The drug policy of the Philippines is guided by the Comprehensive Dangerous Drugs Act of 2002 and is implemented by the Dangerous Drugs Board with its...
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The Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA, /piːˈdeɪə/; Filipino: Ahensiya ng Pilipinas sa Pagpapatupad ng Batas Laban sa Bawal na Gamot) is the lead...
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A drug policy is the policy regarding the control and regulation of psychoactive substances (commonly referred to as drugs), particularly those that are...
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Board (DDB) remains as the policy-making and strategy-formulating body in the planning and formulation of policies and program on drug prevention and control...
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government drug policy-making body, 1.8 million Filipinos used illegal drugs (mostly cannabis) in 2015, the latest official survey published, a third of whom...
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The Dangerous Drugs Board (Filipino: Lupon sa Mapanganib na Droga, abbreviated DDB) is a government agency tasked in creating policies in dealing with...
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The prevalence of illegal drug use in the Philippines is lower than the global average, according to the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC)...
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The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) of the Philippines, formerly the Bureau of Food and Drugs (BFAD /ˈbiːfæd/; 1982–2009), is a health regulatory agency...
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The war on drugs is the policy of a global campaign, led by the United States federal government, of drug prohibition, foreign assistance, and military...
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Drug liberalization is a drug policy process of decriminalizing, legalizing, or repealing laws that prohibit the production, possession, sale, or use of...
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investigation by the International Criminal Court (ICC) into alleged crimes against humanity committed during the Philippine drug war. The Philippines announced...
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Rodrigo Duterte (redirect from Economic policy of Rodrigo Duterte)
drug war in 2018, prompting Duterte to withdraw the Philippines from the body in response. He is the only president in the history of the Philippines...
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The prohibition of drugs through sumptuary legislation or religious law is a common means of attempting to prevent the recreational use of certain intoxicating...
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The Philippines, officially the Republic of the Philippines, is an archipelagic country in Southeast Asia. In the western Pacific Ocean, it consists of...
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88% of Filipinos support the drug war. As of 2019, it is at 82%. Dela Rosa announced in September 2016 that the drug war had "reduced the supply of illegal...
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The cultivation and use of cannabis is illegal in the Philippines under Republic Act 9165 or the Comprehensive Dangerous Drugs Act of 2002. As the Philippines...
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and traffickers in at least 2 countries without drug death penalties by law: Mexico and Philippines. As of December 2022 Harm Reduction International (HRI)...
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Consumption of drugs can be via inhalation, injection, smoking, ingestion, absorption via a patch on the skin, suppository, or dissolution under the tongue...
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Crime is present in various forms in the Philippines, and remains a serious issue throughout the country. Illegal drug trade, human trafficking, arms trafficking...
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Alfred W. McCoy (category American expatriates in the Philippines)
history of the Philippines, foreign policy of the United States, European colonisation of Southeast Asia, illegal drug trade, and Central Intelligence Agency...
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The Cabinet of the Philippines (Filipino: Gabinete ng Pilipinas, usually referred to as the Cabinet or Gabinete) consists of the heads of the largest...
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Perci Cendaña (category Members of the House of Representatives of the Philippines for Akbayan)
September 25, 2024. Cendaña was born in the Philippines. He pursued higher education at the University of the Philippines Diliman, where he completed his degree...
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technology in the Philippines describes scientific and technological progress made by the Philippines and analyses related policy issues. The main agency...
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the Philippines is constitutionally prohibited. The constitutional provision that "[The State] shall equally protect the life of the mother and the life...
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The Bureau of Customs (abbreviated BoC or BOC; Filipino: Kawanihan ng Adwana) is a Filipino government agency that is responsible for the collecting of...
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Michael Yang (Chinese businessman) (category Advisers to the president of the Philippines)
Michael Yang in the Philippines, is a Chinese businessman and is an associate of 16th Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte. Yang was linked in the Pharmally...
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non-chemically uniform drug from the cannabis plant. Native to Central or South Asia, the cannabis plant has been used as a drug for both recreational...
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disappearances in the Philippines are illegal executions – unlawful or felonious killings – and forced disappearances in the Philippines. These are forms of extrajudicial...
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drug is a structural or functional analog of a controlled substance that has been designed to mimic the pharmacological effects of the original drug,...
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Mary Jane Veloso (category Indonesia–Philippines relations)
Mary Jane Fiesta Veloso (born 10 January 1985) is a Filipino who was arrested in Indonesia for drug trafficking in 2010 and then sentenced to death. Granted...
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