DRUG TRAFFICKING

Otherwise known as DRUG TRADE. Generally refers to the sale and distribution of illegal drugs

It refers to the illegal process through which narcotics and other illegal drugs are produced, transported,
and sold.

Drug/Illegal Trafficking is the illegal cultivation, culture, delivery, administration, dispensation,

FIRST IMPORTANT DRUG TRAFFIC ROUTE

Middle East

- discovery, plantation, cultivation, harvest

Turkey

- preparation for distribution

Europe

- manufacture, synthesis, refine

USA

- Marketing

SECOND MAJOR DRUG TRAFFIC ROUTE

Drugs that originates from the Golden Triangle

BURMA/MYANMAR

LAOS

THAILAND

In Southeast Asia the “Golden Triangle” approximately produced 60% of opium in the world, 90% of
opium in the eastern part of Asia. It is also the officially acknowledged source of Southeast Asian Heroin.
Drugs that originates from the Golden Crescent

AFGHANISTAN

PAKISTAN

IRAN

INDIA

In Southwest Asia the “Golden Crescent is the major supplier of Opium poppy, Marijuana and Heroin
products in the western part of Asia. It produces at least 85% to 90% of all illicit heroin channeled in the
drug underworld market.

Drugs that originates from the SILVER TRIANGLE

PERU

BOLIVIA

COLUMBIA

THE GREEN TRIANGLE OF THE PHILIPPINES

BENGUET

KALINGA

APAYAO MT. PROVINCE

THE WORLD’S DRUG SCENE

A. Middle East

The Becka Valley of Lebanon is considered to be the biggest producer of Cannabis in the Middle East.

Lebanon is also became the transit country for cocaine fromSouth America to European illicit drug
markets.

B. Spain

This is known as the major transshipment point from international drug traffickers in Europe and
became “the paradise of drug users” in Europe.

C. South America

Columbia, Peru, Uruguay, and Chile are the principal sources of all cocaine supply in the world due to
the robust production of the coca plants- sources of the cocaine drug. Columbia: Coca/Cocaine
D. Mexico

It is known in the world to be the number one producer of marijuana.

E. Philippines

The second in Mexico as to the production of Marijuana.

It also became the major transshipment point for the worldwide distribution of illegal drugs particularly
shabu and cocaine from Taiwan and South America.

It is noted that Philippines today is known as the drug paradise of drug abusers in Asia

F. lndia

The center of the world's drug map, leading to rapid addiction among its people.

G. Indonesia

Northern Sumatra has traditionally been the main cannabis growing area in Indonesia.

Bali Indonesia is an important transit point for drugs en route to Australia and New Zealand.

H. Singapore, Malaysia and Thailand

The most favorable sites of drug distribution from the “Golden Triangle” and other parts of AsiaI. China

The transit route for heroin from the "Golden Triangle" to Hongkong. It is also the country where the
"épedra" plant is cultivated- source of the drug ephedrine- the principal chemical for producing the drug
shabu.

J. Hong Kong

The world's transshipment point of all forms of heroin.

K. Japan

The major consumer of cocaine and shabu from the United States and Europe
WHAT ARE THE GENERAL CLASSIFICATION OF DANGEROUS DRUGS?

Also known as “downers”, are drugs which act on and depresses the central nervous system causing
initial relaxation leading to drowsiness and sleep.

Used of downers results to impairment of judgment, hearing, speech and muscle coordination.

They dull the minds, slow down the body reaction to such extends those accidental deaths and suicides
usually happen.

WHAT ARE THE TYPES OF DEPRESSANTS?

It refers to drugs that produce a depressant effect on the CNS.

Medically they are potent pain killers, cough suppressant and active component of anti-diarrhea
preparations.

It is derived from the Oriental poppy plant papaver somniferum. • Raw opium is dark brown in color
and is bitter in taste.

Mother/queen of all drugs

Yung Chen (Opium War) • Street name: “gum”, “gamot”, “kalamay” or “panocha”.

It is the most important alkaloids and constitutes about 10 %of theuse raw opium

Most Common opium derivative

6 times stronger than opium

It took its name from the Greek god of dreams Morpheus

Friedrich Serturner, isolated morphine from opium.

Street Name; M, DREAMER, EMMA, EMSEL, Pulbos

Most commonly abused narcotic in the world. • It was discovered by Alder Wright (1896),

Second derivative of opium

Aka Miracle Drug

Most powerful/potent derivatives of Opium, bitterer and commonly injected. • 3-5 times stronger
than morphine

Diacetylmorphine
Street Name: BLANCO, BROWN, SUGAR, KABAYO, KENGKOY, GAMUT, MATSAKO, PULBOS, SAPSAP,
TINIK

Also known as Methylmorphine.

Third derivative of opium

its effect is weaker in intensity. Cough preparations.

Street Name: SCHOOL BOYS

A synthetic narcotic used as treatment of heroin dependence but also fallen to abused. • Other than
methadone, other most commonly known synthetic opiate substitute are meperidine (demerol) and
darvon.

are drugs used for inducing sleep in persons plagued with anxiety, mental stress, and insomnia. •
Street Name: LILY, BALA, DOWNERS, YELLOW JACKETS, BLUE HEAVENS

commonly used among hospitality girls. Sudden withdrawal from these drugs is even
moredangerous than opiate withdrawal.

Are drugs that calm and relax and diminish anxiety.

They are used in the treatment of nervous states and some mental disorders without producing
sleep.VOLATILE SOLVENTS

Gaseous substances popularly known to abusers as “gas”, “teardrops”.

The king of all drugs with potential for abuse. • Most widely used, socially accepted and most
extensively legalized drug throughout the world. PAREGORIC

A tincture of Commonly opium used as in a household with remedy for diarrhea camphor.and
abdominal pain.

It is widely used as a painkiller in childbirth

Also known as “Uppers” Drugs which induce alertness, wakefulness, elevated mood, increased
speech, mental and motor activity, relieve fatigue or boredom and decreased appetite.

The drug taken from the coca bush plant Ertyroxylon coca understably called “snow” in the junkie
jargon. • It is one of the strongest short acting stimulants.

Taken orally, injected or sniffed as to achieve euphoria or an intense feeling of “highness”.

Street Name: COKE, CRACK, DUST, HEAVEN’s DUST, STARDUST, WHITE GIRL, SPEED BALLS

Usually prescribed to reduce appetite and to relieve minor cases of mental depression.
This drug is representative of a broad class of stimulants known as “pep pills”.

Street Name: EYE OPENER, LID POPERS, UPPERS, HEARTS

chemically known methamphetamine.

It is a CNS stimulant and sometimes called “upper” or “speed”. It is white, colorless crystal or
crystalline powder with a bitter numbing taste.

It can be taken orally, inhaled (snorted), sniffed (chasing the dragon) or injected. • It is considered as
the most abused stimulants in the Philippines.

Street Name: SHASHA. SPEED, SPLASH, UABS, S, ICE, SHA

It is a white, yellow or brown in color with a bitter taste and comes in the form of a tablet, capsule
or powder.

Its tablet form comes in various designs and shapes hence it is dubbed as “designer drugs”.

natural or synthetic psychoactive drugs that produce reactions such as perceptual alterations and
changes in the state of consciousness.

They consist of a variety of mind-altering drugs, which distort reality, thinking and perceptions of
time, sound, space and sensation.

Derived from the fungus claviceps purpurea which infects wheat.

It was discovered by Dr. Albert Hoffman while working in a Swiss Pharmaceutical company.

Known on the street as “acid”, it is the best known and most powerful hallucinogens.

Street name: XTC, ADAM, ESSENCE, HERBALS, E.

Aka STP which stands for serenity- tranquility- peace- a drug derived from the dried tops of the
peyote cactus, a small cactus native to Mexico.

Street Name: CACTUS, BUTTONS, BEAN

hallucinogenic compound obtained in mushroom, psilocybe Mexicana

Street Name: MAGIC MUSHROOM

The black and brown seeds of the wild tropical morning glory that are used to produce
hallucinations. The seeds are ground into flour, soaked in cold water, then strained though a cloth
and drunk. They are sold under the names of “heavenly blues”, “flying dancers’, and “pearly

It is an anesthetic that is abused for its hallucinogenic properties. Its predominant legitimate use is
as a veterinary anesthetic.
 -can cause dream-like states and hallucinations. Users report sensations ranging from a pleasant
feeling of floating to being separated from their bodies. Some ketamine experiences involve a
terrifying feeling of almost complete sensory detachment that is likened to a near- death
experience.COMMONLY ABUSED DRUGS

Drugs that are commonly abused depending pharmacological effects may be classified into:

drugs which reduce anxiety and excitement such as barbiturates, non-barbiturates, tranquilizers and
alcohol.

drugs which increase alertness and activity such as amphetamines, cocaine and caffeine.

drugs which affect sensation, thinking, self-awareness and emotion. Changes in time and space
perception, delusions (false beliefs) and hallucinations) may be mild or overwhelming, dispensing on
dose and quality of the drug. This includes LSD, mescaline and marijuana.

drugs that relieve pain and often induce sleep. The opiates, which are narcotics, include opium and
drugs derived from opium, such as morphine, codeine and heroin