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On May 27, 2020, a Human Rights Watch report showed the Impact of the " War on Drugs " in the Philippines. Children and thousands of people have been killed during anti-drug raids, which the authorities have called "collateral damage," since President Rodrigo Duterte launched his "war on drugs" on June 30, 2016.
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 limits its use to medical and scientific ...
A memorandum of agreement was signed by February 2018 for the construction of a drug rehabilitation center in Malaybalay, Bukidnon. The signatories included representatives from the Department of the Interior and Local Government, the Department of Health, the Office of the President, the City Government of Malaybalay, Kitson Kho of Kinming (Xiamen) Real Estate Company, and the Friends of the ...
Government agency executive. Sec. Catalino Cuy, Chairman. Parent department. Office of the President of the Philippines. Website. www.ddb.gov.ph. The Dangerous Drugs Board (Filipino: Lupon sa Mapanganib na Droga, abbreviated DDB) is a government agency tasked in creating policies in dealing with illegal drugs in the Philippines.
The drug rehabilitation facility is to be put under the Department of Health. The DOH was scheduled to turn over the facility to the military once the number of admitted drug dependents is significantly reduced. The operating expenses for the facility for 2017 is estimated to be around ₱500 million. [3]
Use, sale, acquisition, possession, cultivation, manufacture and distribution of prohibited and regulated drugs and other similar substances as provided for under pertinent laws; Prosecution of offenders, and rehabilitation of drug users and dependents, including the formulation of drug-related policies
Drug overdose and intoxication are significant causes of accidental death and can also be used as a form of suicide. Death can occur from overdosing on a single or multiple drugs, or from combined drug intoxication (CDI) due to poly drug use. Poly drug use often carries more risk than use of a single drug, due to an increase in side effects ...
The Philippine police temporarily suspended its operations in October 2017 after a directive by President Duterte amidst reports of abuse by the police with the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) taking over as the leading agency against illegal drug activities in the Philippines. The police resumed operations in January 2018 with the ...