and
 To promote traditional and alternative health care in international and national
conventions, seminars, and meetings in coordination with the Department of Tourism;
Duty Free Philippines, Incorporated; Philippine Convention and Visitors Corporation;
and other tourism-related agencies as well as nongovernment and local government
units.

WHAT IS TRADITIONAL AND ALTERNATIVE HEALTH CARE?

 Traditional and alternative health care refer to knowledge, skills, and
practices on health care that are not included in the regular practice of many
doctors, but are also used to prevent and treat physical illnesses.
 PHILIPPINE AIDS PREVENTION AND
CONTROL ACT OF 1998 (RA 8504)
WHAT IS THIS LAW ABOUT?
 This law was created to promote public awareness about the following issues
related to HIV/AIDS:
1. Its causes
2. Its modes of transmission
3. Its consequences
4. Its means of prevention and control

 The law also includes a nationwide educational and information campaign to

promote values formation and to employ scientifically proven approaches to
combat the problem.
WHAT IS ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME (AIDS)?
 Is a condition characterized by a combination of signs and symptoms, caused by
HIV contracted from another person.

WHAT ARE THE OTHER PROVISIONS OF THIS LAW?

 The Department of Education and other government agencies should work
hand-in-hand so that information on AIDS are included in the classroom. There
should be teaching on the causes, modes of transmission, and ways of
preventing HIV/AIDS and other sexually transmitted diseases in subjects taught
in public and private schools at intermediate grades, secondary and tertiary
levels, including nonformal and indigenous learning systems.
 All teachers and instructors of said HIV/AIDS courses should undergo a seminar
or training on HIV/AIDS prevention and control to be supervised by DepEd,
CHED, and TESDA, in coordination with the Department of Health (DOH), before
they are allowed to teach the subject.
NATIONAL BLOOED SERVICES ACT OF 1994
(RA 7719)
Blood donations is a humanitarian act. Lives are save when blood is available
during emergency situations. Sometimes donors themselves or family of the
donors can benefit from this act of donating blood.

WHAT IS RA 7719?
 Is an act promoting voluntary blood donation, providing for an adequate
supply of safe blood, regulating blood banks, and providing penalties for
violations thereof.
WHAT IS THE PRIMARY OBJECTIVE OF THIS LAW?
 Safe and adequate blood supply: depending on the quality of the blood
source
 Effective recruitment from healthy low-risk population
 Proper donor selection and counseling
WHAT IS THE IMPORTANCE OF THIS LAW?
1. It promotes and encourages voluntary blood donation by the citizenry;
2. It provides for adequate, safe, affordable, and equitable distribution of supply of blood
and blood products;
3. It informs the public of the need for voluntary blood donations to curb the hazards
caused by the commercial sale of blood;
4. It includes topics on the benefits and rationale of voluntary blood donation in the
existing health subjects of the formal education system in all public and private
schools, in the elementary, high school, and college levels as well as in the nonformal
education system;
5. It mobilizes all sectors of the community to participate in mechanisms for voluntary
and nonprofit collection of blood;
6. It requires all blood collection units and blood banks/centers to operate on a nonprofit
basis;
7. It regulates and ensures the safety of all activities related to collection, storage, and
banking of blood; and
8. It requires upgrading of blood banks/centers to include preventive services and
education to control spread of blood transfusion transmissible disease.
 SEAT BELTS USE ACT OF 1999 (RA 8750)
WHAT IS RA 8750?
 Also known as Seat Belts Use Act of 1999, requires the mandatory compliance
by motorists of private and public vehicles to use seat belt and requires vehicle
manufacturers to install seat belt devices in all their manufactured vehicles.
The aim of this law is to protect the drivers and passengers from injuries due to
vehicular accidents.
The following are covered in this law:
 The driver and front seat passengers while inside a running vehicle
 Children 6 years and below should not be in the front seat of a running vehicle
 Signs should be posted instructing front seat passengers to wear seat belts
while inside a running vehicle.
CYBERCRIME PREVENTION ACT OF 2012
(RA 10175)
WHAT IS THE CYBERCRIME PREVENTION ACT OF 2012, OFFICIALLY
RECORDED AS REPUBLIC ACT NO. 10175?
 Is a law which is aimed at addressing legal issues concerning online
interactions and the internet in the Philippines.
WHAT ARE CYBERCRIME OFFENSES?
1. Illegal Access – the access to the whole or any part of a computer system
without the right to do so.
2. Illegal Interception – the interception made by technical means, and without
right, of any nonpublic transmission of computer data to, from or within a
computer system including electromagnetic emissions from a computer
system carrying such computer data.
3. Data Interference – the intentional reckless alteration, damaging, deletion or
deterioration of computer data, electronic document, or electronic data
message, without right, including the introducing or transmission of viruses.
4. System Interference – the intentional alternation or reckless hindering or
interference with the functioning of a computer or computer network by inputting,
transmitting, damaging, deleting, deteriorating, altering, or suppressing computer
data or a computer program, electronic document, or electronic data message,
without right or authority, including the introduction or transmission of viruses.
5. Misuse of Devices – the use, production, sale, procurement, importation,
distribution, or otherwise making available, without right, of:
a. A device, including a computer program, designed or adapted primarily for the purpose
of committing any of the offenses under this Act
b. A computer password, access code, or similar data by which the whole or any part of a
computer system is capable of being accessed with intent that it be used for the
purpose of committing any of the offenses under this Act
6. Cybersquatting – the acquisition of a domain name over the internet in bad
faith to profit, mislead, destroy reputation, and deprive others from registering
the same, if such a domain name is:
a. Similar, identical, or confusingly similar to an existing trademark registered with the
appropriate government agency at the time of the domain name registration;
b. Identical or in any way similar with the name of a person other than the registrant, in
case of a personal name; and
c. Acquired without right or with intellectual property interests in it.

COMPUTER-RELATED OFFENSES
o Computer-related Forgery – the input, alteration, or deletion of any computer data
without right resulting in inauthentic data with the intent that it be considered or acted
upon for legal purposes as if it were authentic, regardless whether or not the data are
directly readable and intelligible.
o Computer-related Fraud – the unauthorized input , or interference in the functioning of a
computer system, causing damage thereby with fraudulent intent
o Computer-related Identity Theft – the intentional acquisition of information belonging to
another, whether natural or juridical, without right: Provided that if no damage has been
yet been caused, the penalty imposable shall be one (1) degree lower.

CONTENT-RELATED OFFENSES
o Cybersex – the willful engagement, maintenance, control or operation, directly or
indirectly, of any lascivious exhibition of sexual organs or sexual activity, with the aid of a
computer system for favor or consideration.
o Child Pornography – the unlawful or prohibited acts defined and punishable by Republic
Act No. 9775 or the Anti-Child Pornography Act of 2009, committed through a computer
system. The penalty to imposed shall be one (1) degree higher than that provided for in
Republic Act No. 9775
o Libel – the unlawful or prohibited acts of libel as defined in Article 355 of the Revised
Penal Code, as amended, committed through a computer system or any other similar
means which may be devised in the future.
o Unconsolidated Commercial Communications – the transmission of commercial
electronic communications with the use of computer system which seek to advertise,
sell, or offer for sale products and services is prohibited unless:
˃ There is prior consent form the recipient;
˃ The primary intent of the communication is for service and/or administrative announcements from
the sender to its existing users, subscribers, or customers;
o The following conditions are present:
˃ The commercial electronic communication contains a simple, valid, and reliable way for the
recipient to reject receipt of further commercial electronic messages from the source;
˃ The commercial electronic communication does not purposely disguise the source of the
electronic message; and
˃ The commercial electronic communication does not purposely include misleading information in
any part of the message in order to induce the recipients to read the message.
WHAT ARE THE GOVERNMENT AGENCIES THAT ARE TASKED TO
ENFORCE AND IMPLEMENT THE LAW?

1. National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) and the Philippine National Police (PNP) are
responsible for the implementation of the provisions of this Act.
2. The Department of Justice (DOJ) is responsible for assisting in investigations or
proceedings concerning criminal offenses related to computer systems or data.
ANTI –CHILD PORNOGRAPHY ACT OF 2009
(RA 9775)
WHAT IS PORNOGRAPHY?
 Publication, exhibition, cinematography, indecent show, information
technology or any representation of a person engaged in real or simulated
sexual activities.
WHAT IS CHILD PORNOGRAPHY?
 Includes the use of child in pornographic performances and materials. It also
covers situations where a child is forced to do pornographic acts.
WHAT ARE UNLAWFUL OR PROHIBITED ACTS UNDER THIS LAW?
o To hire, employ, use, persuade, induce, or coerce a child to perform in the
creation or production of any form of child pornography
o To produce, direct, manufacture, or create any form of child pornography
o To publish, offer, transmit, sell, distribute, broadcast, advertise, promote,
export or import any form of child pornography;
o To possess any form of child pornography with the intent to sell, distribute,
publish or broadcast: Provided that possession of three or more articles of
child pornography of the same form shall be prima facie evidence of the intent
to sell, distribute, publish, or broadcast;
o To knowingly, willfully, and intentionally provide a venue for the commission of
prohibited acts such as, but not limited to dens, private rooms, cubicles.
Cinemas, houses, or establishments purporting to be a legitimate business;
o For film distributors, theaters, and telecommunication companies, by
themselves or in cooperation with other entities, to distribute any form of child
pornography
o For a parents, legal-guardian or person having custody or control of a child to
knowingly permit the child to engage, participate, or assist in any form of child
pornography;
o To engage in the luring or grooming of a child;
o To engage pandering of any form of child pornography;
o To conspire to commit any of the prohibited acts stated in this section;
o To possess any form of child pornography.

WHAT IS THE ROLE OF THE STATE IN PROTECTING CHILDREN FROM

PORNOGRAPHY?
The State recognizes the vital role of the youth in nation building. Thus, it shall
promote the welfare of children and protect them from physical, emotional, moral
and spiritual harm and injury.