DRUG EDUCATION AND VICE

CONTROL
 R.A 6425
□ Also known as the Dangerous Drug Act of
1972
□ Promulgated in March 30,1972
□ Following the proclamation of Martial Law
and promulgation of Presidential Decree
No.44, amending RA 6425, The late President
Ferdinand E. Marcos organized the
Dangerous Drugs Board on November 22,
1972 under the office of the President
 R.A 6425
□ In the same year Presidential Proclamation
No.1192 declaring every second week of
November of every year as Drug Abuse
Prevention and Control Week, was
promulgated.
 R.A 9165
□ Also Known as “ The Comprehensive
Dangerous Drug Act of 2002”.
□ It was signed into law by then President
Gloria Macapagal- Arroyo on June 7,2002
and took effect on July 4,2002
 DANGEROUS DRUGS BOARD
□ The policy- making and the strategy-
formulating body in the planning and
formulation of policies and programs on drug
prevention and control
 DUTIES/ FUNCTIONS OF DDB
□ Formulation of Drug Prevention & Control
Strategy
□ Promulgation of Rules and Regulation to
carry out the purposes of this Act.
□ Conduct policy studies and researches
□ Develop educational programs and info drive
 DUTIES/ FUNCTIONS OF DDB
□ Conduct continuing seminars and
consultations
□ Designs special trainings
□ Coordination with agencies for community
service programs
□ Maintain international networking
 COMPOSITION OF DDB
□ 3 permanent members
□ 2 regular members
□ 12 ex officio members
 COMPOSITION OF DDB
□ 3 Permanent consultants
 Director of NBI
 Chief of PNP
 COMPOSITION OF DDB
□ Qualifications of the three permanent
members are:
 at least 7 years training and experience in the
field of dangerous drug and in any of the
following fields: law, medicine, criminology,
psychology or social work.
 They are appointed by the President
 COMPOSITION OF DDB
□ The President shall designate a Chairman, who shall
have a rank of Secretary from among the three (3)
permanent members who shall serve for 6 years
□ Of the two (2) other members who shall have both
have the rank of under secretary, one (1) shall serve
for four (4) years and the other for two years.
□ Thereafter, the persons appointed to succeed such
members shall hold office for a term of six (6 ) years
until their successors shall have been duly appointed
and qualified.
 COMPOSITION OF DDB
□ 2 Regular Members are
 The President of the Integrated Bar of the
Philippines (IBP)
 The Chairman or President of a non- government
organization involved in dangerous drug
campaign to be appointed by the President of
the Philippines
 THE 12 EX- OFFICIO MEMBERS
□ DOJ secretary or his/ her representative
□ DOH secretary or his/ her representative
□ DND secretary or his/her representative
□ DOF secretary or his/her representative
□ DOLE secretary or his/her representative
□ DILG secretary or his/her representative
 THE 12 EX- OFFICIO MEMBERS
□ DSWD secretary or his/ her representative
□ DFA secretary or his/ her representative
□ DECS secretary or his/her representative
□ CHED chairman or his/her representative
□ NYC chairman or his/her representative
□ PDEA director general
 COMPOSITION OF THE DDB
□ SECRETARIAT OF THE BOARD
 The board shall recommend to the President of
the Philippines the appointment of an Executive
Director, ,with the rank of undersecretary, who
shall be the Secretary of the Board and
Administrative Officer of its Secretariat, and shall
perform such other duties that may be assigned
to him/ her.
 COMPOSITION OF THE DDB
□ SECRETARIAT OF THE BOARD
 Must possess adequate knowledge field of
dangerous drug and in any of the following fields:
law, medicine, criminology, psychology or social
work.
 COMPOSITION OF THE DDB
□ TWO DEPUTIES EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
 Director for Administration and Operations
 With the ranks of Assistant Secretary, shall be
appointed by the President upon the
recommendation of the board
 They shall possess the same qualifications as
those of the Executive Director
 DANGEROUS DRUGS BOARD
□ Is under the office of the President
□ The Department Secretary’s representative
shall in no case be lower than Under
Secretary
□ The President shall designate a Chairman of
the DDB from among the 3 permanent
members who will serve 6 years
 DANGEROUS DRUGS BOARD
□ The chairman of the DDB shall have a rank
of Under Secretary.
□ Term of office of the permanent members of
the DDB- 6 years until their successors shall
have been duly appointed and qualified
 THE PDEA
□ Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency
□ Headed by Director General with a rank of
undersecretary
□ The PDEA Director General shall be
appointed by the President of the Philippines
 QUALIFICATIONS OF DIRECTOR
GENERAL OF PDEA
□ He/ she must possess adequate knowledge, I
training and experience in the field of
dangerous drugs, and in any of the following
fields: law enforcement, law, medicine,
criminology, psychology or social work.
 Duties/ Functions of PDEA Director
General
□ Responsible for the general administration
and management of the agency
□ Perform other duties that may be assigned to
him/ her by the President
 2 PDEA Deputy Director General
□ One for Administration
□ One for Operation
 They shall have a rank of Assistant Secretary
and both are appointed by the President of
the Philippines upon recommendation of the
board.
 QUALIFICATIONS
□ The PDEA Director General and the 2 Deputy
Director General must possess adequate
knowledge, training and experience in the
field of Dangerous drugs and in any of the
following field: law enforcement, law,
medicine, criminology, psychology and social
work.
 MANDATORY SERVICES OF PDEA
□ Intelligence and Investigation
□ International Cooperation and Foreign Affairs
□ Preventive Education and Community
Involvement
□ Plans and Operations
□ Compliance, Legal and Prosecution
 MANDATORY SERVICES OF PDEA
□ Administrative and Human Resource
□ Financial Management
□ Logistics Managements
□ Internal Affairs
 PDEA ACADEMY
□ Shall be established either in Baguio City or
Tagaytay City and in such places as may be
necessary.
□ Headed by a Superintendent with the rank
of Director and shall be appointed by
Director General.
 PDEA ACADEMY
□ Shall be responsible in the recruitment and
trainings of all PDEA agents and personnel
□ The board shall provide for the qualifications
of its recruits who must be:
 At least twenty one (21) years old
 Of proven integrity, and honesty and a
Baccalaureate degree holder
 PDEA ACADEMY
□ The academy is headed by a Superintendent.
With a rank of Director.
□ He shall be appointed by PDEA Director
General
□ The graduates of Academy shall later
comprise the operating units of PDEA after
the termination of the transition period of
five years (5) during which all the intelligence
network of the PDEA has been set up and
operationalized
 3 Pronged Approached in the
Solution of Drug Problems
□ Law Enforcement Activities
□ Preventive Drug Education Information
program in School and in Communities
□ Treatment and Rehabilitation program for
drug dependent
CLASSIFICATION OF DRUGS
 ACCORDING TO EFFECTS
□ DEPRESSANTS (Downers)
 Drugs which suppresses vital body functions
especially those of the brain or the CNS
with the resulting impairment of judgment,
hearing, speech and muscular coordination.
 They dull the minds, slow down the body
reaction to such extent that accidental
deaths and/ or suicides usually happen.
 DEPRESSANTS DRUGS
□ NARCOTICS
 Drugs which relieve pain and produces profound
sleep or stupor when introduced to the body
 They are potent pain killers, cough depressants
and active component of anti diarrheal
preparation.
 Opium and its derivatives like morphine,
codeine, heroin as well as synthetic opiates,
meperidine and methadone are classified as
narcotics
 DEPRESSANTS DRUGS
□ OPIUM
 Derived from poppy plant- papaver
somniferum popularly knows as gum, gamot,
kalamay and panocha
 Its active ingredients is merconic acid which has
an analgesic property
 DEPRESSANTS DRUGS
□ MORPHINE
 Most commonly used and best opiate
 Effective as pain killers six times potent than
opium, with high dependence producing
potential
 Exerts action characterized by analgesia,
drowsiness, mood changes and mental clouding
 DEPRESSANTS DRUGS
□ MORPHINE
 Discovered by German Pharmacist , Friedrich W.
Serturner in 1806.
 It is the first derivative of opium
 Comes from the name of Greek god of dreams, “
Morpheus”
 Morphine addiction- Known as “ Soldiers
diseases”
 DEPRESSANTS DRUGS
□ HEROIN
 Three to five times more powerful than use
morphine from which it is derived and the most
addicting derivative.
 With continued use, addiction occurs within 14
days.
 It may sniffed or swallowed but is usually
injected in the vein.
 DEPRESSANTS DRUGS
□ HEROIN
 It was discovered in 1896 by a British Chemist,
Alfred Wright.
 Comes from the word “hero” due to its impressive
power
 It was called the “ miracle drug” because it was
believed that it can cure both opium and
morphine addiction.
 The second derivative of opium
 DEPRESSANTS DRUGS
□ CODEINE
 Third derivative of opium which is commonly
available in cough preparations.
 This cough medications have been widely abused
by the youth whenever hard narcotics are
difficult to obtain
 Discovered in France
 DEPRESSANTS DRUGS
□ PAREGONIC
 A tincture of opium in combination of camphor
 Commonly used as a household remedy for
diarrhea and abdominal pain
 DEPRESSANTS DRUGS
□ DEMEROL AND METHADONE
 Common synthetic with morphine- like effects
 Demerol- widely used as pain killer in child birth
 Methadone- drug of choice in the withdrawal
treatments of heroin dependents since its relives
the physical craving for heroin
 DEPRESSANTS DRUGS
□ BARBITURATES
 Drug of choice for inducing sleep in person
plagued with anxiety, mental stress and insomnia
 They are also of value in the treatment of
epilepsy and hypertension
 They are available in capsules, pills, tablets and
taken orally or injected
 DEPRESSANTS DRUGS
□ SECONAL
 Commonly used among hospitality girls
 Sudden withdrawal from these drugs is even
more dangerous than opiate withdrawal.
 The dependent develops generalized convulsions
and delirium which are frequently associated
with heart and respiratory failure
 DEPRESSANTS DRUGS
□ TRANQUILIZERS
 Drugs that calm and relax and diminish anxiety.
 They are used in the treatment of nervous states
and some mental disorders without producing
sleeps.
 DEPRESSANTS DRUGS
□ VOLATILE SOLVENTS
 Gaseous substance popularly known to abusers
as gas, tear drops.
 Examples are plastic glues, hair spray, finger nail
polish,, lighter fluid, rugby, paint etc.
 They are inhaled by the use of plastic bags,
handkerchief or rags soaked in these chemicals
 DEPRESSANTS DRUGS
□ ALCOHOL
 The king of all drugs with potential for abuse.
 It is considered the most widely used, ,socially
accepted and legalized drug throughout the
word.
 In the field of medicine it is valuable as a
preservative solvent for pharmaceutical
preparations like elixirs, spirits, and tinctures.
 STIMULANTS DRUGS
□ They produce effects opposite to that of
depressants
□ Instead of bringing about relaxation and
sleep, they produce increase mental alertness,
wakefulness, reduce hunger, and provide
feeling of well being.
 STIMULANTS DRUGS
□ Their medical uses include treatment of
narcolepsy- a condition characterized by
overwhelming desire to sleep.
□ Abrupt withdrawal of the drug from the
heavy abusers can result in deep and suicidal
depression
 STIMULANTS DRUGS
□ AMPHETAMINES
 Used medically for weight reducing obesity, relief
and treatment of mild depression
 STIMULANTS DRUGS
□ COCAINE
 Drug taken from the coca bush plant
(Erythroxyclon) which grows in South Africa
 It is usually in the form of powder than can be
taken orally, injected or sniffed as to achieve
euphoria or an intense feeling of highness
 STIMULANTS DRUGS
□ CAFFIENE
 Present in coffee, tea, chocolates, cola drinks and
some wake- up pills.
 STIMULANTS DRUGS
□ SHABU
 Poor mans cocaine chemically known as
methamphetamine hydrochloride
 It is a CNS stimulant and sometimes called upper
or speed.
 STIMULANTS DRUGS
□ SHABU
 It is white, colorless or crystalline powder with
bitter numbing taste.
 It can be taken orally, inhaled (snorted) sniffed
(chasing the dragon) or injected
 Discovered by Nagai Nagayoshi of Japan.
 HALLUCINOGENS DRUGS
□ This are group of drugs that consists of variety
of mind- altering drugs, which distorts
reliality, thinking and perception of time,
sound ,space and sensation
□ The users experience hallucination,( false
perception) which at times can be strange.
 HALLUCINOGENS DRUGS
□ His trips may be exhilarating or terrifying
good or bad.
□ They may be dislocate his consciousness and
change his moods, thinking and concept of
self.
 HALLUCINOGENS DRUGS
□ MARIJUANA
 Is the most commonly abused hallucinogenic in
the Philippines because it can grow extensively in
the country
 The effect of marijuana include felling of
grandeur.
 It can also produce the opposite effect, a dreamt
sensation of time seeming to stretch out.
 HALLUCINOGENS DRUGS
□ LYSERGIC ACID DIETHYLAMIDE (LSD)
 This drug is the most powerful of all the
psychedelics.
 One thousand (1,000) more powerful than
marijuana
 Obtain for ergot ( a fungus that attacks kernels)
 HALLUCINOGENS DRUGS
□ LYSERGIC ACID DIETHYLAMIDE (LSD)
 Usually causes perceptual changes so that the
users sees colors, shapes, or objects more intensely
than normal and may hallucinations of things
that are not real.
 In 1943, Dr. Albert Hoffman discovered LSD and
experimented with it.
 HALLUCINOGENS DRUGS
□ PEYOTE
 Derived from the surface part of small gray
brown cactus
 It emits a nauseating odor and its users suffers
from nausea.
 Causes no physical dependence and therefore, no
withdrawal symptoms; although in some cases
psychological dependence has been noted.
 HALLUCINOGENS DRUGS
□ MESCALINE
 An alkaloid hallucinogenic derived from the
peyote cactus and can be synthesized in the
laboratory.
 It produces less nausea than peyote and shows
effects resembling those of LSD, although milder
in nature.
 HALLUCINOGENS DRUGS
□ SERENITY,TRANQUILITY & PEACE (STP)
 It is a take –off on the motor oil additive
 Chemical derivative of mescaline claimed to
produce more violent and longer effects than
mescaline dose.
 Its effects are similar to the nerve gas usedin
chemical warfare.
 Less potent than LSD although its effects are
similar to those of psychedelics
 HALLUCINOGENS DRUGS
□ PSILOCYBIN
 Hallucinogenic alkaloid from Mexican
mushrooms which is used by Mexican Indians
today.
 It induced nausea, muscular relaxation, mood
changes with vision of bright colors, shapes and
other hallucination.
 HALLUCINOGENS DRUGS
□ MORNING GLORY SEEDS
 The black and brown seeds of the wild morning
glory are used to produce hallucinations.
 The seeds are ground into flour, ,soaked in cold
water, then strained in a cloth and drunk.
 They are solid under the names of “ heavenly
blues”, “flying dancers “ and “pearly gates”.
 ACCORDING TO
PHARMACOLOGY
□ Depressants
□ Stimulants
□ Hallucinogens/ Psychedelics
□ Narcotics
□ Tranquilizers
□ Solvents/ Inhalants
 ACCORDING TO LEGAL
CATEGORY
□ Prohibited
□ Regulated
 PROHIBITED DRUGS
□ Narcotics
□ Stimulants
□ Hallucinogen
 REGULATED DRUGS
□ Barbiturates
□ Hypnotics
□ Amphetamines
□ Volatile Substances (PD 1619)
 COMMONLY ABUSED DRUGS
□ Sedatives
□ Stimulants
□ Hallucinogens/ Psychedelics
□ Narcotics
□ Solvents
DRUG SYNDICATES
 THE GOLDEN TRIANGLE
□ Thailand
□ Laos
□ Myanmar
 Approximately produced 90% of opium in the
world AND 90% of opium in the Eastern part of
Asia
 Officially acknowledged source of South East
Asian Heroin
 THE GOLDEN CRESCENT
□ Afghanistan
□ Pakistan
□ Iran
□ India
 Is the major supplier of opium poppy, MJ and
Heroin products in the Western part of Asia
 It produces at least 85% of heroin channeled in
the drug underworld market.

□
 WORLD WIDE PERSPECTIVE
□ MIDDLE EAST
 The Becka valley of Lebanon is considered to be
the biggest producer of cannabis sativa in the
Middle East

□
 WORLD WIDE PERSPECTIVE
□ LEBANON
 Also become the transit country for cocaine from
South Americato illicit drug markets.
 WORLD WIDE PERSPECTIVE
□ SPAIN
 Kown as the major transhipment of international
drug traffickers in Europe and became the
paradise of drug users in Europe.
 WORLD WIDE PERSPECTIVE
□ SOUTH AMERICA
 Columbia, Peru, Uruguay,and Panama are the
principal source of all cocaine supply in the world
due to the robusts production of the coca plants
source of the cocaine drug.
 WORLD WIDE PERSPECTIVE
□ MOROCCO
 Is known in the worls to be the number one
producer of marijuana
 WORLD WIDE PERSPECTIVE
□ INDIA
 Is the center of the world’s drug map, leading to
rapid addiction among its people
 WORLD WIDE PERSPECTIVE
□ INDONESIA
 Northren Sumatra has traditionally been the
main cannabis growing area in Indonesia
 Bali Indonesia is an important transits for drugs
route to Australia and New Zealand.
 WORLD WIDE PERSPECTIVE
□ SINGAPORE, MALAYSIA & THAILAND
 Is the most favorable site of drug distribution
from the Golden triangle and other partsssss of
Asia.
 WORLD WIDE PERSPECTIVE
□ CHINA
 Is the transit route for heroin from the Golden
triangle to Hongkong. It also the country where
the epherdra plant is cultivated soource of the
drug ephedrine the principal chemical for
producing drug shabu.
 WORLD WIDE PERSPECTIVE
□ JAPAN
 Became the major transhipment of cocaine and
shabu from the United States and Europe.
ORGANIZED CRIME GROUPS
 THE COLUMBIAN MEDELLIN
CARTEL
□ Founded in 1980’s
□ Columbian drug lord- Pablo Escobar Gaviria
□ Drug bosses- Jose Gonzalo Rodriguez
□ Top aid cocaine barons- Juan David and
Ochoa brothers
□ Responsible for organizing world’s traficking
network.
 THE CALI CARTEL
□ Downfall of Columbian Medellin Cartel is the
rise of Cali Cartel
□ Gilberto Rodriguez Orajuela- newly emeged
cocaine monopoly-the chess player
□ Miguel Rodriguez Orejuela-brains behind the
rise of the of Cali Cartel. He also runs the
cartel’s legitimate businesses, including the
city’s football club América de Cali.
 THE CALI CARTEL
□ Pacho Herrera - is perhaps the most violent
of the quartet, a deadly hitman and head of
international distribution.
□ José ‘Don Chepe’ Santacruz Londono -is
based in New York, and is in charge of the
Colombian drug network’s profitable
American arm.
 THE CALI CARTEL
□ According to US Drug Enforcement Agency
they are:
 The best of and the the brightest of the modern
world
 They are professionals of highest order, intelligent,
efficient, imaginative and nearly impenetrable.
 They produces 90% of cocaine in the world
 THE CHINESE TRIAD
□ Also called the Chinese Mafia
□ "triad" is a translation of the Chinese term San
Ho Hui, or Triple Union Society, referring to
the union of Heaven, Earth, and Man
□ The oldest and the biggest criminal
organization in the world.
□ Belived to be the controller of the “Golden
Triangle” with international connections in
drug trafficking.
 DRUG SYNDICATES IN THE
PHILIPPINES
□ The United Bamboo Gang
 Founded by Chen Chi-li nicknmed king duk or
dry duck.
 Leaders- Chang An- “White wolf”
 Founded in 1950
 Founding location – Taiwan
 Membeship – 10,000 members (2007)
 DRUG SYNDICATES IN THE
PHILIPPINES
□ The 14 K triad
 Founded in 1945 in Guangdong China
 Relocated in Hongkong in 1945
 Location: China, Philippines, Thailand, Malaysia,
US, Canada, Australia , New Zealand,
United Kingdom, France Belgium,
Netherlands and South Africa
 DRUG SYNDICATES IN THE
PHILIPPINES
□ The 14 K triad Criminal Activities
 Drug trafficking
 counterfeiting
 illegal gambling,
 Bookmaking
 arms trafficking
 arson,
 Fraud
 prostitution
 DRUG SYNDICATES IN THE
PHILIPPINES
□ The 14 K triad Criminal Activities
 Prostitution
 human trafficking
 identity theft
 rackettering (extortion, money laundering, loan
sharking, obstruction of justice and bribery.
 murder, illegal immigration, kidnapping,
hacking home invasion and robberies[3]