WHO ARE COVERED

UNDER REPUBLIC ACT 9165

1. It is the policy of the State to safeguard the integrity of its
territory
• Territorial integrity refers to the territorial ‘oneness’ or ‘wholeness’ of the
State. As a norm of international law, it protects the territorial framework of the
independent State and is an essential foundation of the sovereignty of States.
2. It is the policy of the State to safeguard well-being of its
citizenry particularly the youth harmful effects of dangerous
drugs on their physical and mental well-being.
• It is further declared the policy of the State to provide
effective mechanisms or measures to re-integrate into
society individuals who have fallen victims to drug abuse
or dangerous drug dependence through sustainable
programs of treatment and rehabilitation.
• Every penalty imposed for the unlawful importation, sale,
trading, administration, dispensation, delivery, distribution,
transportation or manufacture of any dangerous drug
and/or controlled precursor and essential chemical, the
cultivation or culture of plants which are sources of
dangerous drugs