LECTURE 8: RA 9165 The Comprehensive Dangerous Drugs Act of 2000 (Part 1)

THE COMPREHENSIVE DANGEROUS DRUGS ACT OF 2002

RA 9165 is also known as?

RA 9165

THE COMPREHENSIVE DANGEROUS DRUGS ACT OF 2002 is also known as?

RA 9165

This is the new law of dangerous drug act of 1972

tetrahydrocannabinol (THC)

Active ingredient in Shabu and Marijuana.

methamphetamine hydrochloride

Chemical name for Shabu

Cannabis sativa

Chemical name for Marijuana

1. Dangerous Drug Board (DDB)

2. Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA)

Agencies that directly answer to the regulation, apprehension and monitoring of the uses and sale of illegal drugs:

Dangerous Drugs Board (DDB)

An agency that monitors the use, sale, production, and consumption of illicit drugs and other paraphernalia

Dangerous Drugs Board

DDB means?

Illicit drugs

Drugs which are prohibited by law

Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA)

An agency that monitors and penalizes the use, sell, and processing of illicit drugs and other paraphernalia

Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency

PDEA means?

Regulated drugs

Drugs which are monitored by the PDEA for illegal importation.

Pusher

Refers to any person who sells, administers, delivers, or gives away to another, distributes, dispatches in transit, acts as a broker, in violation of R.A. 6425

RA 6425

The Dangerous Drugs Act of 1972 is also known as?

The Dangerous Drugs Act of 1972

RA 6425 is also known as?

RA 9165

Comprehensive Dangerous Drugs Act of 2002 is also known as?

RA 9165

It is the repealing law for RA 6425.

RA 6425

RA 9165 is the repealing law for?

Comprehensive Dangerous Drugs Act of 2002

RA 9165 is also known as?

Narcotic Drug

Refers to any drugs which produces insensibility, stupor, melancholy, or dullness of mind with delusions and which may be habit-forming, and shall include opium, opium derivatives and synthetic opiates.

Opium

Refers to coagulated juice of the opium poppy (Papaver somniferum) and embraces every kind an class of opium.

METHAMPHETAMINE HYDROCHLORIDE (SHABU)

Street name: ice

METHAMPHETAMINE HYDROCHLORIDE (SHABU)

Street name: meth

METHAMPHETAMINE HYDROCHLORIDE (SHABU)

Street name: crystal

METHAMPHETAMINE HYDROCHLORIDE (SHABU)

Street name: kristal

METHAMPHETAMINE HYDROCHLORIDE (SHABU)

Street name: basura (trash)

METHAMPHETAMINE HYDROCHLORIDE (SHABU)

Street name: tawas

METHAMPHETAMINE HYDROCHLORIDE (SHABU)

Results to impaired verbal learning and reduced motor skills

METHAMPHETAMINE HYDROCHLORIDE (SHABU)

Effect: Blocks the neurotransmitter (dopamine) in the brain

METHAMPHETAMINE HYDROCHLORIDE (SHABU)

Weight loss, confusion, insomnia, mood disturbances, and violent behavior

METHAMPHETAMINE HYDROCHLORIDE (SHABU)

Weight loss

METHAMPHETAMINE HYDROCHLORIDE (SHABU)

confusion

METHAMPHETAMINE HYDROCHLORIDE (SHABU)

insomnia

METHAMPHETAMINE HYDROCHLORIDE (SHABU)

mood disturbances

METHAMPHETAMINE HYDROCHLORIDE (SHABU)

violent behavior

CANNABIS SATIVA (MARIJUANA)

Street name: weed

CANNABIS SATIVA (MARIJUANA)

Street name: jutes

CANNABIS SATIVA (MARIJUANA)

Street name: pot

CANNABIS SATIVA (MARIJUANA)

Street name: grass

CANNABIS SATIVA (MARIJUANA)

Street name: damo

CANNABIS SATIVA (MARIJUANA)

Street name: chongke (or also known as Indian hemp.)

CANNABIS SATIVA (MARIJUANA)

Impairs the ability of the person to focus

CANNABIS SATIVA (MARIJUANA)

Disrupts coordination, balance, and reaction time due to active ingredient tetrahydrocannabinol (THC)

CANNABIS SATIVA (MARIJUANA)

Distorted perception

CANNABIS SATIVA (MARIJUANA)

problems with memory and learning

CANNABIS SATIVA (MARIJUANA)

a loss of motor coordination

CANNABIS SATIVA (MARIJUANA)

an increased heart rate

CANNABIS SATIVA (MARIJUANA)

Studies revealed that chronic users of ____ are likely to acquire lung cancer and related respiratory problems because it's common knowledge that when using _____, you kind of smoke it. It could lead to chronic users having or could acquire lung cancer and other related respiratory problems.

INHALANTS

An example of it is Rugby that’s the most common where they will just put it in a plastic cellophane and inhale it.

INHALANTS

Are more popular

INHALANTS

Cheap and easily accessible

INHALANTS

Slurred speech

INHALANTS

lightheadedness

INHALANTS

hallucinations

INHALANTS

delusions

INHALANTS

Irreversible complications of their misuse are hearing loss, and damages to the CNS and bone marrow