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The drug policy of the Philippines is guided by the Comprehensive Dangerous Drugs Act of 2002 and is implemented by the Dangerous Drugs Board with its implementing arm, the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency along with other member agencies. Aside from regulating and prohibiting the usage, sale, production of certain drugs, the 2002 law is ...
The law took effect on June 22, 2002, 15 days after it was signed by Gloria Macapagal Arroyo.Its primary implementing agency is the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency.The list of illegal drugs may be modified by the DDB through a proceeding initiated by the PDEA, the Department of Health, or any petition by a concerned party.
An Act Strengthening the Anti-Hospital Deposit Law by Increasing the Penalties for the Refusal of Hospitals and Medical Clinics to Administster Appropriate Initial Medical Treatment and Support in Emergency or Serious Cases, Amending for the Purpose Batas Pambansa Bilang 702, Otherwlse Known as “An Act Prohibiting the Demand of Deposits or ...
Date approved RA number Title/category 2020-01-08: 11466: An Act Modifying the Salary Schedule for Civilian Government Personnel and Authorizing the Grant of Additional Benefits, And for Other Purposes. 2020-01-22: 11467: A Law That Increases the Excise Tax On Alcohol Products, Electronic cigarettes (E-Cigarettes), And Heated Tobacco products ...
Drug and precursor laws Germany: Anlage I [8] Anlage II [9] Anlage III [10] Sweden: Narkotikastrafflagen. Läkemedelsverkets föreskrifter om förteckningar över narkotika [11] Lagen om förbud mot vissa hälsofarliga varor. List of substances [12] Kontroll av narkotikaprekursorer [permanent dead link ] (up to date list of laws) New Zealand ...
The enactment of R.A. 9165 reorganized the Philippine drug law enforcement system. While the Dangerous Drugs Board remains as the policy-making and strategy-formulating body in planning and formulation of policies and program on drug control and prevention, it created the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency under the Office of the President.
[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]
Worldwide consumption in 2019 was equal to 5.5 litres of pure alcohol consumed per person aged 15 years or older. [6] This is a decrease from the 5.7 litres in 2010. Distilled alcoholic beverages are the most consumed, followed by beer and wines .