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Catchillar, Stephanie L. For Contribution

FACTS AND FIGURES FROM PDEA

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What is PDEA?
- PDEA or Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency was
created by the virtue of Republic Act 9165,
otherwise known as “The Comprehensive
Dangerous Drugs Act of 2002.”
- This took effect on July 4, 2002 after being signed
into law on June 7, 2002. And officially activated on
July 30, 2002 when its first Director General was
appointed with a rank equivalent to an
Undersecretary.
- PDEA is responsible for efficient law enforcement of
all provisions on any dangerous drugs and/or
precursors and essential chemicals.
- As the lead agency, the law confers PDEA with 18 functions to attain its mission in
the fight against illegal drugs which can be seen in their official website.

Facts and Figure from PDEA about Drugs

New Psychoactive Substances (NPS)
o Also known in the market as the following:
 designer drugs
 legal highs
 herbal highs
 bath salts
 researcher chemicals
 laboratory reagents
o NPS is defined as substances of abuse, either in a pure form or a preparation
but it may pose a public health threat.
o The use of NPS is often linked to have frequently hospitalized with severe
intoxications, and number of unexplained suicides.

Marijuana
o is used to describe all the plant material like leaves,
tops, stems, flowers and roots from a cannabis plant
(Cannabis sativa), dried and prepared for smoking or
taken orally as “brownies”.

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o Smoked marijuana causes a dreamy

state of consciousness or in other words
a feeling of well-being and relaxation is
felt. While for some it causes panic
reaction particularly in naïve users.

Shabu
o Also known as “poor man’s cocaine.”
o It is a white, odorless crystals or crystalline
powder with a bitter numbing taste.
o The use of this drug causes anxiety, tension,
irritability, irrational behavior, talkativeness,
loss of self-control, loss of appetite, inability to
sleep, chest pain, irregularity of heart beat,
weight loss, convulsion, death from cardiac
arrest, etc.
o Psychosis is one of the long term effects of using shabu.

Inhalants
o Inhalant abuse is the deliberate inhalation
of volatile chemical substance that contains
psycho active vapors to produce a state of
intoxication.
o Immediate effects inhalants are confusion,
distorted perception of time and distance,
aggressive behavior, hallucinations,
illusions, nausea and vomiting, and
drowsiness and weightless.
o Delayed effects are loss of memory, inability to think, muscle cramps and
weakness, numbness in limbs, abdominal pains, damage to the central
nervous system, kidney, liver, and possible bone marrow.

Ecstasy
o Methylenedioxymethamphetamine
(MDMA) or commonly known as
"Ecstasy", "X-TC", "Adam", "Eden
Tablet", etc.
o It is the other trendy drug and the term
used for a group of “designer” drugs

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which are closely related in chemical form to the amphetamine family of illicit
drugs.
o It was first developed as an appetite suppressant in 1914 by the German
company, Merck.
o Some of its adverse effects are fatigue, depression after the drug is stopped,
restlessness, anxiety, potential for neurotoxicity, and brain damage as well as
liver damage.

Opiates

o Sometimes called narcotics, are a group of drugs

that are medically used to relieve pain, but have a
high potential for abuse.
o Commonly abused opiates are Opium, Morphine,
Codeine, and synthesized or
manufactures opiates.
o Opium poppy refers to any part of the
plant of the species Papaver
somniferum.

Bangkok Pills

o The pills are not registered with the Bureau

of Food and Drugs, which is why they are
not legally allowed to be placed on the local
market, because of the unsafe combination
of substances in the product.
o The substances used in Bangkok Pills are drugs banned in the Philippines,
Thailand, and the United States. (Dr. Chua, 2011)
o These pills are also appetite suppressant and some have been marketed to
contain Shabu.
o Some adverse complication of taking this drugs are rapid heart beat,
palpitation, sweating, trembling, insomnia, dehydration, stroke or even
death.

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Cocaine

o It is a drug from the leaves of the Cacao plant, a

shrub that originated in South America and it
affects the central nervous system as a
stimulant.
o Side effects of using Cocaine are physical changes, violent behavior,
headaches, strokes, coma, digestive problems, paranoia, panic attacks,
depression, fatigue, etc.

Sedatives

o Sedative-hypnotics are dangerous when not taken

according to physician’s instructions. Some examples
are tranquilizers and sleeping. It is drugs which
depress or slow down body functions.
o Side effects of these drugs include unpleasant
experience such as similar with the other drugs
mentioned earlier.

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