DRUG EDUCATION AND  The users stop taking their drug – only if

VICE CONTROL their supply of the drug is cut off, or if

they are forced to quit for any reason –
DRUGS they will undergo painful physical or
 Any chemically active substance rendering mental distress. (Withdrawal Syndrome)
a specific effect on the central nervous  Drug dependence may lead to drug
system of man. abuse – especially the illegal drugs
 A chemical substance that affects the
TYPES OF DRUG DEPENDENCE
processes of the mind and body
 It can either be natural and
A. PHYSICAL DEPENDENCE - can only be visible
synthetic/artificial.
when drug intake is decreased or stopped and
an involuntary illness called the withdrawal
DRUG ABUSE
syndrome occurs.
 Deliberate use of medically useful drugs
which have the capacity to alter mood and
FORMS OF PHYSICAL DEPENDENCE
behavior without the benefit of a
prescription.
Tolerance
 It refers to the use of a medically useful
 Occurs when the body becomes
mood-altering drug for a purpose different
accustomed to a drug as the drug is
from the one for which the drug has been
repeatedly taken in the same dose.
indicated.
 It now requires ever- increasing larger
 It refers to the use of a drug with such
doses to achieve the same desired
frequency that it causes physical or mental
effect.
harm to the user or impairs social
Addiction
functioning.
 Severe craving for the drug even to the
point of interfering with the person’s
DRUG DOSAGE
ability to function normally.
 A dose of a drug is the amount taken at
one time.
B. PSYCHOLOGICAL DEPENDENCE - Exhibited
 The doses taken become an extremely
when a user relies on a drug to achieve a
important part of drug abuse.
feeling of well- being.
 The most common drug in a dose can be
described as:
FORMS OF PSYCHOLOGICAL DEPENDENCE
 Minimal dose – the amount needed to
treat or heal, that is, the smallest
Habituation
amount of drug that will produce a
 Characterized by continuous desire for a
therapeutic effect.
drug.
 Maximal dose – the largest amount of a
 A person believes that the drug is
drug that will produce a desired
needed to function at work or home
therapeutic effect without any
because drugs often produce an elated/
accompanying symptoms of toxicity.
excited emotional state.
 Toxic Dose – the amount of drug that
produces untoward effect or symptom
CLASSIFICATIONS OF DRUG ABUSERS
of poisoning.
 Abusive dose – the amount needed to
Situational Users
produce the side effects and action
 Those who use drugs to keep them
desired by an individual who improperly
awake or for additional energy to
uses it.
perform an important work.
 Lethal dose – the amount of drug that
 Individual may or may not exhibit
will cause death.
psychological dependence.
DRUG DEPENDENCE
Spree Users
 Also called as DRUG ADDICTION.
 School age users who take drugs for
 The users continue to take a drug over
“kicks’, an adventurous daring
an extended period of time.
experience, or as a means of fun.
 The users find it difficult to stop using the
 There may be some degree of
drug.
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 physical dependence due to the mixed  TOPICAL - application of drugs directly to a
pattern of use. body site such as the skin and the mucous
membrane.
Hard Core Addicts  IONTOPHORESIS - introduction of the drugs
 Those, whose activities revolve almost into the deeper layer of the skin by use of
entirely around the drug experience and special type of electric current for local
securing supplies. effect.
 They show strong psychological
dependence on the drug. REASONS WHY PEOPLE TURN TO DRUGS

Hippies POVERTY
 Those who are addicted to drugs  This is the most prevalent factor that
believing that drug is an integral part of prompt pushers and abusers alike to
life. indulge in dangerous drugs.
 Pushers were forced by the
ROUTES OF DRUG ADMINISTRATION circumstances to the retailing of
prohibited drugs as a meant or source of
 ORAL INGESTION - The drugs is taken by the livelihood.
mouth and must pass through the stomach  Many abusers use dangerous drugs as a
before being absorbed into the bloodstream, vehicle to escape the realities of poverty
the one of the most common ways taking a and its related problems.
drug. IGNORANCE
 INHALATION - Drug in gaseous form enter  Lack of knowledge and information
the lungs and are quickly absorbed by the about how dangerous drugs look like,
rich capillary system, it is probably the their bad effects, legal ramifications or
second most commonly used route of drug consequences and other aspects of
administration. prohibited drugs
 INJECTION - The drug can be administered PARENTAL INFLUENCES
into the body by the use of syringe and  Unhappy home, parents showing little
hypodermic needle in the following ways. or no interest in their children, Abuses
 Subcutaneous (SC) - Drug is administered committed by parents such as harsh
by injecting the drug just below the physical punishments
surface of the skin; this is sometimes  Lack of parental values; parents who are
called “skin popping.” permissive and liberal; parental neglect;
 Intramuscular (IM) - Administration domestic violence; role modeling.
involves the injection of a drug into a PEER INFLUENCES
large muscle mass that has a good blood  Drug using friends encourage, pressure
supply, such as the gluteus maximus, even, a youth to experiment with drugs.
quadriceps, or triceps.  
 Intravenous (IV) - The most efficient DRUG TRAFFICKING
means of administration which involves  Otherwise known as DRUG TRADE
depositing drug directly into the  Generally refers to the sale and distribution
bloodstream, this is also the most rapid of illegal drugs
method of drug administration.  It refers to the illegal process through which
 SNORTING - Inhalation through the nose of narcotics and other illegal drugs are
drugs not in gaseous form, it is sometimes produced, transported, and sold.
inhaling a powder or liquid drug into the  Drug Trafficking is the illegal cultivation,
nose coats of the mucous membrane. culture, delivery, administration,
 BUCCAL - The drug is administered by dispensation, manufacture, sale, trading,
placing them in the buccal cavity just under transportation, distribution, importation,
the lips and the active ingredients of the exportation and possession of any
drug will be absorbed into the bloodstream dangerous drug and/or controlled precursor
through the soft tissues lining of the mouth. and essential chemical.
 SUPPOSITORIES - The drug is administered
through the vagina or rectum in suppository SMUGGLING
form and the drug will also be absorbed into
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Second Major Drug Traffic Route  The transit route for heroin from the
Drugs that originates from the Golden Triangle “Golden Triangle” to Hongkong.
 It is also the country where the
Drugs that originates from the Golden Crescent “epedra” plant is cultivated- source of
the drug ephedrine- the principal
Drugs that originates from the Silver Triangle chemical for producing the drug shabu.
J. Hong Kong
THE WORLD’S DRUG SCENE  The world’s transshipment point of all
forms of heroin.
A. Middle East K. Japan
 The Becka Valley of Lebanon is  The major consumer of cocaine and
considered to be the biggest producer shabu from the United States and
of Cannabis in the Middle East. Europe.
 Lebanon is also became the transit
country for cocaine from South America CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE
to European illicit drug markets.
B. Spain The Controlled Substance Act of 1970
 This is known as the major separates drugs that maybe abused into five
transshipment point from international Categories (Schedule) based on the use and
drug traffickers in Europe and became biological effects of the drugs.
“the paradise of drug users in Europe. Schedule 1
C. South America  Almost all the drugs in this schedule are
 Columbia, Peru, Uruguay, and Chile are illegal.
the principal sources of all cocaine  All have a high potential for dependence
supply in the world due to the robust and abuse, and it is illegal to have them
production of the coca plants- sources in your possession.
of the cocaine drug. Ex. Heroin, LSD, Mj
 Columbia: Coca/Cocaine
D. Mexico Schedule 2
 It is known in the world to be the  These drugs are highly addictive but,
number one producer of marijuana. despite the risk, they remain in medical
E. Philippines use because no satisfactory non-
 The second in Mexico as to the addictive alternative medication is
production of Marijuana. available.
 It also became the major transshipment Ex. Cocaine, AMP, morphine and barbiturates.
point for the worldwide distribution of
illegal drugs particularly shabu and Schedule 3
cocaine from Taiwan and South  This schedule includes drugs that have
America. some potential for abuse or
 It is noted that Philippines today is dependence.
known as the drug paradise of drug Ex. Acetaminophen or aspirin with codeine and
abusers in Asia. some appetite suppressants.
F. India
 The center of the world’s drug map, Schedule 4
leading to rapid addiction among its  These drugs are considered less likely to
people. cause dependence or to be abused as
G. Indonesia much as the drugs in Schedule 3.
 Northern Sumatra has traditionally been Ex. Diazepam, Chloral Hydrate, Phenobarbital
the main canabbis growing area in
Indonesia. Schedule 5 – These drugs are included in the
 Bali Indonesia is an important transit regulations because they contain small
point for drugs en route to Australia amounts of narcotics and are least likely to be
and New Zealand. abused. Ex. Some anti-diarrhea medications
H. Singapore, Malaysia and Thailand and cough medicines.
 The most favorable sites of drug
distribution from the “Golden Triangle” COMMONLY ABUSED DRUGS
and other parts of Asia.  Drugs that are commonly abused
I. China depending on their pharmacological
effects may be classified into:

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 A.1 Narcotics
The term narcotic basically refers to drugs that
Sedatives produce a depressant effect on the CNS.
 Drugs which reduce anxiety and Medically they are potent pain killers, cough
excitement such as barbiturates, non- suppressant and active component of anti-
barbiturates, tranquilizers and alcohol. diarrhea preparations.
Stimulants
 Drugs which increase alertness and OPIUM & ITS DERIVATIVES
activity such as amphetamines, cocaine
and caffeine. A.1.1 Opium
Hallucinogens/Psychedelics  It is derived from the Oriental poppy
 Drugs which affect sensation, thinking, plant papaver somniferum.
self-awareness and emotion.  Raw opium is dark brown in color and is
 Changes in time and space perception, bitter in taste.
delusions (false beliefs) and  Street name: “gum”, “gamot”,
hallucinations may be mild or “kalamay” or “panocha”.
overwhelming, dispensing on dose and
quality of the drug. A.1.2 Morphine
 This includes LSD, mescaline and  It is the most important alkaloids and
marijuana. constitutes about 10 % of the use raw
Narcotics opium
 Drugs that relieve pain and often induce  Friedrich Serturner, isolated morphine
sleep. from opium.
 The opiates, which are narcotics, include  Street Name; M, DREAMER, EMMA,
opium and drugs derived from opium, EMSEL, Pulbos
such as morphine, codeine and heroin. A.1.3 Heroin
 Most commonly abused narcotic in the
TYPES OF DANGEROUS DRUGS world.
 It was discovered by Alder Wright
A. DEPRESSANTS (1896),
 Also known as “downers”, are drugs  Most powerful derivatives of Opium,
which act on and depresses the central bitterer and commonly injected.
nervous system causing initial relaxation  Street Name: BLANCO, BROWN, SUGAR,
leading to drowsiness and sleep. KABAYO, KENGKOY, GAMUT, MATSAKO,
 Used of downers results to impairment PULBOS, SAPSAP, TINIK
of judgment, hearing, speech and A.1.4 Codeine
muscle coordination.  Also known as Methylmorphine.
 They dull the minds, slow down the  its effect is weaker in intensity. Cough
body reaction to such extends those preparations.
accidental deaths and suicides usually  Street Name: SCHOOL BOYS
happen. A1.5 Methadone
 A synthetic narcotic used as treatment
SIDE EFFECTS & LONG TERM EFFECTS of heroin dependence but also fallen to
DEPRESSANTS abused.
 Loss of body control may result to bone  Other than methadone, other most
fractures commonly known synthetic opiate
 Impaired blood pressure regulation and substitute are meperidine (demerol)
balance control and darvon.
 Cognitive impairment, memory loss and
pseudo-dementia A.2 Barbiturates
 Nocturnal urinary incontinence  are drugs used for inducing sleep in
 Worsening sleep persons plagued with anxiety, mental
 Respiratory problems stress, and insomnia.
 Dependency  Street Name: LILY, BALA, DOWNERS,
 Over sedation may lead to death YELLOW JACKETS, BLUE HEAVENS

TYPES OF DEPRESSANTS A.3 Seconal

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  Sudden withdrawal from these drugs is  This drug is representative of a broad
even more dangerous than opiate class of stimulants known as “pep pills”.
withdrawal.  Street Name: EYE OPENER, LID POPERS,
UPPERS, HEARTS
B.3 Shabu/ “poor man’s cocaine”
A.4 Tranquilizers  chemically known as
 Are drugs that calm and relax and methamphetamine.
diminish anxiety.  It is a CNS stimulant and sometimes
 They are used in the treatment of called “upper” or “speed”. It is white,
nervous states and some mental colorless crystal or crystalline powder
disorders without producing sleep. with a bitter numbing taste.
 It can be taken orally, inhaled (snorted),
A.5 Volatile Solvents sniffed (chasing the dragon) or injected.
 Gaseous substances popularly known to  It is considered as the most abused
abusers as “gas”, “teardrops”. stimulants in the Philippines.
 Street Name: SHASHA. SPEED, SPLASH,
A.6 Alcohol UABS, S, ICE, SHA
 The king of all drugs with potential for
abuse. B.4 Methylenedioxymethamphetamine
 Most widely used, socially accepted and (MDMA) - “Ecstasy”
most extensively legalized drug  It is a white, yellow or brown in color
throughout the world. with a bitter taste and comes in the
form of a tablet, capsule or powder.
B. STIMULANTS  Its tablet form comes in various designs
 Also known as “Uppers” Drugs which and shapes hence it is dubbed as
induce alertness, wakefulness, elevated “designer drugs”.
mood, increased speech, mental and  Ecstasy
motor activity, relieve fatigue or
boredom and decreased appetite. C. HALLUCINOGENS (PSYCHEDELIC)
 E.g. Shabu, Cocaine, Ecstasy  natural or synthetic psychoactive drugs
that produce reactions such as
IMMEDIATE EFFECTS OF STIMULANTS perceptual alterations and changes in
 Dilated pupils the state of consciousness.
 Increase in blood pressure / Heart rate /  They consist of a variety of mind-
Breathing rate / Body Temperature altering drugs, which distort reality,
 Involuntary muscle twitching thinking and perceptions of time, sound,
 Less hunger space and sensation.
 Slurred speech IMMEDIATE EFFECTS
 Hallucinations/illusions
TYPES OF STIMULANTS  Faster heart beat and pulse rate
 Bloodshot Eye/blurred vision/Rapid Eye
B.1 Cocaine Movement (REM)
 The drug taken from the coca bush  Dry mouth and throat
plant Ertyroxylon coca understably  Forgetfulness/inability to think
called “snow” in the junkie jargon.  Altered sense of time/ disorientation
 It is one of the strongest short acting  Impaired reflexes, coordination and
stimulants. concentration
 Taken orally, injected or sniffed as to  Acute panic anxiety reaction
achieve euphoria or an intense feeling  “Food-trip” & sleepiness (MJ)
of “highness”.
 Street Name: COKE, CRACK, DUST, C.1 Lysergic Acid Diethylamide (LSD)
HEAVEN’s DUST, STARDUST, WHITE  Derived from the fungus claviceps
GIRL, SPEED BALLS purpurea which infects wheat.
B.2 Amphetamines  It was discovered by Dr. Albert Hoffman
 Usually prescribed to reduce appetite while working in a Swiss Pharmaceutical
and to relieve minor cases of mental company.
depression.

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  Known on the street as “acid”, it is the The new Dangerous Drugs Board (DDB) as the
best known and most powerful policy and strategy formulating body.
hallucinogens.
 Street name: XTC, ADAM, ESSENCE, PHILIPPINE DRUG ENFORCEMENT AGENCY
HERBALS, E. (PDEA)
C.2 Mescaline  Headed by Director General with the rank of
 Aka STP which stands for serenity- Undersecretary, appointed by the President.
tranquility- peace- a drug derived from  The head of the PDEA is assisted by 2
the dried tops of the peyote cactus, a deputies Director General, with the rank of
small cactus native to Mexico. Assistant Secretary, 1 for Operations and 1
 Street Name: CACTUS, BUTTONS, BEAN for Administration, also appointed by the
C.3 Psilocybin President.
 hallucinogenic compound obtained in  In July 2002, PDDG Anselmo Avenido (Ret.)
mushroom, psilocybe Mexicana appointed as first Director General of PDEA.
 Street Name: MAGIC MUSHROOM the secretariat of the National Drug Law
Enforcement and Prevention Coordinating
C.4 Cannabis Sativa-L (Marijuana) Center or DEP Center has been absorbed by
the new agency
VARIOUS TEST FOR DANGEROUS TEST  Narcotics Group of the PNP;
 Narcotics Division of the NBI; and
A.Physical Tests  Narcotics Interdiction Unit of the
weight / volume Bureau of Customs have been abolished
 Appearance: color, texture,
 odor, homogeneity PDEA Academy – shall be established either in
 pH Baguio or Tagaytay, and in such other places as
 Solubility may be necessary.
 Microscopic - responsible in the recruitment and training of
all PDEA agents and personnel
B. Chemical Test  Recruits must be at least 21 years of age,
 Marquis Test – Amphetamines with proven integrity and honesty and a
 Simon’s Test – Methamphetamines Baccalaureate degree holder.
 Chen-Kao’s Test- Ephedrine  The graduates of the Academy shall later
 Cobalt Thiocyanate Test- Ephedrine comprise the operating units of the PDEA
 HNO3 Test- Opium Alkaloids after the termination of the transition
 Zwikker’s Test- Barbiturates period of five years during which all the
 Micro-Diffusion Test- Volatile Substance intelligence network and standard
operating procedure of the PDEA has
C. Field Test for Dangerous Drugs been set up and operationalized.
 The Academy shall be headed by a
Superintendent, with the rank of
Director . He /she shall be appointed by
the PDEA Director General.
 The Narcotics Group of the PNP, the
Narcotics Divisions of the NBI and the
customs narcotics Interdiction Unit are
hereby abolished.
 Transfer, absorption and integration of all
operating unit into PDEA
Note: personnel absorbed and on detail service
shall be given until 5 years to finally decide to
join the PDEA.

Republic Act 9165 Comprehensive Dangerous POWER AND DUTIES OF PDEA

Drugs Act of 2002  Cause the effective and efficient
 Signed June 7, 2002 implementation of the national drug
 Published June 19, 2002 control strategy,
 TOOK EFFECT JULY 4, 2002  Enforcement of the provisions of Art II of
this Act,

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  Undertake investigation, make arrest and  President of Integrated Bar of the
apprehension of violators and seizure and Philippines (IBP).
confiscation of dangerous drugs,  Chairman or President of a non-
 Establish forensic laboratories, government organization involved in
 Filing of appropriate drug cases, dangerous drug campaign to be appointed
 Conduct eradication programs, by the President.
 Maintain a national drug intelligence
system, NOTE: The Director of NBI and Chief, PNP are
the permanent consultant of the DDB.
DANGEROUS DRUG BOARD (DDB) TERMS TO PONDER
 Created by virtue of Republic Act 6425  Administer – Any act of introducing any
otherwise known as Dangerous Drug Act dangerous drug into the body of any person,
of 1972 subsequently repealed by RA with or without his/her knowledge, by
9165. injection, inhalation, ingestion or other
 the policy-making & strategy-formulating means, or of committing any act of
body in the planning & formulation of indispensable assistance to a person in
policies & programs on drug prevention & administering a dangerous drug to him/her
control. unless administered by a duly licensed
 It shall develop and adopt a practitioner for purposes of medication.
comprehensive, integrated, unified and  Use – Any act of injecting, intravenously or
balanced national drug abuse prevention intramuscularly, of consuming, either by
and control strategy. chewing, smoking, sniffing, eating,
swallowing, drinking or otherwise
POWER AND DUTIES OF DDB introducing into the physiological system of
 Formulation of Drug Prevention and the body, and of the dangerous drugs.
Control Strategy,  Deliver – Any act of knowingly passing a
 Promulgation of Rules and Regulation to dangerous drug to another, personally or
carry out the purposes of this Act, otherwise, and by any means, with or
 Conduct policy studies and researches, without consideration.
 Develop educational programs and info  Dispense – Any act of giving away, selling or
drive, distributing medicine or any dangerous drug
 Conduct continuing seminars and with or without the use of prescription.
consultations,  Sell – Any act of giving away any dangerous
 Design special training, drug and/or controlled precursor and
 Maintain international networking, essential chemical whether for money or any
other consideration.
THREE (3) PERMANENT MEMBERS  Manufacture – The production, preparation,
 At least 7 years of training and experience compounding or processing of any
in the field of the ff: fields in law, medicine, dangerous drug and/or controlled precursor
criminology, psychology or social work. and essential chemical, either directly or
 Appointed by the president. indirectly or by extraction from substances
 One designated as the Chairman with the of natural origin.
rank of Secretary (with the term of 6 years)  Cultivate or Culture – Any act of knowingly
and the two other regular members as planting, growing, raising, or permitting the
undersecretary (one with 4 years term and planting, growing or raising of any plant
the other 2 years but succeeding which is the source of a dangerous drug.
appointment will serve six years and until  Clandestine Laboratory – Any facility used
their successors shall have been duly for the illegal manufacture of any dangerous
appointed and qualified. drug and/or controlled precursor and
essential chemical.
TWELVE (12) EX- OFFICIO MEMBERS  Den, Dive or Resort – A place where any
 Secretary or representative of the dangerous drug and/or controlled precursor
following Department: and essential chemical is administered,
 DOJ, DOH, DND, DOF, DOLE, DILG, DSWD, delivered, stored for illegal purposes,
DFA, DepEd, distributed, sold or used in any form.
 Chairman CHED, NYC  Screening Test – A rapid test performed to
 Director General - PDEA establish potential/presumptive positive
result.
TWO (2) REGULAR MEMBERS

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 Confirmatory Test – An analytical test using Essential Chemicals within 100 meters
a device, tool or equipment with a different from the school (sec 5, Art II).
chemical or physical principle that is more  Drugs pushers who use minors or
specific which will validate and confirm the mentally incapacitated individuals as
result of the screening test runners, couriers and messengers or in
 Protector/Coddler – Any person who any other capacity directly connected to
knowingly and willfully consents to the the dangerous drug trade (sec 5, Art II).
unlawful acts provided for in this Act and  If the victim of the offense is a minor or
uses his/her influence, power or position in mentally incapacitated individual, or
shielding, harboring, screening or facilitating should a dangerous drug and/or
the escape of any person he/she knows controlled precursors and essential
 Financier – Any person who pays for, raises chemical involved in the offense be the
or supplies money for, or underwrites any of proximate cause of death of the victim
the illegal activities prescribed under this Act (sec 5, Art II).
 Pusher – Any person, who sells, trades,  Any person or group of persons who
administers, dispenses, delivers or gives shall maintain a den, dive or resort
away to another, on any terms whatsoever, where any dangerous drug is used or
or distributes, dispatches in transit or sold in any form.
transports dangerous drugs or who acts as a  When dangerous drug is administered,
broker in any of such transactions, in delivered or sold to a minor who is
violation of this Act. allowed to use the same in such a place
 Drug Syndicate – Any organized group of (sec 6, Art II).
two (2) or more persons forming or joining  Manufacture of Dangerous Drugs
together with the intention of committing  Upon any person who uses a minor or
any offense prescribed under this Act. mentally incapacitated individual to
deliver equipment, instrument,
COMPARISON OF RA 6425 AND RA 9165 apparatus and other paraphernalia for
dangerous drugs (sec. 10, Art II).
 Possession of dangerous Drugs during
Parties, Social Gatherings or Meetings
(sec. 13), and Possession of Equipment,
Instrument, Apparatus and other
Paraphernalia for Dangerous Drugs
during Parties, Social Gatherings or
Meetings (sec. 14)
 Cultivation or Culture of Plants Classified
as Dangerous Drugs or are Sources (Sec.
16)
 Unlawful Prescription of Dangerous
Drugs ( Sec. 19)
 Any public officer or employee, who
misappropriates, misapplies or fails to
THE UNLAWFUL ACTS PUNISHABLE BY LIFE account for confiscated, seized or
IMPRISONMENT AND FINE RANGING FROM surrendered dangerous drugs, plant
500K TO 10M sources of dangerous drugs, controlled
 Importation or bringing into the precursors and essential chemicals,
Philippines of dangerous drugs using instruments/paraphernalia and/or
diplomatic passport or facilities or any laboratory equipment including the
means involving his/her official status to proceeds or properties obtained from
facilitate unlawful entry of the same the unlawful acts. (Sec. 27)
(sec 4, Art II).
 Upon any person who organizes, THE UNLAWFUL ACTS PUNISHABLE BY 12
manages or acts as “financiers” of any YEARS AND 1 DAY TO 20 YEARS AND FINE
of the activities involving dangerous RANGING FROM 100K TO 500K
drugs (sec 4, 5, 6, 8 Art II).  Shall import any controlled precursor
 Sale, Trading, Administration, and essential chemical. (sec 4, Art II)
Dispensation, Delivery, Distribution and  Any person, who, unless authorized by
transportation of Dangerous Drugs law, shall sell, trade, administer,
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 dispense, deliver, give away to another, PENALTY- Imprisonment of 20 years and 1 day
distribute, dispatch in transit or to life imprisonment and fine ranging from
transport any controlled precursor and Php 400k to 500k
essential chemical, or shall act as a  10 grams but not more than 50 grams of
broker in such transactions. SHABU
 Any person or group of persons who  300 grams or more but less than 500
shall maintain a den, dive, or resort grams of MARIJUANA
where any controlled precursor and  5 grams or more but less than 10 grams
essential chemical is used or sold in any of ANY DANGEROUS DRUGS
form. (sec 5) PENALTY- imprisonment of 12 years and 1 day
 Manufacture of Controlled Precursors to 20 years and a fine ranging from Php 300K
and Essential Chemicals.(Sec 8) to 400K
 Employees and Visitors of a Den, Dive or  Less than 10 grams of SHABU
Resort (sec 7)  Less than 300 grams of MARIJUANA
 Manufacture or Delivery of Equipment,  Less than 5 grams of ANY DANGEROUS
Instrument, Apparatus, and Other DRUGS
Paraphernalia for Dangerous Drugs
and/or Controlled Precursors and USE OF DANGEROUS DRUGS (Sec.15)
Essential Chemicals(sec 10)  1st offense- minimum of six (6) months
 Unnecessary Prescription of Dangerous rehabilitation in a government center
Drugs (sec 18)  2nd offense- imprisonment ranging from
 Any member of law enforcement 6 years and 1 day to 12 years and a fine
agencies or any other government ranging from 50K to 200K, provided did
official and employee who, after due not violated section 12
notice, fails or refuses intentionally or
negligently, to appear as a witness for CUSTODY AND DISPOSITION OF CONFISCATED,
the prosecution in any proceedings, SEIZED, AND/OR SURRENDERED DANGEROUS
involving violations of this Act, without DRUGS... (SEC. 21 RA 9165 as amended by RA
any valid reason (sec 91) 10640)
 Delay and Bungling in the Prosecution of  The apprehending team having initial
Drug Cases –NO FINE (sec 92) custody and control of the drugs shall,
 Any person, who acts as a immediately after seizure and confiscation,
"protector/coddler" of any violator of physically inventory and photograph the
the provisions under RA 9165 same in the presence of the accused or the
 CLANDESTINE LABORATORY person/s from whom such items were
ESTABLISHED UNDER THE FOLLOWING confiscated and/or seized, or his/her
CIRCUMSTANCES SHALL BE representative or counsel, a representative
CONSIDERED AGGRAVTING from the media and the Department of
CIRCUMSTANCES (Sec. 8) Justice (DOJ), and any elected public official
 Conducted in the presence or with the who shall be required to sign the copies of
help of minor/s: the inventory and be given a copy thereof
 Established within one hundred (100)  24 hours - upon confiscation or seizure,
meters of a residential, business, church quantitative or qualitative examination
or school premises.  24 hours - Certification of Examination
 Secured or protected with booby traps results if the volume can’t be completed
 Concealed with legitimate business within the time frame extended for another
operations 24 hours.
 Employment of a practitioner, chemical  72 hours - after filling of criminal case, court
engineer, public official or foreigner shall conduct ocular inspection.
 24 hours - order of destruction
POSSESSION OF DANGEROUS DRUGS (Sec.11)
 PENALTY - Life imprisonment and fine PLEA-BARGAINING PROVISION (SEC. 23)
ranging from Php 400K to 500K  Any person charged under any provision of
 50 grams or more of SHABU this Act regardless of the imposable
 500 grams or more of MARIJUANA penalty shall not be allowed to avail of the
 10 grams or more for ANY DANGEROUS provision on plea-bargaining.
DRUGS

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LABORATORY EXAMINATION OF
APPREHENDED OFFENDERS (SEC. 38) DRUGS INVESTIGATION PROCESSES
If the apprehending or arresting officer Initial Investigation
has reasonable ground to believe that the  Gathered information by personnel and
person apprehended or arrested, on account of from other sources – processing
physical signs or symptoms or other visible or  Use of informants or special agent
outward manifestation is under the influence of (counter surveillance)
dangerous drugs.  Casing
 24 hours - subject to screening  Tests buy
laboratory examination  Entrapment/Poseur buying/buy bust
 15 days - results of the screening operation NOT INSTIGATION
laboratory examination or test shall be PROCEDURES:
challenged after receipt of the result Preparation of needs & coordination
through a confirmatory test  Coordinated instructions between all
members of the team
MANDATORY DRUG TESTING  Test buy using marked money
 applicants for drivers license (RA 10586)  Pre-arranged signal
 applicants for Firearms license &  Search Warrant and how it is enforced
PTCFOR  Arrest
 members of the PNP, AFP, & other LEA  Investigation Proper – completion of
 All persons charged with criminal needed documents for inquest to
offense with penalty of not less than 6 include crime lab examination of the
years. confiscated contraband.
 All candidates for public office national/  Filing of investigation records
local  Testimonies
RANDOM DRUG TESTING
 Students of secondary and tertiary INVESTIGATION OF DRUG-RELATED CRIME
schools AND ILLEGAL MANUFACTURE OF DRUGS
 Officers and employees of public & The PDEA (Philippine Drug Enforcement
private offices Agency) is the lead agency in the anti- illegal
drug operations and the PNP must coordinate
JURISDICTION OVER DANGEROUS DRUG CASES with the agency whenever it launches
 The Supreme Court shall designate operations against illegal drugs. However, there
special courts from among the existing are also drug-related crimes such as
RTC in each judicial region to exclusively murder/homicide and rape. The following are
try and hear cases involving violation of checklists to help the police investigator:
RA 9165.
 The DOJ shall designate special QUANTITY OF DRUGS USE FOR SCIENTIFIC
prosecutors to exclusively handle cases ANALYSIS
involving violation of RA 9165.  Not more than five (5) grams per
package/bag
PROCEDURE TO BE FOLLOWED IN VIOLATION  Not more than three (3) tablets for
OF RA 9165 capsules or tablets
 Regional Trial Court (RTC) - Holds the  Not more than fifty (50 ml) for liquid
Jurisdiction of Violations of RA 9165 solution
 30 days – Conduct of Preliminary  Not more than ten (10 grams) for dried
Investigation leaves and not more than 2 plants.
 24 hours - filling of information
 48 hours - Filling of information of the MTC OPERATIONAL PLANS AGAINST THE DRUG
judge who conduct PI to the proper PROBLEM
prosecutor.  OPLAN Thunderbolt I – operations to create
 15 days - Termination of the reinvestigation impact to the underworld.
when prosecutor disagree to the MTC  OPLAN Thunderbolt II – operations to
judge. neutralize suspected illegal drug
 60 days - Trial period of the case laboratories.
 15 days - Decision shall be rendered  OPLAN Thunderbolt III – operations for the
 15 days - If no appeal was taken the neutralization of big time drug pushers, drug
decision shall become final. dealers and drug lords.

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 OPLAN Iceberg – special operations team in  Chronic Alcoholics – person who, from the
selected drug prone areas in order to get rid prolonged and excessive use alcoholic
of illegal drug activities in the area. beverages, finally develops physical and
 OPLAN Hunter – operations against psycho-changes and dependence to alcohol.
suspected military and police personnel who The person consciously or unconsciously
are engaged in illegal drug activities. begins to demand on alcohol’s narcotic
 OPLAN Mercurio – Operations against drug effects for a “pick-up”, to sleep at night, to
stores, which are violating existing feel “good”.
regulations on the scale of regulated drugs in
coordination with the DDB/DOH and BFAD. DRUNKNESS AS A CRIME
 OPLAN Tornado – Operations in drug  In the Philippines, drunkenness in itself
notorious and high profile places. is not a crime because a person may
 OPLAN Green gold – NARCOM’s nationwide drink to excess in the privacy of his
MJ eradication operations in coordination home or in the party and commit no
with the local governments and NGO’s. crime at all.
 OPLAN Sagip-Yagit – A civic program initiated  It is only when a drunken person
by NGO’s and local government offices to exhibits his condition publicly, or
help eradicate drug syndicates involving disturbs, endangers, or injured others,
street children as drug conduits. that he became an offender and
 OPLAN Banat – the newest operational plan therefore, subject to arrest and
against drug abuse focused in the barangay punishment.
level in cooperation with barangay officials.  Before and during elections, it is
unlawful to sell or drink intoxicating
VICES liquor, as provided in the election law.
VICE - Any immoral conduct or habit, the  Under RA 4136, as amended, driving
indulgence of which leads to depravity, under the influence of liquor is
wickedness and corruption of the minds and prohibited.
body.  Under Article 15 of the Revised Penal
Code, intoxication is considered as
THE DIFFERENT FORMS OF VICES Alternative Circumstances.
 Drug Addiction  It is considered a mitigating
 Alcoholism circumstance when the offender has
 Prostitution committed a felony in a state of
 Gambling intoxication, if the same is not habitual.
 ALCOHOLISM  It is considered an aggravating
circumstance, when the intoxication is
TERMS TO PONDER habitual or intentional.
 Alcoholism – state or condition of a person
produced by drinking intoxicating liquors KINDS OF INTOXICATION
excessively and with habitual frequency.
(State vs. Savage, 89 Ala. 17 LBA 426, 7  Involuntary – when a drunken person does
South, Rep. 183). It is a condition wherein a not know the intoxicating strength of
person is under the influence or intoxicated beverage he has taken.
with alcohol. His physical condition and  Intentional – when a person deliberately
behavior has been modified to a certain drinks liquor fully knowing its effects, either
extent by the effects of alcohol. to obtain mitigation or to find the liquor as
 Alcoholic Liquor – is any beverages or stimulant to commit crime.
compound, whether distilled, fermented, or  Habitual – when the person finds that
otherwise, which will produce intoxication drinking his a constant necessary and the
or which contains in excess of one percent vice ultimately takes hold of him.
of alcohol and is used as a beverage. (State
vs. Oliver, 133 S.C. 125, 130 S.S. Rep. 213). VARIOUS DEGREE OF INTOXICATION
 Drunkard – is a person who habitually takes  Slight Inebriation – there is reddening of
or use any intoxicating alcoholic liquor and the face. There is no sign of mental
while under the influence of such, or in impairment, in coordination and difficulty of
consequence of the effect thereof, is either speech.
dangerous to himself or to others,  Moderate Inebriation – the person is
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 slight impairment of mental difficulties, Urine examination to determine blood
difficulty of articulation, loss of coordination alcohol contents gives an acceptable result to
of finer movements. The face is flushed the court although the use of this chemical test
with digested eyeball. He is reckless and is not yet widespread in our jurisdiction.
shows motor in coordination. Sample of urine must not be taken at one time
 Drunk – the mind is confused, behavior is only because urinary excretion of alcohol varies
irregular and the movement is uncontrolled. with time. Excretion is less during the early
The speech us thick and in coordinated. stage of absorption and may be more than that
The behavior is uncontrollable. in the blood during the later stage.
 Very drunk – the mind is confused and
disoriented. There is difficulty in speech METHODS OF THERAPY ON ALCOHOLISM
and marked motor incoordination and often The Aversion Treatment
walking is impossible.  This treatment seeks to create an aversion
 Coma – the subject is stuperous or in from alcohol by the administration of a
comatous condition. Sometimes it is Nauseating drug to be followed by a drink
difficult to differentiate this condition with of liquor, and thus develops a dislike of
other conditions having coma. alcohol.
   The method maybe rather costly since
BRIEF EXPLANATION HOW A PERSON GETS hospitalization maybe required.
DRUNK  Moreover, the effect is not always lasting
Alcohol has its maximum period of and treatment must be repeated.
absorption from 30 to 60 minutes after  Yet, it is said that this method has proven
ingestion and it is absorbed in the stomach and effective in more than half of the cases.
in the intestines. Technically, if alcohol is only
inside the stomach and intestine and not yet The Psychotherapy Method
absorbed, it is practically outside of the body  This cure depends upon showing that the
because it cannot produce its physiologic and real problem of the alcoholic is not the
neurologic effects. Alcohol itself but the emotional problem
that led the alcoholics to drink.
FORMS OF CHEMICAL AND SCIENTIFIC TESTS  This method therefore, aims to eliminate
OF INTOXICATION these emotional tensions.
 Analysis of blood for alcohol contents  Through therapeutic interviews, it
 Analysis of urine for alcohol contents undertakes to make the alcoholics aware
 Analysis of saliva for alcohol contents of why he drinks and to provide him with
 Analysis of breath to determine the strength necessary to combat his
concentration of alcohol problems.
 Analysis of body tissue and spinal fluid
The Program of Alcoholics Anonymous
THE BLOOD-ALCOHOL TEST  This method is based on conversion and
This test is the most widely accepted fellowship.
and direct method of determining the  It emphasizes that alcoholics understand
concentration of alcohol in the blood. This is alcoholism better than anyone else
done by physician, nurse or competent  man is dependent upon God and must turn
technician upon request of the police to Him for help; that the alcoholic must
investigator. The following are the present two sincerely desire to stop drinking
presumptive standards relating to the  He must admit that he is an alcoholic and
interpretation of blood alcohol contents: cannot drink in moderation.
 If there is 0.05 percent or less by weight of
alcohol in a person’s blood, it shall be PROSTITUTION
presumed that he is not under the influence TERMS TO PONDER
of intoxicating liquor.  Prostitution - It is an act or practice of a
 If there is 0.15 percent or more by weight of woman who engage or habitually in sexual
alcohol in a person’s blood, it shall be intercourse for money or profit.
presumed that he is under the influence of  White Slavery - The procurement and
intoxicating liquor. transportation of women cross  stateliness
for immoral purposes.
THE URINE-ALCOHOL TEST:

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  Prostitute - A woman who engage in  They have their own legitimate work or
discriminate sexual intercourse or acts with profession but works as a prostitutes to
males for hire. supplement their income. Sometimes
 Pimp - One who provides gratification for they are tellers, sales-ladies of
the lust of others. department stores, waitresses,
 Operator or Maintainer – one who owns or beauticians, or engage in similar jobs
manages houses of ill-refute where the that they use to make contacts with
business of prostitution is conducted. customers.
Sometimes they are called  “madame or  They receive telephone calls from a
mama san”. selected group of customers and make
 Whores/Knocker - It is a name often used arrangements to meet them at a
for all types of prostitute. designated place.
 She may work alone or in partnership
VAGRANTS AND PROSTITUTES (RPC) with an intermediary with whom she
 Any person having no apparent means of shares her earnings.
subsistence, who has the physical ability to
work and who neglects to apply himself or HUSTLER
herself to some lawful calling.  Professional type of prostitutes.
 Any person found loitering about public or  She maybe a bar or tavern “pick-up” or
semi-public building or places, or tramping a “street walker”.
or wandering about the country or to the  The bar or tavern “pick-up” frequents
streets without visible means of support. places where liquor is sold, sometimes
 Any idle or dissolute person who lodges in operating with the consent and
houses of ill-fame, ruffians or pimps and knowledge of the management.
those who habitually associate with  The streetwalker is the oldest and the
prostitutes. most common type of prostitute.
 She may work with taxi-drivers and
REPUBLIC ACT NO. 10158 commits prostitution in a taxi-cab. Her
 Signed last March 27, 2012, amended common customers are the tourists,
Article 202 of the Revised Penal Code gamblers, criminals, Addicts and others.
removing vagrancy from the country's list of  Their operation is oftentimes
crimes amid concerns it only targets the associated with swindling their
poor and the disadvantaged. customers.
 Although the poor or homeless people can
no longer be hauled to jail for vagrancy, the DOOR KNOCKER
new law continued to penalize women  This is the occasional or selective type of
engaged in prostitution. prostitute.
 RA 10158, defined prostitutes as "women  She is usually a newcomer in the
who for money or profit, habitually indulge business Oftentimes, they are motivated
in sexual intercourse or lascivious conduct." by extreme Desire for money due to
 A person found guilty of prostitution is poverty or supporting their other vices.
punished by imprisoned from one to 30  She makes contact thru information
days or a fine not exceeding P200. coming from the professional and
 In case of recidivism, they are punished by hustler who are friends who gives her
arresto mayor in its medium period to addresses of prospective customers
prison correctional in its minimum period or
a fine ranging from P200 to P2,000, or both, FACTORY GIRLS
depending on the court.  Are the real professional type of
 With the enactment of the law, all pending prostitutes.
vagrancy cases meantime shall be  She works in regular houses of
dismissed and all persons serving sentence prostitution or brothels.
for violating the vagrancy law shall  She accepts all comers and has nothing
immediately be released. to do with the selecting and soliciting
the customers.
TYPES OF PROSTITUTES ON THE BASIS OF  She works in regular hours or tour of
OPERATION duty under the direct supervision of the
CALL GIRLS madam or operator of the prostitution
 These are the part-time prostitutes. house.

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  She gets her share of the earnings by on the ability of the prospective
commission or per customers. customers to pay.

TYPES OF PROSTITUTION HOUSES MASSAGE CLINICS

DISORDERLY HOUSES  These houses are operated under a
 A “madam” or “maintainer” supervises licensed or permit issued by the
the operation supported by a staff of government but acts as a front for
teller (cashier), bell or room boys, prostitution where the act maybe done
register clerks, watchmen, pimps and or as per arrangement.
security guards known as bouncer.  They operate with barbershops with
 Their operation appears to be a manicurists or “attendants” and
legitimate business entity mostly under “massagists” who while servicing their
the protection of crooked policemen or customers may make contacts or the
law enforcement authorities and their prostitutes or themselves.
location is prominently known to all  These prostitutes are sometimes the
their customers. newcomers in the business who do not
 They have number of small rooms with earn much as attendants or massagists.
the prostitutes staying there at where
they wait for customers. At times, the CONTROL AND PREVENTION OF
house provided with secret exits ready PROSTITUTION
for escaping in case of police raids. THE SCHOOL OF REGULATORY CONTROL
 This method maintains the idea that we
FURNISHED ROOM HOUSE cannot do away with prostitution unless we
 usually operated by an experienced consider the problems and remove the
“madam” who rent rooms to legitimate causes of prostitution.
roomers in order to maintain an  The following regulatory policy has been
appearance of responsibility Purposely, adopted to provide the necessary protection
the madam leaves several rooms not for the society.
rented to legitimate roomers for ready  Segregation of brothels and soliciting to
use of the prostitution. restricted districts.
 These prostitutes are mostly the call  Public licensing of houses of prostitution
girls who make the room their  Registration of prostitutes to protect them
designated places in perpetrating their from the exploitation of white slave trade
business.  Periodic medical examination of prostitutes
 Their rent is on per customers basis or and public health education.
they maintain the rent continuously but  Legalization of the practice of prostitution
the prostitutes do not live there under government supervision and control
permanently but elsewhere to maintain to make it more realistic.
their anonymity and identity.  That arrest of prostitutes be handled by non-
 These houses could be found mostly in police agencies but should betaken care by
flashy subdivision or residential areas. social workers and medical men.
 Finally, the rehabilitation of prostitutes by
CALL HOUSES providing them jobs and facilities to earn a
 This is where the customers call and the decent living.
madam makes the arrangement and
sends the girls by a transporter who is a THE SCHOOL OF TOTAL REPRESSION
man or woman to the place  This method believes that prostitution is
arrangement. both a crime and a vice and therefore,
 The house appears to be a legitimate should be repressed and totally prohibited.
business house such as service agencies,  It maintains that chastity and continence
travel offices, coffee shops, beauty should be the rule of conduct for everybody
parlors and the like duly licensed and and to allow prostitution would be to assist
registered as such with the government immorality and white slave trade
office.  As to licensing of prostitution, this school of
 However, the telephone number is thought argues that it invites men to enjoy
limited only to qualified customers as promiscuity free and easy and without fear
recommended by their pimps who of the law.
conducts the background investigation
GAMBLING

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TERMS TO PONDER  Panguingue, cuajo, domino, mahjong,
 GAMBLING stake of money or something of entre cuatro, and other under Sec. 828,
material value on an event with an uncertain Revised Ordinances of the City of Manila
outcome with the primary intent of winning LAWS RELEVANT TO GAMBLING
additional money and/or material goods. Article 195 of RPC
 ILLEGAL NUMBERS GAME Any form of  Acts punishable in gambling – any
illegal gambling activity which uses numbers person directly or indirectly take part in
or combination as factors in giving out any game of Monte, jueteng, other
jackpots. form of lottery, policy, banking or
 JUETENG illegal numbers game that involves percentage game, dog races or any
the combination of numbers as a form of other game the result of which depends
local lottery where bets are placed and wholly upon a chance wherein wagers
accepted per combination . consisting of money, articles of value, or
 MASIAO illegal numbers game where the representative of value are made.
winning combination is derived from the
results of the last game of Jai Alai or the Article 195 of RPC. The penalty of arresto
Special Llave portion mayor or a fine not exceeding two hundred
 LAST TWO Illegal numbers game where the pesos, and, in case of recidivism, the penalty of
winning combination is derived from the last arresto mayor or a fine ranging from two
two numbers of the first prize of the winning hundred or six thousand pesos,
Sweepstakes ticket.  The penalty of prision correccional in its
 BETTOR (Mananaya) Any person, who places maximum degree shall be imposed
bets for himself/herself or in behalf of upon the maintainer, conductor, or
another person, other than the personnel or banker in a game of jueteng or any
staff of any illegal numbers game operation. similar game.
 COLLECTOR or AGENT (Cabo, Cobrador) Any
person who collects, solicits or produces bets Article 196 (RPC)
in behalf of his/her principal for any illegal  Penalizing any person who shall import
numbers game who is usually in possession into the Philippine Islands from any
of gambling paraphernalia foreign place or port any lottery ticket
 MAINTAINER, MANAGER OR OPERATOR or advertisement, or in connivance with
Any person who maintains, manages, or the importer, shall sell or distribute the
operates any illegal number game in a same.
specific area.  The penalty of arresto mayor in its
 FINANCIERS OR CAPITALIST Any person who maximum period to prision correccional
finances the operations of any illegal in its minimum period or a fine ranging
numbers game. from 200 to 2,000 pesos, or both, in the
 PROTECTOR OR CODDLER Any person who discretion of the court
lends or provides protection, or receives
benefits in any manner in the operation of Article 197 (RPC). Betting in sports Contest
any illegal numbers game.  Penalizing any person who shall bet
money or any object or article of value
CLASSIFICATION OF GAMBLING GAMES or representative of value upon the
1. Those who are absolutely or per se result of any boxing or other sports
prohibited contest.
 Under Art. 195, RPC – monte, jueteng,  The penalty of arresto menor or a fine
other form of lottery, policy, banking or not exceeding 200 pesos, or both
percentage game and dog races;
 Faro and roulette is absolutely Article 198 (RPC). Illegal betting on horse races
prohibited by the Gambling Law.  Penalizing any person who, except
2. Those which are regulated by law. These during the periods allowed by law, shall
games are regulated in the sense that the bet on horse races.
law allows the same to be played except on  The penalty of arresto menor or a fine
certain specified of the day. not exceeding 200 pesos, or both
 Cockfighting under Art. 199, Revised
Penal Code Article 199 (RPC). Illegal cockfighting
 Horse Racing under Art. 198, Revised
Penal Code

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  Penalizing any person who directly or
indirectly participates in cockfights, at a
place other than a licensed cockpit.
 The penalty of arresto menor or a fine
not exceeding 200 pesos, or both, in the
discretion of the court

RA 3063 – Approved June 17, 1961

 authorizing licensed race tracks and racing
clubs and their authorized agent to offer,
take or arrange bets outside the place,
enclosure of track where the races held.
 Penalty - fine of not less than one thousand
pesos not more than two thousand pesos or
by imprisonment for not less than one
month or more than six months, or both, in
the discretion of the court. If the offender is
a partnership, corporation or association,
the criminal liability shall devolve upon its
president, director, or any other official
responsible for the violation.

 PD 449 – Cockfighting Law of 1974 –

Approved May 9, 1974.
 PD 483 - Penalizing Betting, Game-fixing or
point shaving and Machinations in Sports
Contents. Approved on June 13, 1974.
 PD 1602 – Approved June 11, 1978.
prescribing stiffer penalties on illegal
gambling.
 RA 9287 – Approved 2, 2004 An Act
increasing the penalties for illegal numbers
games, amending certain provisions of P.D.
1602, and for other purposes.

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