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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 agency is tasked with the enforcement of the penal and regulatory provisions of Republic Act No. 9165 (R.A. 9165), otherwise known as the Comprehensive Dangerous Drugs Act of 2002. PDEA is the implementing arm of the Dangerous Drugs Board (DDB). The DDB is the policy-making and strategy-formulating body in the planning and formulation of ...
The Dangerous Drugs Act of 1972 or the Republic Act 6425 was enacted during the administration of President Ferdinand Marcos. [2] 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 cultivation and use of cannabis is illegal in the Philippines under Republic Act 9165 or the Comprehensive Dangerous Drugs Act of 2002. [1] [2] As the Philippines is a signatory to the 1961 United Nations Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs, [3] Cannabis is classified as a Schedule I drug, which
[1] The membership of the board was expanded through the Republic Act 9165. Through the law the Department of the Interior and Local Government , Department of Labor and Employment , Department of Foreign Affairs , Commission on Higher Education , National Youth Commission , and the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency which was recently ...
An act establishing a code of conduct and ethical standards for public officials and employees, to uphold the time-honored principle of public office being a public trust, granting incentives and rewards for exemplary service, enumerating prohibited acts and transactions and providing penalties for violations thereof and for other purposes.
The 1988 Convention was introduced following the political and sociological developments in the 1970s and 1980s. The growing demand for cannabis, cocaine, and heroin for recreational purposes, mostly in the developed world, triggered an increase of illicit production in geographical areas where cannabis, coca, and opium had been traditionally cultivated.
Summary Description Republic Act No. 10913 (20160721-RA-10913-BSA).pdf English: Republic Act No. 10913 (Anti-Distracted Driving Act) PDF file on the Official Gazette of the Republic of the Philippines website, lapsed into law without the signature of President Benigno Aquino III on July 21, 2016