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4 days ago · The group also urged Marcos to push for the removal of a provision in the Comprehensive Dangerous Drugs Act of 2022 that states that journalists may be witnesses in drug cases. “For as long as this provision is not removed, journalists are at risk of being cited for contempt or subjected to arrest warrants for not showing up in courts as witnesses in drug cases,” the group said.
4 days ago · On Monday, July 22, the President said that “our bloodless war on dangerous drugs adheres, and will continue to adhere, to the established ‘8 Es’ of an effective anti-illegal drugs strategy ...
3 days ago · Around 1.67 million or two out of one hundred Filipinos aged 10 to 69 are current users of drugs, according to the results of the 2019 National Household Survey on the Patterns and Trends of Drug Abuse, released by the Dangerous Drugs Board.
4 days ago · In his third State of the Nation Address (SONA) on Monday, July 22, the President said killing drug suspects was not part of his administration's strategy for addressing the problem. "Our bloodless war on dangerous drugs adheres— and will continue to adhere— to the established '8 Es' of an effective anti-illegal drugs strategy," Marcos said.
6 days ago · PDLs convicted under Sections 5 and 11 of Republic Act 9165, also known as the Comprehensive Dangerous Drugs Act of 2002, may undergo additional counseling and rehabilitation as mandated by the court.
5 days ago · Aileen Tan Lovitos, director of PDEA-12, told reporters on Sunday that Portugal was arrested after selling P81,600 worth of shabu to their agents, who also immediately detained the 11 individuals found inside his drug den. Lovitos said Portugal shall be charged with violation of the Comprehensive Dangerous Drugs Act of 2002, along with Rex ...
1 day ago · The presumption is that a person would be considered to be trafficking drugs if they were in possession of a certain amount of dangerous drugs. Under section 39B of the Dangerous Drugs Act, those in possession of 15 g or more heroin and morphine; 1,000 g or more opium (raw or prepared); 200 g or more cannabis; and 40 g or more cocaine will receive the mandatory death sentence. [58]
