HEALTH

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DANGEROUS DRUGS
ACT of 2002 (RA 9156)
WHAT IS COMPREHENSIVE DANGEROUS DRUGS
ACT OF 2002 (RA 9165)?
The Comprehensive Dangerous Drugs Act of 2002 is a
policy imposed by the government to deal with the state’s problem
with illegal drugs, particularly how it affects the youth.
This law has to be taken seriously because it does not
allow plea bargaining. This means that once an offender is caught,
he or she could not make an arrangement with a prosecutor. With
this, the defendant or the accused could not plead guilty to a lesser
charge. He or she could not avoid a criminal trial. To make things
worse, the probation law is not allowed to those who violate this
national law on dangerous drugs or RA 9165.
 What does this law cover?

The policy covers drug-related

situations such as

● Trafficking
● Possession
● Using
● Rehabilitation of previous drug
users
Some details of these drug-related situations are as follows:
1. Introducing a dangerous drug into a person’s body by injection,
inhalation, or any other method.
2. Passing a dangerous drug to another.
3. Giving away or selling dangerous drugs.
4. Illegal trafficking, delivery, administration, dispensation, manufacture,
sale, trading, transportation, distribution, importation, export and
possession of any dangerous drug, and/or controlled precursor and
essential chemical.
5. Trading
6. Pusher
 TRADING
Transactions involving the illegal trafficking of dangerous
drugs and/or controlled precursors and essential chemicals
using electronic devices.
● Financier – any person who pays for raises, supplies
money for, or underwrites any of the illegal activities
under the Dangerous Drug Act.
● Protector/Coddler – Any person who knowingly and
willfully consents to the violations of the Dangerous
Drugs Act and uses his/her power, influence, or
position to shield, harbor, screen, or facilitate the
escape of any person he/she knows suspects, or has
reason to believe has violated the Dangerous Drugs
Act in order to prevent the violator from being arrested,
prosecuted, and/or convicted.
 PUSHER
Any person who sells, trades,
administers, dispenses, gives away on
whatever terms, distributes, dispatches in
transit, transports dangerous drugs, or
acts as a broker in any transaction that
violates the Dangerous Drugs.
The penalty for any given situations ranges from 6 monthsfor possession of
drug paraphernalia to life sentence or even death sentence for maintaining a
drug den..

This law also includes the following:

● Fast destruction of dangerous drugs that are
seized
● Punishment for policemen and law enforcers who
delay drug cases
● Mandatory drug test for drivers
● Random drug tests for students and government
and private workers
● Compulsory education on dangerous drugs in all
school levels
Why should this law be obeyed?
● This law protects the integrity of all Filipinos from
the harmful effects of dangerous drugs on their
physical and mental well-being.
● It pursues a serious and an intensive campaign
against the trafficking and use of dangerous drugs
and other similar substances.
● It makes sure that people with legitimate medical
needs including the use of dangerous drugs are not
adversely affected by this program.
● It provides effective mechanisms or measures to
reintegrate into society individuals who have fallen
victims to drug abuse or dangerous drug
dependence through sustainable programs of
treatment and rehabilitation.