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The Comprehensive Dangerous Drugs Act of 2002, officially designated as Republic Act No. 9165, is a consolidation of Senate Bill No. 1858 and House Bill No. 4433.It was enacted and passed by the Senate of the Philippines and House of Representatives of the Philippines on May 30 and 29, 2002, respectively.
The Comprehensive Dangerous Drugs Act of 2002 obliges mandatory drug testing for specific situations such as firearms license applications, employment, and schooling. It also mandates the devising of two testing methods—a screening test, and a confirmatory test to be performed if the former yields a presumptive positive result. [1]
The agency is tasked with the enforcement of the penal and regulatory provisions of Republic Act No. 9165 (R.A. 9165), otherwise known as the Comprehensive Dangerous Drugs Act of 2002. PDEA is the implementing arm of the Dangerous Drugs Board (DDB). The DDB is the policy-making and strategy-formulating body in the planning and formulation of ...
The membership of the board was expanded through the Republic Act 9165. Through the law the Department of the Interior and Local Government , Department of Labor and Employment , Department of Foreign Affairs , Commission on Higher Education , National Youth Commission , and the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency which was recently established ...
The cultivation and use of cannabis is illegal in the Philippines under Republic Act 9165 or the Comprehensive Dangerous Drugs Act of 2002. [1] [2] As the Philippines is a signatory to the 1961 United Nations Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs, [3] Cannabis is classified as a Schedule I drug, which limits its use to medical and scientific ...
Republic Act No. 3019, created the Anti-Graft and Corrupt Practices Act; Republic Act No. 4200, criminalized wiretapping; Republic Act No. 6425, criminalized illegal drugs (later amended by Republic Act No. 9165, otherwise known as the Comprehensive Dangerous Drugs Act of 2002) Republic Act No. 6539, criminalized carnapping (later amended by ...
Presidential Drug Enforcement Authority Act: Seeks to amend Article XI of Republic Act No. 9165 otherwise known as The Comprehensive Drugs Act of 2002, and creating the Presidential Drug Enforcement Authority. SB00004: July 1, 2019: Creating the Dangerous Drugs Court: Seeks to create a special court to be known as The Dangerous Drugs Court. SB00005
In contrast, Republic Acts are generally less expansive and more specific in scope. Thus, while the Civil Code seeks to govern all aspects of private law in the Philippines, a Republic Act such as Republic Act No. 9048 would concern itself with a more limited field, as in that case, the correction of entries in the civil registry. Still, the ...