DRUG EDUCATION AND VICE-CONTROL

DEFINITION OF TERMS

1. DRUGS – any substance that is either natural or synthetic that stimulates depresses
or irritates specialized cells. It is any substance that brought about physical,
psychological and behavioral change to the person taking it.

2. DRUG ABUSE – it is the use of drug contrary to its use.

3. DRUG ADDICTION – it is the state of chronic or periodic intoxication detrimental to

the individual and society at large produced by repeated drug consumption.

4. DRUG DEPENDENCE – it is the state of psychic or physical dependence or both on

dangerous drug arising in a person following administration or use of that drug in a
periodic or continuous basis.

*Kinds of Drug Dependence:

 Physical Dependence – it is a condition in which the body has adjusted to the

presence of a drug resulting in clear symptoms of withdrawal when its use stops.

 Psychological Dependence – it is characterized by emotional and mental

preoccupation with the drug effects and by a persistent craving for it.

5. DESIGNER DRUG – it is the analog drug in which a molecular structure of the certain
illegal drug is modified, change in such a manner as to become 100 times stronger that
the drugs they design to imitate and the effect depend upon the drug they are designed.

6. DRUG EXPERIMENTER – refers to those who wrongfully, illegally and improperly

use any drugs for reason of curiosity, peer pressure or other similar reasons.

7. ABSTINENCE – it is the cessation of use of psychoactive substance previously

abuse on or which the users develop drug dependence.

8. NATURAL DRUG – can be found in animal and plants.

9. OVERDOSE – it is the excessive and inadvertent or deliberate consumption of a

much larger dose than that habitually use by an individual ingestion and resulting in
serious toxic reaction or death.

10. PHARMACOLOGY – it is the science of drug preparation, uses and effects.

11. POLY DRUG USE – the use of two or more psychoactive drug and abuse of taking
all sorts of drug at the same time.
12. POTENTIATION – the use of any other substance to maximize the effect of the
drug.

13. DRUG REHABILITATION – it is the term used for the processes of medical or
psychotherapeutic treatment of a person.

14. RELAPSE – the recurrence of using alcohol.

15. SYNTHETIC DRUG – it is the drug that is artificially prepared with the use of
chemicals.

16. TOLERANCE – it is the adding concentration of the drug.

17. WITHDRAWAL PERIOD – it is the point of drug dependence up to the point of

gradually or totally deprived of drugs.

18. WITHDRAWAL SYNDROME – it is being experienced by the person who

undergoes dosage reduction.

PHARMACOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION OF DRUGS

1. STIMULANT – it is a psychoactive drug which induces temporary improvements in

either mental or physical function or both. It is also known as UPPERS that affects the
central nervous system. Its possible results are alertness, wakefulness, locomotion, and
excitation.

A. METHAMPHETAMINE HYDROCHLORIDE (SHABU) – stimulates and alerts the

body. It is referred to as POOR MAN’S COCAINE because it is cheap.

- It is the first synthetic stimulant drug developed by the Japanese, originally called as
KAKUZEIZAI, a Japanese term which means KAKUZEI “waking” and ZAI “drugs”.

- It is white colorless drug that is bitter and results into a numb ling face.

- It is can be inhaled, injected, or orally taken – intravenously or muscular

 Immediate Effects:

1. Produces anxiety, irritability, irrational behavior, talkativeness and loss of self-control

2. Loss of appetite and inability to sleep

3. Produces violent and destructive behavior and recklessness

4. Produces chest pain, irregularity of heart beat and hypertension

Long Term Effects:

1. Psychosis

2. Convulsion

3. Death from cardiac arrest

B. COCAINE – it is odorless white crystalline powder also known as COKE, SNOW,

FLAKE, WHITE, BLOW, NOSE, CANDY, SNOWBIRD, LADY and BIG C.

- most popularly known as KING’S HABIT because it is expensive.

- It has been structured in 1814 from Brazilian Coca Leaves – Erythroxylon Coca that is
medically used in tropical, local and anesthetic.

- When ingested, the person becomes high for 15-30 minutes.

- When injected, the person becomes high for 45-90 minutes

- It can be also applied to sex organ during sexual intercourse.

 Kinds of Cocaine

1. Cocaine Hydrochloric – it is an odorless fine white crystalline that is most readily

available formed which is medically used as anesthetic.

2. Street or Rock – it is the large pieces of cocaine hydrochloride.

3. Free Base – it is the purified substance of rocks that is strongly addictive cocaine.

4. Coca Paste – it is a crude product smoke used in South America, considered as the
most dangerous drug because it has contaminants such as kerosene.

 Immediate Effects:

1. Dilated pupils

2. Elevated blood pressure, heart rate and body temperature

3. Euphoric effect or light feeling

4. Feeling of being energetic and alert

5. Loss of appetite and slurred speech

 Long term Effects:

1. Psychosis
2. Lung damage

3. Occasional or runny nose

4. Ulcerate the mucous membrane of the nose

5. Confusion

C. METHYLENEDIOXYMETHAMPHETAMINE (MDMA) – it is a designer drug, also

known as ECSTACY, PARTY DRUG or X.

 Immediate Effects:

1. Euphoria

2. Feeling energetic and hyperactive

3. Sense of well being

 Long Term Effects:

1. Brain damages

2. Hard complication

3. Death

2. DEPRESSANTS – it depresses and weakens the body. It is also known as

DOWNERS, HYPNOTIC DRUG and SEDATIVES that affects the central nervous
system.

A. BARBITURATES

- 1863 Adolph Von Baeyer synthesized malonyl carbonide known as BARBITUTIC

ACID

- 1903 Emil Fisher and Joseph Bon Mering synthesized di-ethyl barbituric acid
compound with hypnotic qualities known as BARBITONE that comes form eurea and
malonic acid that is marketed on the trade name of VERONAL that comes in the form of
tablet and capsule.

 Commonly Abused Barbiturates:

1. Pento Barbital Sodium – it is a solid yellow capsule form known by abusers as

YELLOW

JACKETS or NIMIES.
2. Seco Barbital Sodium – it is a red capsule form known by abusers as REDS, RED
BIRDS, RED DEVIL and SEGGY.

3. Amo Barbital Sodium – it is a blue capsule form known by abusers as BLUE BIRDS,
BLUE

DEVIL and BLUE HEAVENS.

4. Amo Barbital Sodium combined with Seco Barbital Sodium – it is red and blue
capsule form known as RAINBOWS, RED & BLUE and DOUBLE TROUBLE.

 Symptoms of Abuse:

1. Drunkenness without alcoholic threats

2. Slurred speech

3. Impaired judgment

4. Stagery

5. Altered perception and coordination

 Immediate Effects:

1. Psychological and physical dependence

2. Unconsciousness

3. Tuberculosis

4. Death from withdrawal and overdose

B. METAQUALONE – known as TABLET or MAX and CAPSULE or BLUE.

- It is used to induce sleep which is bitter in taste and odorless that is taken orally.

 Local Terms:

1. Korta;

2. Ekis

3. Kulit

4. Pety

5. Yanga
 Symptoms of Abuse:

1. Drunkenness without alcoholic threats

2. Cloudy thinking

3. Staggering

4. Loss of appetite

5. Numbness of body

 Immediate Effects:

1. Psychological dependence

2. Proneness to accident due to intoxican

3. HALLUCINOGENS – it affects the way we think, the sensation, self-awareness and

emotions that causes hallucination and delusions to the person taking drugs. It is also
known as PSYCHEDELICS and DISSOCIATIVES that affects the central nervous
system.

A. MARIJUANA – most popularly known as 5 FINGERS, GRASS, TUNGKI, GANJA,

BHANG, DAMO, MARY JANE, ACAPULCO GOLD

- All parts of the plants whether growing or not the seeds thereof, the resin extracted
from any parts of such plant every compound salt derivative, mixture or preparation of
such plant.

- It scientific name is Cannabis Sativa Linn

 Major Components:

1. Tetra Hydro Cannabenol – it is purple and most active alkaloid and one causing

hallucinogenic effect.

2. Cannabenol – it is red and physiologically inactive.

3. Cannabidiol – it is pink and physiologically inactive.

 Forms of Marijuana

1. Marijuana Joints or Cigarettes – came from dried leaves, tops and most available
form of

marijuana.
2. Hashish or Hash – it is the resin extracted of the plant usually granular or solid
chunky in

form ranging from mustardy yellow to dark brown. It is stronger than crude marijuana
and

maybe smoked or eaten.

3. Hashish Oil – it is the highest form of marijuana that is not usually available because
it is expensive. Is it brown in color and considered as concentrated cannabis.

 Immediate Effects:

1. Faster heartbeat and pulse rate

2. Blood shut eyes

3. Dry mouth and throat

4. Altered sense of time and disorientation

5. Forgetfulness

6. Inability for coordination and lower reflexes

 Long Term Effects:

1. Chest pain

2. Irregularity of menstrual cycle

3. Temporary loss of fertility of both sexes

4. Premature babies and low birth weights

5. Cancer of the lungs

B. LYSERGIC ACID DIETHYLAMIDE (LSD) – it is the most powerful of all

hallucinogens that is 100 times stronger than cocaine or peyote. It came from the Rye
Ergot or cereal fungus that is odorless, colorless, tasteless organic compound.

- It became popular during 60’s – 70’s as the height of the hippies culture.

- It can be orally injected or liquid drop in the eyes.

 Immediate Effects:

1. Cause hallucinations and trans-like stage

2. Dilated pupils, elevated temperature and tremors

3. Increase in blood pressure and heart rate

4. Sweating, chills and trembling of hands

5. Distortion of perception

 Long Term Effects:

1. Psychological dependence

2. Psychosis

3. Promosumal damage

C. MESCALINE – trimethoxyphenethyiomine

- It is the primary ingredients of peyote cactus in plants known as as Lophophora

William Si in US and Mexico.

- Also known as BUTTONS, CACTUS, MESC

- Used by American Indians in inter-religious ceremonies.

- When it is consumed in 350 – 500mg, it will produce delusion and hallucination for 5-
12 hours.

- Can be ingested or taken orally, chewed or placed in capsule and even brewed in tea.

 Immediate Effect:

1. Induces sense of well being

2. Visions in color

3. Hallucination or trans-like

 Long Term Effects:

1. Psychological dependence

D. PSILOCYN and PSILOCYBIN – came from Mexico PSILOCYBE mushroom.

- Known as MAJIC MUSHROOM that is use in Indian rites for centuries

- Usually chewed and swallowed

- When consumed with 4-8 mg, it will last for 4-6 hours
 Immediate Effect:

4. Induces sense of well being

5. Visions in color

6. Hallucination or trans-like

 Long Term Effects:

2. Psychological dependence

E. KETAMINE – its chemical name is KETAMINE HYDROCHOLORIDE

- Its common name are SPECIAL K or K

- Use as human anesthetics

- It is used as general anesthetic for children, people of poor health and veterinary
medicine.

- It is a liquid bought in pharmacy that is cooked into a powder or snorting.

- Lower dosage will cause mild creamy feeling of numbness and extremities

- High dosage will produce hallucinogenic effect and may cause the user very far from
his body.

- The experience will be called entering “K” hole

- If snorted, effects comes to 5-10 minutes

- If injected intramuscular, effects comes in 4 minutes, it can never be injected to the

vein.

- If ingested, can be feel within 10-20 minutes

F. MORNING GLORY KEEPERS or SEEDS – commonly abuse because of its

hallucinogenic effect that caused behavioral changes having an active principal
component of the seeds closely related with LSD.

4. NARCOTICS – a drug that produces insensibility, stupor and produces sleep due to
depressant effect.

A. OPIUM – derived from the plant opium poppy with botanical name PAPAVER
SOMNIFERUM

- Also called as PARIGORIC, DOVER’S POWDER, PAREPECTULIN

- The word “papaver” comes from the Greek means “poppy”

- The word “somniferum” comes from the Latin means “dream or induce sleep”

- It is called as the plant of joy

- It grows from 3-6 ft, roots and flowers of

different colors

- Greek physician Hippocrates prescribed juice of opium poppy as a treatment for

sickness as early of 500 BC

- It can be smoked or eaten

- Opium is obtained by incision or cutting of blunt instrument either vertically or

horizontally which

allows the milky juice to seep from the plant.

- Thee refined opium will turn into morphine.

B. MORPHINE – it is a derivative from opium

- It is a raw opium named after Mopphius (Greek)

- Referred to as a dream for sleep

- Also called as PECTORAL SYRUP and SWEET MORPHEOUS

- It can be injected taken orally and even smoked

- 10 kg of raw opium will produced 1kg of morphine

- Small dosage will cause euphoria and tolerance rapidly

C. HEROINE – it is another derivative from opium

- Referred to as the strongest of all opium derivatives because it is sensitized from

morphine

- Derived from the word HERO

- It suggest courage, daring and impressive power

- Its chemical name is diacetyl morphine also known as smack, horse, brown sugar,
junk, mud, bid H, Hab Tar

- It can be injected, inhaled through nasal passage or smoke

D. CODEINE – it is a synthetic drug

- Another opium derived from morphine that is intended to cure morphine heroine opium
addicts

- It is widely use using to cup syrup a day

- It can be taken orally or injected

E. METADONE or DEMORAL – it is known as DOLLY, DOLOPHINE, METHADOSE,

AMIDONE

- It is a synthetic opiates which synthesized medically to reduce heroin addiction

- It is the most commonly abuse by hard core addicts

5. TRANQUILIZERS – it has the ability to sedate or calm without producing sleep also
known as SEDATIVES that affects the central nervous system.

A. PHENOTHIAZINES and RESERPHINE – it is considered as a potent tranquilizer but

it does not cause dependency. It is also anti-psychotic and a feeling being relief.

B. MOPROBOMATE and CHLODIAZEPOXIDE – it is a minor tranquilizer and chronic

abuse will lead to psychic and physical dependence

6. SOLVENTS – it produces intoxication also known as DELIRIANTS.

A. GLUE – produce dizziness, stupor, vomiting and unconsciousness

B. LIGHTER FLUID – induce euphoria

C. GASOLINE – it is more toxic than lighter fluid but effects are the same

D. ETHER – it is the distilled or diluted alcohol and highly flammable. It is also difficult
for users to obtained, produces symptoms of euphoria

CLASSIFICATION OF DANGEROUS DRUGS

According to Effect

* Sedatives - are depressant drugs which reduce anxiety and excitement such as
barbiturates, tranquilizers and alcohol.

* Stimulant - increase mental and/or physical function. A substance that raises the

levels of physiological or nervous activity in the body.

* Hallucinogens– a drug that causes hallucinations. Psychoactive drugs that cause

subjective change in perception, thought, emotion and consciousness.
* Depressants -a drug reducing functional or nervous activity. Lower the level of
arousal when taken.

Dangerous Drug – broad categories of controlled substances are pharmacological

classification, effect and legal criteria of drugs

According to Legal Categories

*RA 6425 Dangerous Drugs Act of 1972

What is the doctrine of the poisonous trees give a sample scenario?

If a cop finds a gun under the seat of your car, but had no reason to pull you over
and search your car, the search would be deemed illegal and the gun, in most
cases, wouldn't be admissible in court. The illegal search itself is considered the
poisonous tree and the gun is considered the fruit.
ABUSIVE DOSE – THE AMOUNT NEEDED TO PRODUCE THE SIDE EFFECTS AND
ACTION DESIRED BY AN INDIVIDUAL WHO IMPROPERLY USES IT.

ADDICTION - SEVERE CRAVING FOR THE DRUG EVEN TO THE POINT OF

INTERFERING WITH THE PERSON’S ABILITY TO FUNCTION NORMALLY.

ADMINISTER – ANY ACT OF INTRODUCING ANY DANGEROUS DRUG INTO THE

BODY OF ANY PERSON, WITH OR WITHOUT HIS/HER KNOWLEDGE, BY
INJECTION, INHALATION, INGESTION OR OTHER MEANS, OR OF COMMITTING
ANY ACT OF INDISPENSABLE ASSISTANCE TO A PERSON IN ADMINISTERING A
DANGEROUS DRUG TO HIM/HER UNLESS ADMINISTERED BY A DULY LICENSED
PRACTITIONER FOR PURPOSES OF MEDICATION.

ALCOHOL - THE KING OF ALL DRUGS WITH POTENTIAL FOR ABUSE. MOST
WIDELY USED, SOCIALLY ACCEPTED AND MOST EXTENSIVELY LEGALIZED
DRUG THROUGHOUT THE WORLD.

ALCOHOLISM – STATE OR CONDITION OF A PERSON PRODUCED BY DRINKING

INTOXICATING LIQUORS EXCESSIVELY AND WITH HABITUAL FREQUENCY.
(STATE VS. SAVAGE, 89 ALA. 17 LBA 426, 7 SOUTH, REP. 183). IT IS A
CONDITION WHEREIN A PERSON IS UNDER THE INFLUENCE OR INTOXICATED
WITH ALCOHOL. HIS PHYSICAL CONDITION AND BEHAVIOR HAS BEEN
MODIFIED TO A CERTAIN EXTENT BY THE EFFECTS OF ALCOHOL.

ALCOHOLIC LIQUOR – IS ANY BEVERAGES OR COMPOUND, WHETHER

DISTILLED, FERMENTED, OR OTHERWISE, WHICH WILL PRODUCE
INTOXICATION OR WHICH CONTAINS IN EXCESS OF ONE PERCENTUM OF
ALCOHOL AND IS USED AS A BEVERAGE. (STATE VS. OLIVER, 133 S.C. 125, 130
S.S. REP. 213).

AMPHETAMINES - USUALLY PRESCRIBED TO REDUCE APPETITE AND TO

RELIEVE MINOR CASES OF MENTAL DEPRESSION. THIS DRUG IS
REPRESENTATIVE OF A BROAD CLASS OF STIMULANTS KNOWN AS “PEP
PILLS”. STREET NAME: EYE OPENER, LID POPERS, UPPERS, HEARTS

AVERSION TREATMENT - THIS TREATMENT SEEKS TO CREATE AN AVERSION

FROM ALCOHOL BY THE ADMINISTRATION OF A NAUSEATING DRUG TO BE
FOLLOWED BY A DRINK OF LIQUOR, AND THUS DEVELOPS A DISLIKE OF
ALCOHOL. THE METHOD MAYBE RATHER COSTLY SINCE HOSPITALIZATION
MAYBE REQUIRED.
BARBITURATES - ARE DRUGS USED FOR INDUCING SLEEP IN PERSONS
PLAGUED WITH ANXIETY, MENTAL STRESS, AND INSOMNIA. STREET NAME:
LILY, BALA, DOWNERS, YELLOW JACKETS, BLUE HEAVENS

BETTOR (MANANAYA) ANY PERSON, WHO PLACES BETS FOR

HIMSELF/HERSELF OR IN BEHALF OF ANOTHER PERSON, OTHER THAN THE
PERSONNEL OR STAFF OF ANY ILLEGAL NUMBERS GAME OPERATION.

CALL GIRLS - THESE ARE THE PART-TIME PROSTITUTES. THEY HAVE THEIR
OWN LEGITIMATE WORK OR PROFESSION BUT WORKS AS A PROSTITUTES TO
SUPPLEMENT THEIR INCOME. SOMETIMES THEY ARE TELLERS, SALES-LADIES
OF DEPARTMENT STORES, WAITRESSES, BEAUTICIANS, OR ENGAGE IN
SIMILAR JOBS THAT THEY USE TO MAKE CONTACTS WITH CUSTOMERS.

CALL HOUSES -THIS IS WHERE THE CUSTOMERS CALL AND THE MADAM
MAKES THE ARRANGEMENT AND SENDS THE GIRLS BY A TRANSPORTER WHO
IS A MAN OR WOMAN TO THE PLACE ARRANGEMENT.

CHINA - THE TRANSIT ROUTE FOR HEROIN FROM THE “GOLDEN TRIANGLE” TO
HONG KONG. IT IS ALSO THE COUNTRY WHERE THE “EPHEDRA” PLANT IS
CULTIVATED- SOURCE OF THE DRUG EPHEDRINE- THE PRINCIPAL CHEMICAL
FOR PRODUCING THE DRUG SHABU.

CHRONIC ALCOHOLICS – PERSON WHO, FROM THE PROLONGED AND

EXCESSIVE USE ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES, FINALLY DEVELOPS PHYSICAL AND
PSYCHO-CHANGES AND DEPENDENCE TO ALCOHOL. THE PERSON
CONSCIOUSLY OR UNCONSCIOUSLY BEGINS TO DEMAND ON ALCOHOL’S
NARCOTIC EFFECTS FOR A “PICK-UP”, TO SLEEP AT NIGHT, TO FEEL “GOOD”,
TO COPE WITH BUSINESS OR DOMESTIC PROBLEMS, TO ENJOY SOCIAL
GATHERINGS, TO GET AWAY FROM ONESELF, TO REPRESS INNER URGES OR
REBELLION OR RESENTMENT, AND TO RELIEVE DISTRESSING RESTLESSNESS.

CLANDESTINE LABORATORY – ANY FACILITY USED FOR THE ILLEGAL

MANUFACTURE OF ANY DANGEROUS DRUG AND/OR CONTROLLED
PRECURSOR AND ESSENTIAL CHEMICAL.

COCAINE - THE DRUG TAKEN FROM THE COCA BUSH PLANT ERTYROXYLON
COCA UNDERSTABLY CALLED “SNOW” IN THE JUNKIE JARGON. IT IS ONE OF
THE STRONGEST SHORT ACTING STIMULANTS. TAKEN ORALLY, INJECTED OR
SNIFFED AS TO ACHIEVE EUPHORIA OR AN INTENSE FEELING OF “HIGHNESS”.
STREET NAME: COKE, CRACK, DUST, HEAVEN’S DUST, STARDUST, WHITE GIRL,
SPEED BALLS
CODEINE - ALSO KNOWN AS METHYLMORPHINE. ITS EFFECT IS WEAKER IN
INTENSITY. COUGH PREPARATIONS. STREET NAME: SCHOOL BOYS

COLLECTOR OR AGENT (CABO, COBRADOR) ANY PERSON WHO COLLECTS,

SOLICITS OR PRODUCES BETS IN BEHALF OF HIS/HER PRINCIPAL FOR ANY
ILLEGAL NUMBERS GAME WHO IS USUALLY IN POSSESSION OF GAMBLING
PARAPHERNALIA

COMA – THE SUBJECT IS STUPEROUS OR IN COMATOUS CONDITION.

SOMETIMES IT IS DIFFICULT TO DIFFERENTIATE THIS CONDITION WITH OTHER
CONDITIONS HAVING COMA.

COMMONLY ABUSED DRUGS - DRUGS THAT ARE COMMONLY ABUSED

DEPENDING ON THEIR PHARMACOLOGICAL EFFECTS

CONFIRMATORY TEST – AN ANALYTICAL TEST USING A DEVICE, TOOL OR

EQUIPMENT WITH A DIFFERENT CHEMICAL OR PHYSICAL PRINCIPLE THAT IS
MORE SPECIFIC WHICH WILL VALIDATE AND CONFIRM THE RESULT OF THE
SCREENING TEST

CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE - THE CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE ACT OF 1970

SEPARATES DRUGS THAT MAYBE ABUSED INTO FIVE CATEGORIES
(SCHEDULE) BASED ON THE USE AND BIOLOGICAL EFFECTS OF THE DRUGS.

CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE SCHEDULE 1 - ALMOST ALL THE DRUGS IN THIS

SCHEDULE ARE ILLEGAL. ALL HAVE A HIGH POTENTIAL FOR DEPENDENCE
AND ABUSE, AND IT IS ILLEGAL TO HAVE THEM IN YOUR POSSESSION. EX.
HEROIN, LSD, MJ

CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE SCHEDULE 2 - THESE DRUGS ARE HIGHLY

ADDICTIVE BUT, DESPITE THE RISK, THEY REMAIN IN MEDICAL USE BECAUSE
NO SATISFACTORY NON-ADDICTIVE ALTERNATIVE MEDICATION IS AVAILABLE.
EX. COCAINE, AMP, MORPHINE AND BARBITURATES.

CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE SCHEDULE 3 - THIS SCHEDULE INCLUDES DRUGS

THAT HAVE SOME POTENTIAL FOR ABUSE OR DEPENDENCE. EX.
ACETAMINOPHEN OR ASPIRIN WITH CODEINE AND SOME APPETITE
SUPPRESSANTS.

CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE SCHEDULE 4 - THESE DRUGS ARE CONSIDERED

LESS LIKELY TO CAUSE DEPENDENCE OR TO BE ABUSED AS MUCH AS THE
DRUGS IN SCHEDULE 3. EX. DIAZEPAM, CHLORAL HYDRATE, PHENOBARBITAL
DANGEROUS DRUG BOARD (DDB) - CREATED BY VIRTUE OF REPUBLIC ACT
6425 OTHERWISE KNOWN AS DANGEROUS DRUG ACT OF 1972
SUBSEQUENTLY REPEALED BY RA 9165. THE POLICY-MAKING & STRATEGY-
FORMULATING BODY IN THE PLANNING & FORMULATION OF POLICIES &
PROGRAMS ON DRUG PREVENTION & CONTROL. IT SHALL DEVELOP AND
ADOPT A COMPREHENSIVE, INTEGRATED, UNIFIED AND BALANCED NATIONAL
DRUG ABUSE PREVENTION AND CONTROL STRATEGY.

DELIVER– ANY ACT OF KNOWINGLY PASSING A DANGEROUS DRUG TO

ANOTHER, PERSONALLY OR OTHERWISE, AND BY ANY MEANS, WITH OR
WITHOUT CONSIDERATION.

DEN, DIVE OR RESORT– A PLACE WHERE ANY DANGEROUS DRUG AND/OR

CONTROLLED PRECURSOR AND ESSENTIAL CHEMICAL IS ADMINISTERED,
DELIVERED, STORED FOR ILLEGAL PURPOSES, DISTRIBUTED, SOLD OR USED
IN ANY FORM.

DISORDERLY HOUSES - USUALLY RIDGES SEVERAL NUMBERS OF FACTORY

GIRLS OR PROFESSIONAL PROSTITUTES AND UNDER THE CONTROL OF AN
ORGANIZED CRIME RING. A “MADAM” OR “MAINTAINER” SUPERVISES THE
OPERATION SUPPORTED BY A STAFF OF TELLER (CASHIER), BELL OR ROOM
BOYS, REGISTER CLERKS, WATCHMEN, PIMPS AND SECURITY GUARDS
KNOWN AS BOUNCER.

DISPENSE– ANY ACT OF GIVING AWAY, SELLING OR DISTRIBUTING MEDICINE

OR ANY DANGEROUS DRUG WITH OR WITHOUT THE USE OF PRESCRIPTION.

DOOR KNOCKER - THIS IS THE OCCASIONAL OR SELECTIVE TYPE OF

PROSTITUTE. SHE IS USUALLY A NEWCOMER IN THE BUSINESS OFTENTIMES,
THEY ARE MOTIVATED BY EXTREME

DRUG ABUSE - DELIBERATE USE OF MEDICALLY USEFUL DRUGS WHICH HAVE

THE CAPACITY TO ALTER MOOD AND BEHAVIOR WITHOUT THE BENEFIT OF A
PRESCRIPTION. IT REFERS TO THE USE OF A MEDICALLY USEFUL MOOD-
ALTERING DRUG FOR A PURPOSE DIFFERENT FROM THE ONE FOR WHICH THE
DRUG HAS BEEN INDICATED. IT REFERS TO THE USE OF A DRUG WITH SUCH
FREQUENCY THAT IT CAUSES PHYSICAL OR MENTAL HARM TO THE USER OR
IMPAIRS SOCIAL FUNCTIONING.

DRUG DEPENDENCE (DRUG ADDICTION) - THE USERS CONTINUE TO TAKE A

DRUG OVER AN EXTENDED PERIOD OF TIME. THE USERS FIND IT DIFFICULT
TO STOP USING THE DRUG.
DRUG DOSAGE - A DOSE OF A DRUG IS THE AMOUNT TAKEN AT ONE TIME. THE
DOSES TAKEN BECOME AN EXTREMELY IMPORTANT PART OF DRUG ABUSE.

DRUGS - ANY CHEMICALLY ACTIVE SUBSTANCE RENDERING A SPECIFIC

EFFECT ON THE CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM OF MAN. A CHEMICAL
SUBSTANCE THAT AFFECTS THE PROCESSES OF THE MIND AND BODY. IT CAN
EITHER BE NATURAL AND SYNTHETIC/ARTIFICIAL.

DRUG SYNDICATE– ANY ORGANIZED GROUP OF TWO (2) OR MORE PERSONS

FORMING OR JOINING TOGETHER WITH THE INTENTION OF COMMITTING ANY
OFFENSE PRESCRIBED UNDER THIS ACT.

DRUG TRAFFICKING ( DRUG TRADE) - GENERALLY REFERS TO THE SALE AND

DISTRIBUTION OF ILLEGAL DRUGS. ILLEGAL PROCESS THROUGH WHICH
NARCOTICS AND OTHER ILLEGAL DRUGS ARE PRODUCED, TRANSPORTED,
AND SOLD. ILLEGAL CULTIVATION, CULTURE, DELIVERY, ADMINISTRATION,
DISPENSATION, MANUFACTURE, SALE, TRADING, TRANSPORTATION,
DISTRIBUTION, IMPORTATION, EXPORTATION AND POSSESSION OF ANY
DANGEROUS DRUG AND/OR CONTROLLED PRECURSOR AND ESSENTIAL
CHEMICAL.

DRUNK – THE MIND IS CONFUSED, BEHAVIOR IS IRREGULAR AND THE

MOVEMENT IS UNCONTROLLED. THE SPEECH US THICK AND IN
COORDINATED. THE BEHAVIOR IS UNCONTROLLABLE

DRUNKARD – IS A PERSON WHO HABITUALLY TAKES OR USE ANY

INTOXICATING ALCOHOLIC LIQUOR AND WHILE UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF
SUCH, OR IN CONSEQUENCE OF THE EFFECT THEREOF, IS EITHER
DANGEROUS TO HIMSELF OR TO OTHERS, OR IS A CAUSE OF HARM OR
SERIOUS ANNOYANCE TO HIS FAMILY OR HIS AFFAIR, OR OF ORDINARY
PROPER CONDUCT. HE HAS LESSER RESISTANCE TO THE EFFECT OF
ALCOHOL.

EUROPE - MANUFACTURE, SYNTHESIS, REFINE

FACTORY GIRLS - IS THE REAL PROFESSIONAL TYPE OF PROSTITUTES. SHE

WORKS IN REGULAR HOUSES OF PROSTITUTION OR BROTHELS. SHE
ACCEPTS ALL COMERS AND HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH THE SELECTING AND
SOLICITING THE CUSTOMERS.

FINANCIER – ANY PERSON WHO PAYS FOR, RAISES OR SUPPLIES MONEY FOR,
OR UNDERWRITES ANY OF THE ILLEGAL ACTIVITIES PRESCRIBED UNDER THIS
ACT
FINANCIERS OR CAPITALIST ANY PERSON WHO FINANCES THE OPERATIONS
OF ANY ILLEGAL NUMBERS GAME.

FURNISHED ROOM HOUSE - USUALLY OPERATED BY AN EXPERIENCED

“MADAM” WHO RENT ROOMS TO LEGITIMATE ROOMERS IN ORDER TO
MAINTAIN AN APPEARANCE OF RESPONSIBILITY PURPOSELY, THE MADAM
LEAVES SEVERAL ROOMS NOT RENTED TO LEGITIMATE ROOMERS FOR
READY USE OF THE PROSTITUTION.

GAMBLING WAGERING OF MONEY OR SOMETHING OF MATERIAL VALUE ON AN

EVENT WITH AN UNCERTAIN OUTCOME WITH THE PRIMARY INTENT OF
WINNING ADDITIONAL MONEY AND/OR MATERIAL GOODS.

GOLDEN CRESCENT (I-PIA) – IRAN, AFGHANISTAN, PAKISTAN AND INDIA

GOLDEN TRIANGLE - BURMA/ MYANMAR, LAOS AND THAILAND

HABITUAL INTOXICATION – WHEN THE PERSON FINDS THAT DRINKING HAS A

CONSTANT NECESSARY AND THE VICE ULTIMATELY TAKES HOLD OF HIM.

HABITUATION - CHARACTERIZED BY CONTINUOUS DESIRE FOR A DRUG. A

PERSON BELIEVES THAT THE DRUG IS NEEDED TO FUNCTION AT WORK OR
HOME BECAUSE DRUGS OFTEN PRODUCE AN ELATED/ EXCITED EMOTIONAL
STATE.

HALLUCINOGENS/PSYCHEDELICS - DRUGS WHICH AFFECT SENSATION,

THINKING, SELF-AWARENESS AND EMOTION. CHANGES IN TIME AND SPACE
PERCEPTION, DELUSIONS (FALSE BELIEFS) AND HALLUCINATIONS) MAY BE
MILD OR OVERWHELMING, DISPENSING ON DOSE AND QUALITY OF THE DRUG.
THIS INCLUDES LSD, MESCALINE AND MARIJUANA.

HARD CORE ADDICTS - THOSE, WHOSE ACTIVITIES REVOLVE ALMOST

ENTIRELY AROUND THE DRUG EXPERIENCE AND SECURING SUPPLIES. THEY
SHOW STRONG PSYCHOLOGICAL DEPENDENCE ON THE DRUG.

HEROIN - MOST COMMONLY ABUSED NARCOTIC IN THE WORLD. IT WAS

DISCOVERED BY ALDER WRIGHT (1896), MOST POWERFUL DERIVATIVES OF
OPIUM, BITTERER AND COMMONLY INJECTED. STREET NAME: BLANCO,
BROWN, SUGAR, KABAYO, KENGKOY, GAMUT, MATSAKO, PULBOS, SAPSAP,
TINIK

HIPPIES - THOSE WHO ARE ADDICTED TO DRUGS BELIEVING THAT DRUG IS AN

INTEGRAL PART OF LIFE.
HONG KONG - THE WORLD’S TRANSSHIPMENT POINT OF ALL FORMS OF
HEROIN.

HUSTLER - PROFESSIONAL TYPE OF PROSTITUTES. SHE MAYBE A BAR OR

TAVERN “PICK-UP” OR A “STREET WALKER”. THE BAR OR TAVERN “PICK-UP”
FREQUENTS PLACES WHERE LIQUOR IS SOLD, SOMETIMES OPERATING WITH
THE CONSENT AND KNOWLEDGE OF THE MANAGEMENT.

IGNORANCE - LACK OF KNOWLEDGE AND INFORMATION ABOUT HOW

DANGEROUS DRUGS LOOK LIKE, THEIR BAD EFFECTS, LEGAL RAMIFICATIONS
OR CONSEQUENCES AND OTHER ASPECTS OF PROHIBITED DRUGS

ILLEGAL NUMBERS GAME ANY FORM OF ILLEGAL GAMBLING ACTIVITY WHICH

USES NUMBERS OR COMBINATION AS FACTORS IN GIVING OUT JACKPOTS.

INDIA - THE CENTER OF THE WORLD’S DRUG MAP, LEADING TO RAPID

ADDICTION AMONG ITS PEOPLE.

INDONESIA - NORTHERN SUMATRA HAS TRADITIONALLY BEEN THE MAIN

CANABBIS GROWING AREA IN INDONESIA. BALI INDONESIA IS AN IMPORTANT
TRANSIT POINT FOR DRUGS EN ROUTE TO AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND.

INHALATION - DRUG IN GASEOUS FORM ENTER THE LUNGS AND ARE QUICKLY
ABSORBED BY THE RICH CAPILLARY SYSTEM, IT IS PROBABLY THE SECOND
MOST COMMONLY USED ROUTE OF DRUG ADMINISTRATION.

INJECTION - THE DRUG CAN BE ADMINISTERED INTO THE BODY BY THE USE
OF SYRINGE AND HYPODERMIC NEEDLE IN THE FOLLOWING WAYS.

INTENTIONAL INTOXICATION– WHEN A PERSON DELIBERATELY DRINKS

LIQUOR FULLY KNOWING ITS EFFECTS, EITHER TO OBTAIN MITIGATION OR TO
FIND THE LIQUOR AS STIMULANT TO COMMIT CRIME.

INTRAMUSCULAR (IM) - ADMINISTRATION INVOLVES THE INJECTION OF A

DRUG INTO A LARGE MUSCLE MASS THAT HAS A GOOD BLOOD SUPPLY, SUCH
AS THE GLUTEUS MAXIMUS, QUADRICEPS, OR TRICEPS.

INTRAVENOUS (IV) - THE MOST EFFICIENT MEANS OF ADMINISTRATION WHICH

INVOLVES DEPOSITING DRUG DIRECTLY INTO THE BLOODSTREAM, THIS IS
ALSO THE MOST RAPID METHOD OF DRUG ADMINISTRATION.

INVOLUNTARY INTOXICATION – WHEN A DRUNKEN PERSON DOES NOT KNOW

THE INTOXICATING STRENGTH OF BEVERAGE HE HAS TAKEN.
JAPAN - THE MAJOR CONSUMER OF COCAINE AND SHABU FROM THE UNITED
STATES AND EUROPE.

JUETENG - ILLEGAL NUMBERS GAME THAT INVOLVES THE COMBINATION OF

NUMBERS AS A FORM OF LOCAL LOTTERY WHERE BETS ARE PLACED AND
ACCEPTED PER COMBINATION.

LAST TWO ILLEGAL NUMBERS GAME WHERE THE WINNING COMBINATION IS

DERIVED FROM THE LAST TWO NUMBERS OF THE FIRST PRIZE OF THE
WINNING SWEEPSTAKES TICKET.

LETHAL DOSE – THE AMOUNT OF DRUG THAT WILL CAUSE DEATH.

LYSERGIC ACID DIETHYLAMIDE (LSD) - DERIVED FROM THE FUNGUS

CLAVICEPS PURPUREA WHICH INFECTS WHEAT. IT WAS DISCOVERED BY DR.
ALBERT HOFFMAN WHILE WORKING IN A SWISS PHARMACEUTICAL COMPANY.
KNOWN ON THE STREET AS “ACID”, IT IS THE BEST KNOWN AND MOST
POWERFUL HALLUCINOGENS. STREET NAME: XTC, ADAM, ESSENCE,
HERBALS,

MAINTAINER, MANAGER OR OPERATOR ANY PERSON WHO MAINTAINS,

MANAGES, OR OPERATES ANY ILLEGAL NUMBER GAME IN A SPECIFIC AREA.

MARIJUANA (CANNABIS SATIVA) - MARIJUANA IS A MEXICAN TERM MEANING

PLEASURABLE FEELING. THE FLOWERING TOPS OF BOTH MALE AND FEMALE
PLANT PRODUCE A STICKY RESIN WHICH CONTAINS
TETRAHYDROCANNABINOL OR THC. STREET NAME: MARY JANE, MJ, FLOWER,
PAMPAPOGI, BROWNIES, DAMO, POT, JOINT, DOPE

MASIAO ILLEGAL NUMBERS GAME WHERE THE WINNING COMBINATION IS

DERIVED FROM THE RESULTS OF THE LAST GAME OF JAI ALAI OR THE
SPECIAL LLAVE PORTION

MASSAGE CLINICS - THESE HOUSES ARE OPERATED UNDER A LICENSED OR

PERMIT ISSUED BY THE GOVERNMENT BUT ACTS AS A FRONT FOR
PROSTITUTION WHERE THE ACT MAYBE DONE OR AS PER ARRANGEMENT.
THEY OPERATE WITH BARBERSHOPS WITH MANICURISTS OR “ATTENDANTS”
AND “MASSAGISTS” WHO WHILE SERVICING THEIR CUSTOMERS MAY MAKE
CONTACTS OR THE PROSTITUTES OR THEMSELVES.

MAXIMAL DOSE – THE LARGEST AMOUNT OF A DRUG THAT WILL PRODUCE A

DESIRED THERAPEUTIC EFFECT WITHOUT ANY ACCOMPANYING SYMPTOMS
OF TOXICITY.
MESCALINE - AKA STP WHICH STANDS FOR SERENITY- TRANQUILITY- PEACE-
A DRUG DERIVED FROM THE DRIED TOPS OF THE PEYOTE CACTUS, A SMALL
CACTUS NATIVE TO MEXICO. STREET NAME: CACTUS, BUTTONS, BEAN

METHADONE - A SYNTHETIC NARCOTIC USED AS TREATMENT OF HEROIN

DEPENDENCE BUT ALSO FALLEN TO ABUSED. OTHER THAN METHADONE,
OTHER MOST COMMONLY KNOWN SYNTHETIC OPIATE SUBSTITUTE ARE
MEPERIDINE (DEMEROL) AND DARVON.

METHYLENE DIOXYMETHAMPHETAMINE - (MDMA) - “ECSTASY” - IT IS A WHITE,

YELLOW OR BROWN IN COLOR WITH A BITTER TASTE AND COMES IN THE
FORM OF A TABLET, CAPSULE OR POWDER. ITS TABLET FORM COMES IN
VARIOUS DESIGNS AND SHAPES HENCE. IT IS DUBBED AS “DESIGNER DRUGS”.

MEXICO - IT IS KNOWN IN THE WORLD TO BE THE NUMBER ONE PRODUCER OF

MARIJUANA.

MIDDLE EAST – DISCOVERY, PLANTATION, CULTIVATION, HARVEST. THE

BECKA VALLEY OF LEBANON IS CONSIDERED TO BE THE BIGGEST PRODUCER
OF CANNABIS IN THE MIDDLE EAST. LEBANON IS ALSO BECAME THE TRANSIT
COUNTRY FOR COCAINE FROM SOUTH AMERICA TO EUROPEAN ILLICIT DRUG
MARKETS.

MINIMAL DOSE – THE AMOUNT NEEDED TO TREAT OR HEAL, THAT IS, THE
SMALLEST AMOUNT OF DRUG THAT WILL PRODUCE A THERAPEUTIC EFFECT.

MODERATE INEBRIATION – THE PERSON IS ARGUMENTATIVE AND

OVERCONFIDENT. THERE IS SLIGHT IMPAIRMENT OF MENTAL DIFFICULTIES,
DIFFICULTY OF ARTICULATION, LOSS OF COORDINATION OF FINER
MOVEMENTS. THE FACE IS FLUSHED WITH DIGESTED EYEBALL. HE IS
RECKLESS AND SHOWS MOTOR IN COORDINATION. THE PERSON MAYBE
CERTIFIED BY THE DOCTOR AS BEING UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF LIQUOR.

MORPHINE - IT IS THE MOST IMPORTANT ALKALOIDS AND CONSTITUTES

ABOUT 10 % OF THE USE RAW OPIUM. FRIEDRICH SERTURNER, ISOLATED
MORPHINE FROM OPIUM. STREET NAME; M, DREAMER, EMMA, EMSEL, PULBOS

NARCOTICS - DRUGS THAT RELIEVE PAIN AND OFTEN INDUCE SLEEP. THE
OPIATES, WHICH ARE NARCOTICS, INCLUDE OPIUM AND DRUGS DERIVED
FROM OPIUM, SUCH AS MORPHINE, CODEINE AND HEROIN.

OPERATOR OR MAINTAINER – ONE WHO OWNS OR MANAGES HOUSES OF ILL-

REFUTE WHERE THE BUSINESS OF PROSTITUTION IS CONDUCTED.
SOMETIMES THEY ARE CALLED “MADAME OR MAMA SAN”.
OPIUM - IT IS DERIVED FROM THE ORIENTAL POPPY PLANT PAPAVER
SOMNIFERUM. RAW OPIUM IS DARK BROWN IN COLOR AND IS BITTER IN
TASTE. STREET NAME: “GUM”, “GAMOT”, “KALAMAY” OR “PANOCHA”.

OPLAN THUNDERBOLT I – OPERATIONS TO CREATE IMPACT TO THE

UNDERWORLD.

OPLAN THUNDERBOLT II – OPERATIONS TO NEUTRALIZE SUSPECTED ILLEGAL

DRUG LABORATORIES.

OPLAN THUNDERBOLT III – OPERATIONS FOR THE NEUTRALIZATION OF BIG

TIME DRUG PUSHERS, DRUG DEALERS AND DRUG LORDS.

OPLAN ICEBERG – SPECIAL OPERATIONS TEAM IN SELECTED DRUG PRONE

AREAS IN ORDER TO GET RID OF ILLEGAL DRUG ACTIVITIES IN THE AREA.

OPLAN HUNTER – OPERATIONS AGAINST SUSPECTED MILITARY AND POLICE

PERSONNEL WHO ARE ENGAGED IN ILLEGAL DRUG ACTIVITIES.

OPLAN MERCURIO – OPERATIONS AGAINST DRUG STORES, WHICH ARE

VIOLATING EXISTING REGULATIONS ON THE SCALE OF REGULATED DRUGS IN
COORDINATION WITH THE DDB/DOH AND BFAD.

OPLAN TORNADO – OPERATIONS IN DRUG NOTORIOUS AND HIGH PROFILE

PLACES.

OPLAN GREENGOLD – NARCOM’S NATIONWIDE MJ ERADICATION OPERATIONS

IN COORDINATION WITH THE LOCAL GOVERNMENTS AND NGO’S.

OPLAN SAGIP-YAGIT – A CIVIC PROGRAM INITIATED BY NGO’S AND LOCAL

GOVERNMENT OFFICES TO HELP ERADICATE DRUG SYNDICATES INVOLVING
STREET CHILDREN AS DRUG CONDUITS.

OPLAN BANAT – THE NEWEST OPERATIONAL PLAN AGAINST DRUG ABUSE

FOCUSED IN THE BARANGAY LEVEL IN COOPERATION WITH BARANGAY
OFFICIALS.

OPLAN PRIVATE EYE – SUMBONG MO SHABU KAPALIT PREMYO

ORAL INGESTION - THE DRUGS IS TAKEN BY THE MOUTH AND MUST PASS
THROUGH THE STOMACH BEFORE BEING ABSORBED INTO THE
BLOODSTREAM, THE ONE OF THE MOST COMMON WAYS TAKING A DRUG.

PARENTAL INFLUENCES - UNHAPPY HOME, PARENTS SHOWING LITTLE OR NO

INTEREST IN THEIR CHILDREN, ABUSES COMMITTED BY PARENTS SUCH AS
HARSH PHYSICAL PUNISHMENTS. LACK OF PARENTAL VALUES; PARENTS WHO
ARE PERMISSIVE AND LIBERAL; PARENTAL NEGLECT; DOMESTIC VIOLENCE;
ROLE MODELING.

PEER INFLUENCES - DRUG USING FRIENDS ENCOURAGE, PRESSURE EVEN, A

YOUTH TO EXPERIMENT WITH DRUGS.

PERSONALITY FACTORS - CURIOSITY OR THE DESIRE TO EXPERIENCE A NEW

STATE OF CONSCIOUSNESS, ESCAPE FROM PHYSICAL AND MENTAL PAIN,
RELIEF FROM BOREDOM AND FRUSTRATION, AND DESIRE TO ESCAPE FROM
HARSH REALITIES, UNABLE TO CONFORM TO SOCIAL STANDARDS; WEAK
PERSONALITY OR LOW SENSE OF SELF-ESTEEM.

PHENCYCLIDINE (PCP) - CONSIDERED AS A DANGER AND HIGHLY DANGEROUS

DRUG BECAUSE IT CAN BE EASILY SYNTHESIZED, IT IS POPULARLY KNOWN AS
ANGEL DUST.

PHILIPPINES - THE SECOND IN MEXICO AS TO THE PRODUCTION OF

MARIJUANA. IT ALSO BECAME THE MAJOR TRANSSHIPMENT POINT FOR THE
WORLDWIDE DISTRIBUTION OF ILLEGAL DRUGS PARTICULARLY SHABU AND
COCAINE FROM TAIWAN AND SOUTH AMERICA. IT IS NOTED THAT PHILIPPINES
TODAY IS KNOWN AS THE DRUG PARADISE OF DRUG ABUSERS IN ASIA.

PHYSICAL DEPENDENCE - CAN ONLY BE DISCERNIBLE WHEN DRUG INTAKE IS

DECREASED OR STOPPED AND AN INVOLUNTARY ILLNESS CALLED THE
WITHDRAWAL SYNDROME OCCURS.

PIMP - ONE WHO PROVIDES GRATIFICATION FOR THE LUST OF OTHERS.

POVERTY - THIS IS THE MOST PREVALENT FACTOR THAT PROMPT PUSHERS

AND ABUSERS ALIKE TO INDULGE IN DANGEROUS DRUGS. PUSHERS WERE
FORCED BY THE CIRCUMSTANCES TO THE RETAILING OF PROHIBITED DRUGS
AS A MEANT OR SOURCE OF LIVELIHOOD. MANY ABUSERS USE DANGEROUS
DRUGS AS A VEHICLE TO ESCAPE THE REALITIES OF POVERTY AND ITS
RELATED PROBLEMS.

PROTECTOR/CODDLER – ANY PERSON WHO KNOWINGLY AND WILLFULLY

CONSENTS TO THE UNLAWFUL ACTS PROVIDED FOR IN THIS ACT AND USES
HIS/HER INFLUENCE, POWER OR POSITION IN SHIELDING, HARBORING,
SCREENING OR FACILITATING THE ESCAPE OF ANY PERSON HE/SHE KNOWS,
OR HAS REASONABLE GROUNDS TO BELIEVE ON OR SUSPECTS, HAS
VIOLATED THE PROVISIONS OF THIS ACT IN ORDER TO PREVENT THE ARREST,
PROSECUTION AND CONVICTION OF THE VIOLATOR.
PROGRAM OF ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS - THIS METHOD IS BASED ON
CONVERSION AND FELLOWSHIP. IT EMPHASIZES THAT ALCOHOLICS
UNDERSTAND ALCOHOLISM BETTER THAN ANYONE ELSE. MAN IS DEPENDENT
UPON GOD AND MUST TURN TO HIM FOR HELP; THAT THE ALCOHOLIC MUST
SINCERELY DESIRE TO STOP DRINKING. HE MUST ADMIT THAT HE IS AN
ALCOHOLIC AND CANNOT DRINK IN MODERATION.

PROSTITUTE - A WOMAN WHO ENGAGE IN DISCRIMINATE SEXUAL

INTERCOURSE OR ACTS WITH MALES FOR HIRE.

PROSTITUTION- IT IS AN ACT OR PRACTICE OF A WOMAN WHO ENGAGE OR

HABITUALLY IN SEXUAL INTERCOURSE FOR MONEY OR PROFIT.

PROTECTOR OR CODDLER ANY PERSON WHO LENDS OR PROVIDES

PROTECTION, OR RECEIVES BENEFITS IN ANY MANNER IN THE OPERATION OF
ANY ILLEGAL NUMBERS GAME.

PSILOCYBIN - HALLUCINOGENIC COMPOUND OBTAINED IN MUSHROOM,

PSILOCYBE MEXICANA. STREET NAME: MAGIC MUSHROOM

PSYCHOLOGICAL DEPENDENCE - EXHIBITED WHEN A USER RELIES ON A

DRUG TO ACHIEVE A FEELING OF WELL- BEING.

PSYCHOTHERAPY METHOD - THIS CURE DEPENDS UPON SHOWING THAT THE

REAL PROBLEM OF THE ALCOHOLIC IS NOT THE ALCOHOL ITSELF BUT THE
EMOTIONAL PROBLEM THAT LED THE ALCOHOLICS TO DRINK.

PUSHER – ANY PERSON, WHO SELLS, TRADES, ADMINISTERS, DISPENSES,

DELIVERS OR GIVES AWAY TO ANOTHER, ON ANY TERMS WHATSOEVER, OR
DISTRIBUTES, DISPATCHES IN TRANSIT OR TRANSPORTS DANGEROUS DRUGS
OR WHO ACTS AS A BROKER IN ANY OF SUCH TRANSACTIONS, IN VIOLATION
OF THIS ACT.

SCHOOL OF REGULATORY CONTROL - THIS METHOD MAINTAINS THE IDEA

THAT WE CANNOT DO AWAY WITH PROSTITUTION UNLESS WE CONSIDER THE
PROBLEMS AND REMOVE THE CAUSES OF PROSTITUTION.

SCHOOL OF TOTAL REPRESSION - THIS METHOD BELIEVES THAT

PROSTITUTION IS BOTH A CRIME AND A VICE AND THEREFORE, SHOULD BE
REPRESSED AND TOTALLY PROHIBITED.

SECONAL - SUDDEN WITHDRAWAL FROM THESE DRUGS IS EVEN MORE

DANGEROUS THAN OPIATE WITHDRAWAL.
SEDATIVES - DRUGS WHICH REDUCE ANXIETY AND EXCITEMENT SUCH AS
BARBITURATES, NON-BARBITURATES, TRANQUILIZERS AND ALCOHOL.

SELL – ANY ACT OF GIVING AWAY ANY DANGEROUS DRUG AND/OR

CONTROLLED PRECURSOR AND ESSENTIAL CHEMICAL WHETHER FOR MONEY
OR ANY OTHER CONSIDERATION.

SHABU/ “POOR MAN’S COCAINE” - CHEMICALLY KNOWN AS

METHAMPHETAMINE. IT IS A CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM STIMULANT AND
SOMETIMES CALLED “UPPER” OR “SPEED”. IT IS WHITE, COLORLESS CRYSTAL
OR CRYSTALLINE POWDER WITH A BITTER NUMBING TASTE. IT CAN BE TAKEN
ORALLY, INHALED (SNORTED), SNIFFED (CHASING THE DRAGON) OR
INJECTED. IT IS CONSIDERED AS THE MOST ABUSED STIMULANTS IN THE
PHILIPPINES. STREET NAME: SHASHA. SPEED, SPLASH, UABS, S, ICE, SHA

SILVER TRIANGLE – PERU, COLUMBIA AND BOLIVIA

SINGAPORE, MALAYSIA AND THAILAND - THE MOST FAVORABLE SITES OF

DRUG DISTRIBUTION FROM THE “GOLDEN TRIANGLE” AND OTHER PARTS OF
ASIA.

SITUATIONAL USERS - THOSE WHO USE DRUGS TO KEEP THEM AWAKE OR

FOR ADDITIONAL ENERGY TO PERFORM AN IMPORTANT WORK. INDIVIDUAL
MAY OR MAY NOT EXHIBIT PSYCHOLOGICAL DEPENDENCE.

SLIGHT INEBRIATION – THERE IS REDDENING OF THE FACE. THERE IS NO SIGN

OF MENTAL IMPAIRMENT, IN COORDINATION AND DIFFICULTY OF SPEECH.

SNORTING - INHALATION THROUGH THE NOSE OF DRUGS NOT IN GASEOUS

FORM, IT IS SOMETIMES INHALING A POWDER OR LIQUID DRUG INTO THE
NOSE COATS OF THE MUCOUS MEMBRANE.

SOUTH AMERICA - COLUMBIA, PERU, URUGUAY, AND CHILE ARE THE

PRINCIPAL SOURCES OF ALL COCAINE SUPPLY IN THE WORLD DUE TO THE
ROBUST PRODUCTION OF THE COCA PLANTS SOURCES OF THE COCAINE
DRUG. COLUMBIA: COCA/COCAINE

SOUTHEAST ASIA THE “GOLDEN TRIANGLE” APPROXIMATELY PRODUCED 60%

OF OPIUM IN THE WORLD, 90% OF OPIUM IN THE EASTERN PART OF ASIA. IT IS
ALSO THE OFFICIALLY ACKNOWLEDGED SOURCE OF SOUTHEAST ASIAN
HEROIN.
SPAIN - THIS IS KNOWN AS THE MAJOR TRANSSHIPMENT POINT FROM
INTERNATIONAL DRUG TRAFFICKERS IN EUROPE AND BECAME “THE
PARADISE OF DRUG USERS IN EUROPE.

SPREE USERS - SCHOOL AGE USERS WHO TAKE DRUGS FOR “KICKS’, AN
ADVENTUROUS DARING EXPERIENCE, OR AS A MEANS OF FUN. THERE MAY BE
SOME DEGREE OF PSYCHOLOGICAL DEPENDENCE BUT LITTLE PHYSICAL
DEPENDENCE DUE TO THE MIXED PATTERN OF USE.

STIMULANTS - DRUGS WHICH INCREASE ALERTNESS AND ACTIVITY SUCH AS

AMPHETAMINES, COCAINE AND CAFFEINE. ALSO KNOWN AS “UPPERS” DRUGS
WHICH INDUCE ALERTNESS, WAKEFULNESS, ELEVATED MOOD, INCREASED
SPEECH, MENTAL AND MOTOR ACTIVITY, RELIEVE FATIGUE OR BOREDOM AND
DECREASED APPETITE.

SUPPOSITORIES - THE DRUG IS ADMINISTERED THROUGH THE VAGINA OR

RECTUM IN SUPPOSITORY FORM AND THE DRUG WILL ALSO BE ABSORBED
INTO THE BLOODSTREAM.

TOLERANCE - OCCURS WHEN THE BODY BECOMES ACCUSTOMED TO A DRUG

AS THE DRUG IS REPEATEDLY TAKEN IN THE SAME DOSE. IT NOW REQUIRES
EVER- INCREASING LARGER DOSES TO ACHIEVE THE SAME DESIRED EFFECT.

TOXIC DOSE – THE AMOUNT OF DRUG THAT PRODUCES UNTOWARD EFFECT

OR SYMPTOMS OF POISONING.

TRANQUILIZERS - ARE DRUGS THAT CALM AND RELAX AND DIMINISH ANXIETY.
THEY ARE USED IN THE TREATMENT OF NERVOUS STATES AND SOME
MENTAL DISORDERS WITHOUT PRODUCING SLEEP.

TURKEY - PREPARATION FOR DISTRIBUTION

USA – MARKETING

USE– ANY ACT OF INJECTING, INTRAVENOUSLY OR INTRAMUSCULARLY, OF

CONSUMING, EITHER BY CHEWING, SMOKING, SNIFFING, EATING,
SWALLOWING, DRINKING OR OTHERWISE INTRODUCING INTO THE
PHYSIOLOGICAL SYSTEM OF THE BODY, AND OF THE DANGEROUS DRUGS.

VAGRANTS AND PROSTITUTES - ANY PERSON HAVING NO APPARENT MEANS

OF SUBSISTENCE, WHO HAS THE PHYSICAL ABILITY TO WORK AND WHO
NEGLECTS TO APPLY HIMSELF OR HERSELF TO SOME LAWFUL CALLING. ANY
PERSON FOUND LOITERING ABOUT PUBLIC OR SEMI-PUBLIC BUILDING OR
PLACES, OR TRAMPING OR WANDERING ABOUT THE COUNTRY OR TO THE
STREETS WITHOUT VISIBLE MEANS OF SUPPORT. ANY IDLE OR DISSOLUTE
PERSON WHO LODGES IN HOUSES OF ILL-FAME, RUFFIANS OR PIMPS AND
THOSE WHO HABITUALLY ASSOCIATE WITH PROSTITUTES.

VERY DRUNK – THE MIND IS CONFUSED AND DISORIENTED. THERE IS

DIFFICULTY IN SPEECH AND MARKED MOTOR INCOORDINATION AND OFTEN
WALKING IS IMPOSSIBLE.

VICE - ANY IMMORAL CONDUCT OR HABIT, THE INDULGENCE OF WHICH LEADS

TO DEPRAVITY, WICKEDNESS AND CORRUPTION OF THE MINDS AND BODY.

VOLATILE SOLVENTS - GASEOUS SUBSTANCES POPULARLY KNOWN TO

ABUSERS AS “GAS”, “TEARDROPS”.

WHITE SLAVERY-THE PROCUREMENT AND TRANSPORTATION OF WOMEN

CROSS STATELINESS FOR IMMORAL PURPOSES.

WHORES/KNOCKER - IT IS A NAME OFTEN USED FOR ALL TYPES OF

PROSTITUTE.

DRUG EDUCATION AND VICE CONTROL

ABUSIVE DOSE – THE AMOUNT NEEDED TO PRODUCE THE SIDE EFFECTS AND
ACTION DESIRED BY AN INDIVIDUAL WHO IMPROPERLY USES IT.

ADDICTION - SEVERE CRAVING FOR THE DRUG EVEN TO THE POINT OF

INTERFERING WITH THE PERSON’S ABILITY TO FUNCTION NORMALLY.

ADMINISTER – ANY ACT OF INTRODUCING ANY DANGEROUS DRUG INTO THE

BODY OF ANY PERSON, WITH OR WITHOUT HIS/HER KNOWLEDGE, BY
INJECTION, INHALATION, INGESTION OR OTHER MEANS, OR OF COMMITTING
ANY ACT OF INDISPENSABLE ASSISTANCE TO A PERSON IN ADMINISTERING A
DANGEROUS DRUG TO HIM/HER UNLESS ADMINISTERED BY A DULY LICENSED
PRACTITIONER FOR PURPOSES OF MEDICATION.

ALCOHOL - THE KING OF ALL DRUGS WITH POTENTIAL FOR ABUSE. MOST
WIDELY USED, SOCIALLY ACCEPTED AND MOST EXTENSIVELY LEGALIZED
DRUG THROUGHOUT THE WORLD.

ALCOHOLISM – STATE OR CONDITION OF A PERSON PRODUCED BY DRINKING

INTOXICATING LIQUORS EXCESSIVELY AND WITH HABITUAL FREQUENCY.
(STATE VS. SAVAGE, 89 ALA. 17 LBA 426, 7 SOUTH, REP. 183). IT IS A
CONDITION WHEREIN A PERSON IS UNDER THE INFLUENCE OR INTOXICATED
WITH ALCOHOL. HIS PHYSICAL CONDITION AND BEHAVIOR HAS BEEN
MODIFIED TO A CERTAIN EXTENT BY THE EFFECTS OF ALCOHOL.
ALCOHOLIC LIQUOR – IS ANY BEVERAGES OR COMPOUND, WHETHER
DISTILLED, FERMENTED, OR OTHERWISE, WHICH WILL PRODUCE
INTOXICATION OR WHICH CONTAINS IN EXCESS OF ONE PERCENTUM OF
ALCOHOL AND IS USED AS A BEVERAGE. (STATE VS. OLIVER, 133 S.C. 125, 130
S.S. REP. 213).

AMPHETAMINES - USUALLY PRESCRIBED TO REDUCE APPETITE AND TO

RELIEVE MINOR CASES OF MENTAL DEPRESSION. THIS DRUG IS
REPRESENTATIVE OF A BROAD CLASS OF STIMULANTS KNOWN AS “PEP
PILLS”. STREET NAME: EYE OPENER, LID POPERS, UPPERS, HEARTS

AVERSION TREATMENT - THIS TREATMENT SEEKS TO CREATE AN AVERSION

FROM ALCOHOL BY THE ADMINISTRATION OF A NAUSEATING DRUG TO BE
FOLLOWED BY A DRINK OF LIQUOR, AND THUS DEVELOPS A DISLIKE OF
ALCOHOL. THE METHOD MAYBE RATHER COSTLY SINCE HOSPITALIZATION
MAYBE REQUIRED.

BARBITURATES - ARE DRUGS USED FOR INDUCING SLEEP IN PERSONS

PLAGUED WITH ANXIETY, MENTAL STRESS, AND INSOMNIA. STREET NAME:
LILY, BALA, DOWNERS, YELLOW JACKETS, BLUE HEAVENS

BETTOR (MANANAYA) ANY PERSON, WHO PLACES BETS FOR

HIMSELF/HERSELF OR IN BEHALF OF ANOTHER PERSON, OTHER THAN THE
PERSONNEL OR STAFF OF ANY ILLEGAL NUMBERS GAME OPERATION.

CALL GIRLS - THESE ARE THE PART-TIME PROSTITUTES. THEY HAVE THEIR
OWN LEGITIMATE WORK OR PROFESSION BUT WORKS AS A PROSTITUTES TO
SUPPLEMENT THEIR INCOME. SOMETIMES THEY ARE TELLERS, SALES-LADIES
OF DEPARTMENT STORES, WAITRESSES, BEAUTICIANS, OR ENGAGE IN
SIMILAR JOBS THAT THEY USE TO MAKE CONTACTS WITH CUSTOMERS.

CALL HOUSES -THIS IS WHERE THE CUSTOMERS CALL AND THE MADAM
MAKES THE ARRANGEMENT AND SENDS THE GIRLS BY A TRANSPORTER WHO
IS A MAN OR WOMAN TO THE PLACE ARRANGEMENT.

CHINA - THE TRANSIT ROUTE FOR HEROIN FROM THE “GOLDEN TRIANGLE” TO
HONG KONG. IT IS ALSO THE COUNTRY WHERE THE “EPHEDRA” PLANT IS
CULTIVATED- SOURCE OF THE DRUG EPHEDRINE- THE PRINCIPAL CHEMICAL
FOR PRODUCING THE DRUG SHABU.

CHRONIC ALCOHOLICS – PERSON WHO, FROM THE PROLONGED AND

EXCESSIVE USE ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES, FINALLY DEVELOPS PHYSICAL AND
PSYCHO-CHANGES AND DEPENDENCE TO ALCOHOL. THE PERSON
CONSCIOUSLY OR UNCONSCIOUSLY BEGINS TO DEMAND ON ALCOHOL’S
NARCOTIC EFFECTS FOR A “PICK-UP”, TO SLEEP AT NIGHT, TO FEEL “GOOD”,
TO COPE WITH BUSINESS OR DOMESTIC PROBLEMS, TO ENJOY SOCIAL
GATHERINGS, TO GET AWAY FROM ONESELF, TO REPRESS INNER URGES OR
REBELLION OR RESENTMENT, AND TO RELIEVE DISTRESSING RESTLESSNESS.

CLANDESTINE LABORATORY – ANY FACILITY USED FOR THE ILLEGAL

MANUFACTURE OF ANY DANGEROUS DRUG AND/OR CONTROLLED
PRECURSOR AND ESSENTIAL CHEMICAL.

COCAINE - THE DRUG TAKEN FROM THE COCA BUSH PLANT ERTYROXYLON
COCA UNDERSTABLY CALLED “SNOW” IN THE JUNKIE JARGON. IT IS ONE OF
THE STRONGEST SHORT ACTING STIMULANTS. TAKEN ORALLY, INJECTED OR
SNIFFED AS TO ACHIEVE EUPHORIA OR AN INTENSE FEELING OF “HIGHNESS”.
STREET NAME: COKE, CRACK, DUST, HEAVEN’S DUST, STARDUST, WHITE GIRL,
SPEED BALLS

CODEINE - ALSO KNOWN AS METHYLMORPHINE. ITS EFFECT IS WEAKER IN

INTENSITY. COUGH PREPARATIONS. STREET NAME: SCHOOL BOYS

COLLECTOR OR AGENT (CABO, COBRADOR) ANY PERSON WHO COLLECTS,

SOLICITS OR PRODUCES BETS IN BEHALF OF HIS/HER PRINCIPAL FOR ANY
ILLEGAL NUMBERS GAME WHO IS USUALLY IN POSSESSION OF GAMBLING
PARAPHERNALIA

COMA – THE SUBJECT IS STUPEROUS OR IN COMATOUS CONDITION.

SOMETIMES IT IS DIFFICULT TO DIFFERENTIATE THIS CONDITION WITH OTHER
CONDITIONS HAVING COMA.

COMMONLY ABUSED DRUGS - DRUGS THAT ARE COMMONLY ABUSED

DEPENDING ON THEIR PHARMACOLOGICAL EFFECTS

CONFIRMATORY TEST – AN ANALYTICAL TEST USING A DEVICE, TOOL OR

EQUIPMENT WITH A DIFFERENT CHEMICAL OR PHYSICAL PRINCIPLE THAT IS
MORE SPECIFIC WHICH WILL VALIDATE AND CONFIRM THE RESULT OF THE
SCREENING TEST

CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE - THE CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE ACT OF 1970

SEPARATES DRUGS THAT MAYBE ABUSED INTO FIVE CATEGORIES
(SCHEDULE) BASED ON THE USE AND BIOLOGICAL EFFECTS OF THE DRUGS.

CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE SCHEDULE 1 - ALMOST ALL THE DRUGS IN THIS

SCHEDULE ARE ILLEGAL. ALL HAVE A HIGH POTENTIAL FOR DEPENDENCE
AND ABUSE, AND IT IS ILLEGAL TO HAVE THEM IN YOUR POSSESSION. EX.
HEROIN, LSD, MJ

CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE SCHEDULE 2 - THESE DRUGS ARE HIGHLY

ADDICTIVE BUT, DESPITE THE RISK, THEY REMAIN IN MEDICAL USE BECAUSE
NO SATISFACTORY NON-ADDICTIVE ALTERNATIVE MEDICATION IS AVAILABLE.
EX. COCAINE, AMP, MORPHINE AND BARBITURATES.

CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE SCHEDULE 3 - THIS SCHEDULE INCLUDES DRUGS

THAT HAVE SOME POTENTIAL FOR ABUSE OR DEPENDENCE. EX.
ACETAMINOPHEN OR ASPIRIN WITH CODEINE AND SOME APPETITE
SUPPRESSANTS.

CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE SCHEDULE 4 - THESE DRUGS ARE CONSIDERED

LESS LIKELY TO CAUSE DEPENDENCE OR TO BE ABUSED AS MUCH AS THE
DRUGS IN SCHEDULE 3. EX. DIAZEPAM, CHLORAL HYDRATE, PHENOBARBITAL

DANGEROUS DRUG BOARD (DDB) - CREATED BY VIRTUE OF REPUBLIC ACT

6425 OTHERWISE KNOWN AS DANGEROUS DRUG ACT OF 1972
SUBSEQUENTLY REPEALED BY RA 9165. THE POLICY-MAKING & STRATEGY-
FORMULATING BODY IN THE PLANNING & FORMULATION OF POLICIES &
PROGRAMS ON DRUG PREVENTION & CONTROL. IT SHALL DEVELOP AND
ADOPT A COMPREHENSIVE, INTEGRATED, UNIFIED AND BALANCED NATIONAL
DRUG ABUSE PREVENTION AND CONTROL STRATEGY.

DELIVER– ANY ACT OF KNOWINGLY PASSING A DANGEROUS DRUG TO

ANOTHER, PERSONALLY OR OTHERWISE, AND BY ANY MEANS, WITH OR
WITHOUT CONSIDERATION.

DEN, DIVE OR RESORT– A PLACE WHERE ANY DANGEROUS DRUG AND/OR

CONTROLLED PRECURSOR AND ESSENTIAL CHEMICAL IS ADMINISTERED,
DELIVERED, STORED FOR ILLEGAL PURPOSES, DISTRIBUTED, SOLD OR USED
IN ANY FORM.

DISORDERLY HOUSES - USUALLY RIDGES SEVERAL NUMBERS OF FACTORY

GIRLS OR PROFESSIONAL PROSTITUTES AND UNDER THE CONTROL OF AN
ORGANIZED CRIME RING. A “MADAM” OR “MAINTAINER” SUPERVISES THE
OPERATION SUPPORTED BY A STAFF OF TELLER (CASHIER), BELL OR ROOM
BOYS, REGISTER CLERKS, WATCHMEN, PIMPS AND SECURITY GUARDS
KNOWN AS BOUNCER.

DISPENSE– ANY ACT OF GIVING AWAY, SELLING OR DISTRIBUTING MEDICINE

OR ANY DANGEROUS DRUG WITH OR WITHOUT THE USE OF PRESCRIPTION.
DOOR KNOCKER - THIS IS THE OCCASIONAL OR SELECTIVE TYPE OF
PROSTITUTE. SHE IS USUALLY A NEWCOMER IN THE BUSINESS OFTENTIMES,
THEY ARE MOTIVATED BY EXTREME

DRUG ABUSE - DELIBERATE USE OF MEDICALLY USEFUL DRUGS WHICH HAVE

THE CAPACITY TO ALTER MOOD AND BEHAVIOR WITHOUT THE BENEFIT OF A
PRESCRIPTION. IT REFERS TO THE USE OF A MEDICALLY USEFUL MOOD-
ALTERING DRUG FOR A PURPOSE DIFFERENT FROM THE ONE FOR WHICH THE
DRUG HAS BEEN INDICATED. IT REFERS TO THE USE OF A DRUG WITH SUCH
FREQUENCY THAT IT CAUSES PHYSICAL OR MENTAL HARM TO THE USER OR
IMPAIRS SOCIAL FUNCTIONING.

DRUG DEPENDENCE (DRUG ADDICTION) - THE USERS CONTINUE TO TAKE A

DRUG OVER AN EXTENDED PERIOD OF TIME. THE USERS FIND IT DIFFICULT
TO STOP USING THE DRUG.

DRUG DOSAGE - A DOSE OF A DRUG IS THE AMOUNT TAKEN AT ONE TIME. THE
DOSES TAKEN BECOME AN EXTREMELY IMPORTANT PART OF DRUG ABUSE.

DRUGS - ANY CHEMICALLY ACTIVE SUBSTANCE RENDERING A SPECIFIC

EFFECT ON THE CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM OF MAN. A CHEMICAL
SUBSTANCE THAT AFFECTS THE PROCESSES OF THE MIND AND BODY. IT CAN
EITHER BE NATURAL AND SYNTHETIC/ARTIFICIAL.

DRUG SYNDICATE– ANY ORGANIZED GROUP OF TWO (2) OR MORE PERSONS

FORMING OR JOINING TOGETHER WITH THE INTENTION OF COMMITTING ANY
OFFENSE PRESCRIBED UNDER THIS ACT.

DRUG TRAFFICKING ( DRUG TRADE) - GENERALLY REFERS TO THE SALE AND

DISTRIBUTION OF ILLEGAL DRUGS. ILLEGAL PROCESS THROUGH WHICH
NARCOTICS AND OTHER ILLEGAL DRUGS ARE PRODUCED, TRANSPORTED,
AND SOLD. ILLEGAL CULTIVATION, CULTURE, DELIVERY, ADMINISTRATION,
DISPENSATION, MANUFACTURE, SALE, TRADING, TRANSPORTATION,
DISTRIBUTION, IMPORTATION, EXPORTATION AND POSSESSION OF ANY
DANGEROUS DRUG AND/OR CONTROLLED PRECURSOR AND ESSENTIAL
CHEMICAL.

DRUNK – THE MIND IS CONFUSED, BEHAVIOR IS IRREGULAR AND THE

MOVEMENT IS UNCONTROLLED. THE SPEECH US THICK AND IN
COORDINATED. THE BEHAVIOR IS UNCONTROLLABLE

DRUNKARD – IS A PERSON WHO HABITUALLY TAKES OR USE ANY

INTOXICATING ALCOHOLIC LIQUOR AND WHILE UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF
SUCH, OR IN CONSEQUENCE OF THE EFFECT THEREOF, IS EITHER
DANGEROUS TO HIMSELF OR TO OTHERS, OR IS A CAUSE OF HARM OR
SERIOUS ANNOYANCE TO HIS FAMILY OR HIS AFFAIR, OR OF ORDINARY
PROPER CONDUCT. HE HAS LESSER RESISTANCE TO THE EFFECT OF
ALCOHOL.

EUROPE - MANUFACTURE, SYNTHESIS, REFINE

FACTORY GIRLS - IS THE REAL PROFESSIONAL TYPE OF PROSTITUTES. SHE

WORKS IN REGULAR HOUSES OF PROSTITUTION OR BROTHELS. SHE
ACCEPTS ALL COMERS AND HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH THE SELECTING AND
SOLICITING THE CUSTOMERS.

FINANCIER – ANY PERSON WHO PAYS FOR, RAISES OR SUPPLIES MONEY FOR,
OR UNDERWRITES ANY OF THE ILLEGAL ACTIVITIES PRESCRIBED UNDER THIS
ACT

FINANCIERS OR CAPITALIST ANY PERSON WHO FINANCES THE OPERATIONS

OF ANY ILLEGAL NUMBERS GAME.

FURNISHED ROOM HOUSE - USUALLY OPERATED BY AN EXPERIENCED

“MADAM” WHO RENT ROOMS TO LEGITIMATE ROOMERS IN ORDER TO
MAINTAIN AN APPEARANCE OF RESPONSIBILITY PURPOSELY, THE MADAM
LEAVES SEVERAL ROOMS NOT RENTED TO LEGITIMATE ROOMERS FOR
READY USE OF THE PROSTITUTION.

GAMBLING WAGERING OF MONEY OR SOMETHING OF MATERIAL VALUE ON AN

EVENT WITH AN UNCERTAIN OUTCOME WITH THE PRIMARY INTENT OF
WINNING ADDITIONAL MONEY AND/OR MATERIAL GOODS.

GOLDEN CRESCENT (I-PIA) – IRAN, AFGHANISTAN, PAKISTAN AND INDIA

GOLDEN TRIANGLE - BURMA/ MYANMAR, LAOS AND THAILAND

HABITUAL INTOXICATION – WHEN THE PERSON FINDS THAT DRINKING HAS A

CONSTANT NECESSARY AND THE VICE ULTIMATELY TAKES HOLD OF HIM.

HABITUATION - CHARACTERIZED BY CONTINUOUS DESIRE FOR A DRUG. A

PERSON BELIEVES THAT THE DRUG IS NEEDED TO FUNCTION AT WORK OR
HOME BECAUSE DRUGS OFTEN PRODUCE AN ELATED/ EXCITED EMOTIONAL
STATE.

HALLUCINOGENS/PSYCHEDELICS - DRUGS WHICH AFFECT SENSATION,

THINKING, SELF-AWARENESS AND EMOTION. CHANGES IN TIME AND SPACE
PERCEPTION, DELUSIONS (FALSE BELIEFS) AND HALLUCINATIONS) MAY BE
MILD OR OVERWHELMING, DISPENSING ON DOSE AND QUALITY OF THE DRUG.
THIS INCLUDES LSD, MESCALINE AND MARIJUANA.

HARD CORE ADDICTS - THOSE, WHOSE ACTIVITIES REVOLVE ALMOST

ENTIRELY AROUND THE DRUG EXPERIENCE AND SECURING SUPPLIES. THEY
SHOW STRONG PSYCHOLOGICAL DEPENDENCE ON THE DRUG.

HEROIN - MOST COMMONLY ABUSED NARCOTIC IN THE WORLD. IT WAS

DISCOVERED BY ALDER WRIGHT (1896), MOST POWERFUL DERIVATIVES OF
OPIUM, BITTERER AND COMMONLY INJECTED. STREET NAME: BLANCO,
BROWN, SUGAR, KABAYO, KENGKOY, GAMUT, MATSAKO, PULBOS, SAPSAP,
TINIK

HIPPIES - THOSE WHO ARE ADDICTED TO DRUGS BELIEVING THAT DRUG IS AN

INTEGRAL PART OF LIFE.

HONG KONG - THE WORLD’S TRANSSHIPMENT POINT OF ALL FORMS OF

HEROIN.

HUSTLER - PROFESSIONAL TYPE OF PROSTITUTES. SHE MAYBE A BAR OR

TAVERN “PICK-UP” OR A “STREET WALKER”. THE BAR OR TAVERN “PICK-UP”
FREQUENTS PLACES WHERE LIQUOR IS SOLD, SOMETIMES OPERATING WITH
THE CONSENT AND KNOWLEDGE OF THE MANAGEMENT.

IGNORANCE - LACK OF KNOWLEDGE AND INFORMATION ABOUT HOW

DANGEROUS DRUGS LOOK LIKE, THEIR BAD EFFECTS, LEGAL RAMIFICATIONS
OR CONSEQUENCES AND OTHER ASPECTS OF PROHIBITED DRUGS

ILLEGAL NUMBERS GAME ANY FORM OF ILLEGAL GAMBLING ACTIVITY WHICH

USES NUMBERS OR COMBINATION AS FACTORS IN GIVING OUT JACKPOTS.

INDIA - THE CENTER OF THE WORLD’S DRUG MAP, LEADING TO RAPID

ADDICTION AMONG ITS PEOPLE.

INDONESIA - NORTHERN SUMATRA HAS TRADITIONALLY BEEN THE MAIN

CANABBIS GROWING AREA IN INDONESIA. BALI INDONESIA IS AN IMPORTANT
TRANSIT POINT FOR DRUGS EN ROUTE TO AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND.

INHALATION - DRUG IN GASEOUS FORM ENTER THE LUNGS AND ARE QUICKLY
ABSORBED BY THE RICH CAPILLARY SYSTEM, IT IS PROBABLY THE SECOND
MOST COMMONLY USED ROUTE OF DRUG ADMINISTRATION.

INJECTION - THE DRUG CAN BE ADMINISTERED INTO THE BODY BY THE USE
OF SYRINGE AND HYPODERMIC NEEDLE IN THE FOLLOWING WAYS.
INTENTIONAL INTOXICATION– WHEN A PERSON DELIBERATELY DRINKS
LIQUOR FULLY KNOWING ITS EFFECTS, EITHER TO OBTAIN MITIGATION OR TO
FIND THE LIQUOR AS STIMULANT TO COMMIT CRIME.

INTRAMUSCULAR (IM) - ADMINISTRATION INVOLVES THE INJECTION OF A

DRUG INTO A LARGE MUSCLE MASS THAT HAS A GOOD BLOOD SUPPLY, SUCH
AS THE GLUTEUS MAXIMUS, QUADRICEPS, OR TRICEPS.

INTRAVENOUS (IV) - THE MOST EFFICIENT MEANS OF ADMINISTRATION WHICH

INVOLVES DEPOSITING DRUG DIRECTLY INTO THE BLOODSTREAM, THIS IS
ALSO THE MOST RAPID METHOD OF DRUG ADMINISTRATION.

INVOLUNTARY INTOXICATION – WHEN A DRUNKEN PERSON DOES NOT KNOW

THE INTOXICATING STRENGTH OF BEVERAGE HE HAS TAKEN.

JAPAN - THE MAJOR CONSUMER OF COCAINE AND SHABU FROM THE UNITED
STATES AND EUROPE.

JUETENG - ILLEGAL NUMBERS GAME THAT INVOLVES THE COMBINATION OF

NUMBERS AS A FORM OF LOCAL LOTTERY WHERE BETS ARE PLACED AND
ACCEPTED PER COMBINATION.

LAST TWO ILLEGAL NUMBERS GAME WHERE THE WINNING COMBINATION IS

DERIVED FROM THE LAST TWO NUMBERS OF THE FIRST PRIZE OF THE
WINNING SWEEPSTAKES TICKET.

LETHAL DOSE – THE AMOUNT OF DRUG THAT WILL CAUSE DEATH.

LYSERGIC ACID DIETHYLAMIDE (LSD) - DERIVED FROM THE FUNGUS

CLAVICEPS PURPUREA WHICH INFECTS WHEAT. IT WAS DISCOVERED BY DR.
ALBERT HOFFMAN WHILE WORKING IN A SWISS PHARMACEUTICAL COMPANY.
KNOWN ON THE STREET AS “ACID”, IT IS THE BEST KNOWN AND MOST
POWERFUL HALLUCINOGENS. STREET NAME: XTC, ADAM, ESSENCE,
HERBALS,

MAINTAINER, MANAGER OR OPERATOR ANY PERSON WHO MAINTAINS,

MANAGES, OR OPERATES ANY ILLEGAL NUMBER GAME IN A SPECIFIC AREA.

MARIJUANA (CANNABIS SATIVA) - MARIJUANA IS A MEXICAN TERM MEANING

PLEASURABLE FEELING. THE FLOWERING TOPS OF BOTH MALE AND FEMALE
PLANT PRODUCE A STICKY RESIN WHICH CONTAINS
TETRAHYDROCANNABINOL OR THC. STREET NAME: MARY JANE, MJ, FLOWER,
PAMPAPOGI, BROWNIES, DAMO, POT, JOINT, DOPE
MASIAO ILLEGAL NUMBERS GAME WHERE THE WINNING COMBINATION IS
DERIVED FROM THE RESULTS OF THE LAST GAME OF JAI ALAI OR THE
SPECIAL LLAVE PORTION

MASSAGE CLINICS - THESE HOUSES ARE OPERATED UNDER A LICENSED OR

PERMIT ISSUED BY THE GOVERNMENT BUT ACTS AS A FRONT FOR
PROSTITUTION WHERE THE ACT MAYBE DONE OR AS PER ARRANGEMENT.
THEY OPERATE WITH BARBERSHOPS WITH MANICURISTS OR “ATTENDANTS”
AND “MASSAGISTS” WHO WHILE SERVICING THEIR CUSTOMERS MAY MAKE
CONTACTS OR THE PROSTITUTES OR THEMSELVES.

MAXIMAL DOSE – THE LARGEST AMOUNT OF A DRUG THAT WILL PRODUCE A

DESIRED THERAPEUTIC EFFECT WITHOUT ANY ACCOMPANYING SYMPTOMS
OF TOXICITY.

MESCALINE - AKA STP WHICH STANDS FOR SERENITY- TRANQUILITY- PEACE-

A DRUG DERIVED FROM THE DRIED TOPS OF THE PEYOTE CACTUS, A SMALL
CACTUS NATIVE TO MEXICO. STREET NAME: CACTUS, BUTTONS, BEAN

METHADONE - A SYNTHETIC NARCOTIC USED AS TREATMENT OF HEROIN

DEPENDENCE BUT ALSO FALLEN TO ABUSED. OTHER THAN METHADONE,
OTHER MOST COMMONLY KNOWN SYNTHETIC OPIATE SUBSTITUTE ARE
MEPERIDINE (DEMEROL) AND DARVON.

METHYLENE DIOXYMETHAMPHETAMINE - (MDMA) - “ECSTASY” - IT IS A WHITE,

YELLOW OR BROWN IN COLOR WITH A BITTER TASTE AND COMES IN THE
FORM OF A TABLET, CAPSULE OR POWDER. ITS TABLET FORM COMES IN
VARIOUS DESIGNS AND SHAPES HENCE. IT IS DUBBED AS “DESIGNER DRUGS”.

MEXICO - IT IS KNOWN IN THE WORLD TO BE THE NUMBER ONE PRODUCER OF

MARIJUANA.

MIDDLE EAST – DISCOVERY, PLANTATION, CULTIVATION, HARVEST. THE

BECKA VALLEY OF LEBANON IS CONSIDERED TO BE THE BIGGEST PRODUCER
OF CANNABIS IN THE MIDDLE EAST. LEBANON IS ALSO BECAME THE TRANSIT
COUNTRY FOR COCAINE FROM SOUTH AMERICA TO EUROPEAN ILLICIT DRUG
MARKETS.

MINIMAL DOSE – THE AMOUNT NEEDED TO TREAT OR HEAL, THAT IS, THE
SMALLEST AMOUNT OF DRUG THAT WILL PRODUCE A THERAPEUTIC EFFECT.

MODERATE INEBRIATION – THE PERSON IS ARGUMENTATIVE AND

OVERCONFIDENT. THERE IS SLIGHT IMPAIRMENT OF MENTAL DIFFICULTIES,
DIFFICULTY OF ARTICULATION, LOSS OF COORDINATION OF FINER
MOVEMENTS. THE FACE IS FLUSHED WITH DIGESTED EYEBALL. HE IS
RECKLESS AND SHOWS MOTOR IN COORDINATION. THE PERSON MAYBE
CERTIFIED BY THE DOCTOR AS BEING UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF LIQUOR.

MORPHINE - IT IS THE MOST IMPORTANT ALKALOIDS AND CONSTITUTES

ABOUT 10 % OF THE USE RAW OPIUM. FRIEDRICH SERTURNER, ISOLATED
MORPHINE FROM OPIUM. STREET NAME; M, DREAMER, EMMA, EMSEL, PULBOS

NARCOTICS - DRUGS THAT RELIEVE PAIN AND OFTEN INDUCE SLEEP. THE
OPIATES, WHICH ARE NARCOTICS, INCLUDE OPIUM AND DRUGS DERIVED
FROM OPIUM, SUCH AS MORPHINE, CODEINE AND HEROIN.

OPERATOR OR MAINTAINER – ONE WHO OWNS OR MANAGES HOUSES OF ILL-

REFUTE WHERE THE BUSINESS OF PROSTITUTION IS CONDUCTED.
SOMETIMES THEY ARE CALLED “MADAME OR MAMA SAN”.

OPIUM - IT IS DERIVED FROM THE ORIENTAL POPPY PLANT PAPAVER

SOMNIFERUM. RAW OPIUM IS DARK BROWN IN COLOR AND IS BITTER IN
TASTE. STREET NAME: “GUM”, “GAMOT”, “KALAMAY” OR “PANOCHA”.

OPLAN THUNDERBOLT I – OPERATIONS TO CREATE IMPACT TO THE

UNDERWORLD.

OPLAN THUNDERBOLT II – OPERATIONS TO NEUTRALIZE SUSPECTED ILLEGAL

DRUG LABORATORIES.

OPLAN THUNDERBOLT III – OPERATIONS FOR THE NEUTRALIZATION OF BIG

TIME DRUG PUSHERS, DRUG DEALERS AND DRUG LORDS.

OPLAN ICEBERG – SPECIAL OPERATIONS TEAM IN SELECTED DRUG PRONE

AREAS IN ORDER TO GET RID OF ILLEGAL DRUG ACTIVITIES IN THE AREA.

OPLAN HUNTER – OPERATIONS AGAINST SUSPECTED MILITARY AND POLICE

PERSONNEL WHO ARE ENGAGED IN ILLEGAL DRUG ACTIVITIES.

OPLAN MERCURIO – OPERATIONS AGAINST DRUG STORES, WHICH ARE

VIOLATING EXISTING REGULATIONS ON THE SCALE OF REGULATED DRUGS IN
COORDINATION WITH THE DDB/DOH AND BFAD.

OPLAN TORNADO – OPERATIONS IN DRUG NOTORIOUS AND HIGH PROFILE

PLACES.

OPLAN GREENGOLD – NARCOM’S NATIONWIDE MJ ERADICATION OPERATIONS

IN COORDINATION WITH THE LOCAL GOVERNMENTS AND NGO’S.
OPLAN SAGIP-YAGIT – A CIVIC PROGRAM INITIATED BY NGO’S AND LOCAL
GOVERNMENT OFFICES TO HELP ERADICATE DRUG SYNDICATES INVOLVING
STREET CHILDREN AS DRUG CONDUITS.

OPLAN BANAT – THE NEWEST OPERATIONAL PLAN AGAINST DRUG ABUSE

FOCUSED IN THE BARANGAY LEVEL IN COOPERATION WITH BARANGAY
OFFICIALS.

OPLAN PRIVATE EYE – SUMBONG MO SHABU KAPALIT PREMYO

ORAL INGESTION - THE DRUGS IS TAKEN BY THE MOUTH AND MUST PASS
THROUGH THE STOMACH BEFORE BEING ABSORBED INTO THE
BLOODSTREAM, THE ONE OF THE MOST COMMON WAYS TAKING A DRUG.

PARENTAL INFLUENCES - UNHAPPY HOME, PARENTS SHOWING LITTLE OR NO

INTEREST IN THEIR CHILDREN, ABUSES COMMITTED BY PARENTS SUCH AS
HARSH PHYSICAL PUNISHMENTS. LACK OF PARENTAL VALUES; PARENTS WHO
ARE PERMISSIVE AND LIBERAL; PARENTAL NEGLECT; DOMESTIC VIOLENCE;
ROLE MODELING.

PEER INFLUENCES - DRUG USING FRIENDS ENCOURAGE, PRESSURE EVEN, A

YOUTH TO EXPERIMENT WITH DRUGS.

PERSONALITY FACTORS - CURIOSITY OR THE DESIRE TO EXPERIENCE A NEW

STATE OF CONSCIOUSNESS, ESCAPE FROM PHYSICAL AND MENTAL PAIN,
RELIEF FROM BOREDOM AND FRUSTRATION, AND DESIRE TO ESCAPE FROM
HARSH REALITIES, UNABLE TO CONFORM TO SOCIAL STANDARDS; WEAK
PERSONALITY OR LOW SENSE OF SELF-ESTEEM.

PHENCYCLIDINE (PCP) - CONSIDERED AS A DANGER AND HIGHLY DANGEROUS

DRUG BECAUSE IT CAN BE EASILY SYNTHESIZED, IT IS POPULARLY KNOWN AS
ANGEL DUST.

PHILIPPINES - THE SECOND IN MEXICO AS TO THE PRODUCTION OF

MARIJUANA. IT ALSO BECAME THE MAJOR TRANSSHIPMENT POINT FOR THE
WORLDWIDE DISTRIBUTION OF ILLEGAL DRUGS PARTICULARLY SHABU AND
COCAINE FROM TAIWAN AND SOUTH AMERICA. IT IS NOTED THAT PHILIPPINES
TODAY IS KNOWN AS THE DRUG PARADISE OF DRUG ABUSERS IN ASIA.

PHYSICAL DEPENDENCE - CAN ONLY BE DISCERNIBLE WHEN DRUG INTAKE IS

DECREASED OR STOPPED AND AN INVOLUNTARY ILLNESS CALLED THE
WITHDRAWAL SYNDROME OCCURS.

PIMP - ONE WHO PROVIDES GRATIFICATION FOR THE LUST OF OTHERS.

POVERTY - THIS IS THE MOST PREVALENT FACTOR THAT PROMPT PUSHERS
AND ABUSERS ALIKE TO INDULGE IN DANGEROUS DRUGS. PUSHERS WERE
FORCED BY THE CIRCUMSTANCES TO THE RETAILING OF PROHIBITED DRUGS
AS A MEANT OR SOURCE OF LIVELIHOOD. MANY ABUSERS USE DANGEROUS
DRUGS AS A VEHICLE TO ESCAPE THE REALITIES OF POVERTY AND ITS
RELATED PROBLEMS.

PROTECTOR/CODDLER – ANY PERSON WHO KNOWINGLY AND WILLFULLY

CONSENTS TO THE UNLAWFUL ACTS PROVIDED FOR IN THIS ACT AND USES
HIS/HER INFLUENCE, POWER OR POSITION IN SHIELDING, HARBORING,
SCREENING OR FACILITATING THE ESCAPE OF ANY PERSON HE/SHE KNOWS,
OR HAS REASONABLE GROUNDS TO BELIEVE ON OR SUSPECTS, HAS
VIOLATED THE PROVISIONS OF THIS ACT IN ORDER TO PREVENT THE ARREST,
PROSECUTION AND CONVICTION OF THE VIOLATOR.

PROGRAM OF ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS - THIS METHOD IS BASED ON

CONVERSION AND FELLOWSHIP. IT EMPHASIZES THAT ALCOHOLICS
UNDERSTAND ALCOHOLISM BETTER THAN ANYONE ELSE. MAN IS DEPENDENT
UPON GOD AND MUST TURN TO HIM FOR HELP; THAT THE ALCOHOLIC MUST
SINCERELY DESIRE TO STOP DRINKING. HE MUST ADMIT THAT HE IS AN
ALCOHOLIC AND CANNOT DRINK IN MODERATION.

PROSTITUTE - A WOMAN WHO ENGAGE IN DISCRIMINATE SEXUAL

INTERCOURSE OR ACTS WITH MALES FOR HIRE.

PROSTITUTION- IT IS AN ACT OR PRACTICE OF A WOMAN WHO ENGAGE OR

HABITUALLY IN SEXUAL INTERCOURSE FOR MONEY OR PROFIT.

PROTECTOR OR CODDLER ANY PERSON WHO LENDS OR PROVIDES

PROTECTION, OR RECEIVES BENEFITS IN ANY MANNER IN THE OPERATION OF
ANY ILLEGAL NUMBERS GAME.

PSILOCYBIN - HALLUCINOGENIC COMPOUND OBTAINED IN MUSHROOM,

PSILOCYBE MEXICANA. STREET NAME: MAGIC MUSHROOM

PSYCHOLOGICAL DEPENDENCE - EXHIBITED WHEN A USER RELIES ON A

DRUG TO ACHIEVE A FEELING OF WELL- BEING.

PSYCHOTHERAPY METHOD - THIS CURE DEPENDS UPON SHOWING THAT THE

REAL PROBLEM OF THE ALCOHOLIC IS NOT THE ALCOHOL ITSELF BUT THE
EMOTIONAL PROBLEM THAT LED THE ALCOHOLICS TO DRINK.

PUSHER – ANY PERSON, WHO SELLS, TRADES, ADMINISTERS, DISPENSES,

DELIVERS OR GIVES AWAY TO ANOTHER, ON ANY TERMS WHATSOEVER, OR
DISTRIBUTES, DISPATCHES IN TRANSIT OR TRANSPORTS DANGEROUS DRUGS
OR WHO ACTS AS A BROKER IN ANY OF SUCH TRANSACTIONS, IN VIOLATION
OF THIS ACT.

SCHOOL OF REGULATORY CONTROL - THIS METHOD MAINTAINS THE IDEA

THAT WE CANNOT DO AWAY WITH PROSTITUTION UNLESS WE CONSIDER THE
PROBLEMS AND REMOVE THE CAUSES OF PROSTITUTION.