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Based on the Rules of the Senate, the Senate Committee on Public Order and Dangerous Drugs has 9 members. The President Pro Tempore, the Majority Floor Leader, and the Minority Floor Leader are ex officio members. Here are the members of the committee in the 18th Congress as of September 24, 2020: [3]
The government considers the drug problem in the country as the nascent with 20,000 drug users in the country and marijuana as the most preferred drug. [2] [3] [4] The Dangerous Drugs Board was established on November 14, 1972 with seven national agencies as its initial component members – the Department of Health; Department of Education ...
Party-list: Manuel Cabochan MAGDALO: Party-list: Leonardo Babasa Jr. PDP–Laban: Zamboanga del Sur: 2nd: Macnell M. Lusotan MARINO Party-list: Julienne Baronda NUP: Iloilo City: Lone: Members for the Minority Arnolfo Teves Jr. PDP–Laban: Negros Oriental: 3rd: Sergio Dagooc APEC: Party-list: Francisca Castro ACT TEACHERS: Party-list: Argel ...
The DDB was mandated to be the policy-making and coordinating agency as well as the national clearing house on all matters pertaining to law enforcement and control of dangerous drugs; treatment and rehabilitation of drug dependents; drug abuse prevention, training and information; research and statistics on the drug problem and the training of ...
The Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA, / p iː ˈ d eɪ ə /; [1] Filipino: Ahensiya ng Pilipinas sa Pagpapatupad ng Batas Laban sa Bawal na Gamot [2]) is the lead anti-drug law enforcement agency, responsible for preventing, investigating and combating any dangerous drugs, controlled precursors and essential chemicals within the Philippines.
The Comprehensive Dangerous Drugs Act of 2002, officially designated as Republic Act No. 9165, is a consolidation of Senate Bill No. 1858 and House Bill No. 4433.It was enacted and passed by the Senate of the Philippines and House of Representatives of the Philippines on May 30 and 29, 2002, respectively.
The Inter-Agency Committee on Anti-Illegal Drugs (ICAD) is an inter-governmental forum in the Philippines responsible for ensuring government agencies in implementing and complying with all policies pertaining to the anti-illegal drug campaign. The agency was formed by Executive Order No. 5, signed by President Rodrigo Duterte on March 6, 2017 ...
[2] [3] In 2012, the United Nations said the Philippines had the highest rate of methamphetamine use in East Asia, and according to a U.S. State Department report, 2.1 percent of Filipinos aged 16 to 64 use the drug [4] based on 2008 figures by the Philippines Dangerous Drugs Board. [5]