LIGAO COMMUNITY COLLEGE

NATIONAL SERVICE TRAINING PROGRAM

RA 9165
JERIC B. PEDRAJITA
Instructor
 What is Comprehensive
Dangerous Drug Act of 2002 or
R.A 9165?

An act that supersedes R.A. 6425 or the Dangerous

Drugs Act of 1972. This amended law practices a
more intensive approach against drug abuse,
trafficking and enforcement. It also gives emphasis
on the role of the educational system in
information dissemination and prevention
campaign. It re-evaluates the procedures, policies
and programs concerning drug abuse. It highlights
the importance of rehabilitation and reintegration
of rehabilitated individuals to society
 WHAT IS DRUGS?
Drug is defined as follows according to the Philippine
Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA):
Clinical definition
Drug is a therapeutic substance
other than food used in the
prevention, diagnosis, alleviation,
treatment or cure of disease in
humans or animals.
General definition
Drug is a substance aside from
food intended to affect the
structure or function of a
physiological system like the
human body
Popular definition
Drug refers mainly to chemical or
plant-derived substances that
affect the body’s
psychological, behavioral or
physical functions and leads to
varying degrees of dependence
or addiction.
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DRUGS
According to the Dangerous Drugs Act of 1972, there are two
classes of dangerous drugs:

1. Prohibited drugs which include all the drugs that produce

psychological effects of narcotics or those that relieve pain and
induce sleep (cocaine, LSD, marijuana, opium and its derivatives,
etc.)

2. Regulated drugs which include self-inducing sedatives like

barbiturates, amphetamines or other hypnotic drugs or compounds
producing the same physiological effects.
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Section 4. Importation of Dangerous Drugs and/or PENALTY

Controlled Precursors and Essential Chemicals

shall import or bring into the Philippines any dangerous
drug, regardless of the quantity and purity involved,
including any and all species of opium poppy or any part
thereof or substances derived therefrom even for floral,
decorative and culinary purposes.
 life imprisonment to death and a ranging from Five
hundred thousand pesos (P500,000.00) to Ten
million pesos (P10,000,000.00)
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Section 5. Sale, Trading, Administration, Dispensation, PENALTY
Delivery, Distribution and Transportation of Dangerous
Drugs and/or Controlled Precursors and Essential
Chemicals
any person, who, unless authorized by law, shall sell,  life imprisonment to death and a ranging from Five
trade, administer, dispense, deliver, give away to hundred thousand pesos (P500,000.00) to Ten million
another, distribute dispatch in transit or transport any pesos (P10,000,000.00)
dangerous drug, including any and all species of opium
poppy regardless of the quantity and purity involved, or
shall act as a broker in any of such transactions.
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Section 5. Sale, Trading, Administration, Dispensation, PENALTY
Delivery, Distribution and Transportation of Dangerous Drugs
and/or Controlled Precursors and Essential Chemicals

If the sale, trading, administration, dispensation, delivery,  the maximum penalty shall be imposed in every case.
distribution or transportation of any dangerous drug and/or
controlled precursor and essential chemical transpires within
one hundred (100) meters from the school.
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Section 5. Sale, Trading, Administration, Dispensation, PENALTY
Delivery, Distribution and Transportation of Dangerous Drugs
and/or Controlled Precursors and Essential Chemicals

For drug pushers who use minors or mentally incapacitated  the maximum penalty shall be imposed in every case.
individuals as runners, couriers and messengers, or in any
other capacity directly connected to the dangerous drugs
and/or controlled precursors and essential chemical trade,
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Section 5. Sale, Trading, Administration, Dispensation, Delivery, PENALTY
Distribution and Transportation of Dangerous Drugs and/or
Controlled Precursors and Essential Chemicals

If the victim of the offense is a minor or a mentally incapacitated  the maximum penalty shall be imposed in every case.
individual, or should a dangerous drug and/or a controlled
precursor and essential chemical involved in any offense herein
provided be the proximate cause of death of a victim thereof
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Section 5. Sale, Trading, Administration, Dispensation, Delivery, PENALTY
Distribution and Transportation of Dangerous Drugs and/or
Controlled Precursors and Essential Chemicals

person, who acts as a "protector/coddler" of any violator of the  (12) years and one (1) day to twenty (20) years of
provisions under this Section. imprisonment and a fine ranging from One hundred thousand
pesos (P100,000.00) to Five hundred thousand pesos
(P500,000.00)
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Section 11. Possessions of Dangerous Drugs PENALTY

(1) 10 grams or more of opium;

(2) 10 grams or more of morphine; The penalty of life
(3) 10 grams or more of heroin;
(4) 10 grams or more of cocaine or cocaine hydrochloride;
(5) 50 grams or more of methamphetamine hydrochloride or "shabu";
imprisonment to death and a
(6) 10 grams or more of marijuana resin or marijuana resin oil;
(7) 500 grams or more of marijuana; and
fine ranging from Five hundred
(8) 10 grams or more of other dangerous drugs such as, but not limited to,
methylenedioxymethamphetamine (MDA) or "ecstasy", thousand pesos (P500,000.00)
paramethoxyamphetamine (PMA), trimethoxyamphetamine (TMA),
lysergic acid diethylamine (LSD), gamma hydroxyamphetamine (GHB),
and those similarly designed or newly introduced drugs and their
to Ten million pesos
derivatives, without having any therapeutic value or if the quantity
possessed is far beyond therapeutic requirements, as determined and
(P10,000,000.00) shall be
promulgated by the Board in accordance to Section 93, Article XI of this
Act. imposed upon any person
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Section 11. Possessions of Dangerous Drugs PENALTY

 SHABU  Life imprisonment and a fine ranging from Four hundred

thousand pesos (P400,000.00) to Five hundred thousand
pesos (P500,000.00), if the quantity of methamphetamine
hydrochloride or "shabu" is ten (10) grams or more but less
than fifty (50) grams;
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Section 11. Possessions of Dangerous Drugs PENALTY

 if the quantities of dangerous drugs are five (5) grams or more
but less than ten (10) grams of opium, morphine, heroin,
cocaine or cocaine hydrochloride, marijuana resin or
marijuana resin oil, methamphetamine hydrochloride or
"shabu", or other dangerous drugs such as, but not limited to,
MDMA or "ecstasy", PMA, TMA, LSD, GHB, and those
similarly designed or newly introduced drugs and their
derivatives, without having any therapeutic value or if the
quantity possessed is far beyond therapeutic requirements; or
three hundred (300) grams or more but less than five
(hundred) 500) grams of marijuana; and
Imprisonment of twenty (20) years and one (1)
day to life imprisonment and a fine ranging
from Four hundred thousand pesos
(P400,000.00) to Five hundred thousand
pesos (P500,000.00), if the quantities of
dangerous drugs are five (5) grams or more
but less than ten (10) grams
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Section 11. Possessions of Dangerous Drugs PENALTY

 control any equipment, instrument, apparatus and other

paraphernalia fit or intended for smoking, consuming,
Imprisonment of twenty (20) years and
administering, injecting, ingesting, or introducing any one (1) day to life imprisonment and a
dangerous drug into the body: Provided, That in the case of
medical practitioners and various professionals who are
fine ranging from Four hundred
required to carry such equipment, instrument, apparatus and thousand pesos (P400,000.00) to Five
other paraphernalia in the practice of their profession, the
Board shall prescribe the necessary implementing guidelines hundred thousand pesos
thereof. (P500,000.00),
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Section 11. Possessions of Dangerous Drugs PENALTY

 control any equipment, instrument, apparatus and other

paraphernalia fit or intended for smoking, consuming,
Imprisonment of twenty (20) years and
administering, injecting, ingesting, or introducing any one (1) day to life imprisonment and a
dangerous drug into the body: Provided, That in the case of
medical practitioners and various professionals who are
fine ranging from Four hundred
required to carry such equipment, instrument, apparatus and thousand pesos (P400,000.00) to Five
other paraphernalia in the practice of their profession, the
Board shall prescribe the necessary implementing guidelines hundred thousand pesos
thereof. (P500,000.00),
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SEC. 37. Issuance of False or Fraudulent Drug Test Results. -

Any person authorized, licensed or accredited under this Act and its
implementing rules to conduct drug examination or test, who issues
false or fraudulent drug test results knowingly, willfully or through
gross negligence, shall suffer the penalty of imprisonment ranging
from six (6) years and one (1) day to twelve (12) years and a fine
ranging from One hundred thousand pesos (P100,000.00) to Five
hundred thousand pesos (P500,000.00).