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Introduced by Senator Miriam Defensor Santiago 
EXPLANATORY NOTE 
The Constitution, Article 2, Section 13 provides: 
Section 13. The State recognizes the vital role of the youth in 
nation-building and shall promote and protect their physical, moral, 
spiritual, intellectual and social well-being. It shall inculcate in the youth 
patriotism and nationalism, and encourage their involvement in public and 
civic affairs. 
Our people are more concerned about illegal drug use and crimes associated with 
such use than any other current social problem. 
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, Illegal drug use is harmful and wrong. Illegal drug use can dill the individuals 
:inv&lved or cause the individuals to hurt or kill others, And such use strips the individuals 
of their moral sense and with it, everything in life that is important and worthwhile. 
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' The greatest threat presented by such use is to the youth, who are illegally using 
drugs. According to recently released national surveys, drug use among the youth 
National leadership is critical to conveying to the youte the message that drug use 
is' dangerous and wrong. 
While government's efforts to punish drug pushers are 
cammendable, the problem cannot be addressed fblly if the government will not 
und@take effort to reduce drug use, by mobilizing every sector of the community to 
support the implementation of comprehensive, sustainable, and effective programs to 
reduce drug abuse. 
This bill seeks to facilitate a significant reduction in the incidence and prevalence 
of substance abuse through reducing the demand for illegal drugs and the inappropriate 
useof legal drugs. 
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MIRIAM DEFENSOR S A N T I A ~ O  B 


THIRTEENTH CONGRESS OF THE REPUBLIC) 
OF THE PHILIPPINES 
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Introduced by Senator Miriam Defensor Santiago 
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AN ACT 
PROVIDING FOR PROGRAMS TO FACILITATE A SIGNIFICANT 
REDUCTION IN THE INCIDENCE AND PREVALENCE OF SUBSTANCE 
ABUSE THROUGH REDUCING THE DEMAND FOR ILLEGAL DRUGS AND 
TEE INAPPROPRIATE USE OF LEGAL RUGS 
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Be if enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Philippines in Congress 
assembled: 
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SECTION 1. Short Title - This Act shall be known as the "Drug Demand 
Reduction Act". 
TITLE I-TARGETED SUBSTANCE ABUSE PREVENTION AM3 TREATMENT 
PROGRAMS 
Subtitle A-National Youth Anti-Drug Media Campaign 
SECTION 2. Requirement to conduct national media campaign - 
(a) IN GENERAL- The Director of the Dangerous Drugs Board (in this subtitle 
refmed to as the 'Director'), in cooperation with the Departme4 of Education, Culture 
and Sports (DECS), the National Youth Commission (NYC) and the Philippine 
Information Agency (PIA), shall conduct a national media campaign in accordance with 
this subtitle for the purpose of reducing and preventing drug abuse among young people 
in the Philippines. 
(b) LOCAL TARGET REQUIREMENT- The Director shall, to the maximum 
extent feasible, use amounts made available to carry out this subtitle for media that 
focuses on, or includes specific information on, prevention or treatment resources for 
consumers within specific local areas 
SECTION 3. Use offin& - 
(a) AUTHORIZED USE:% 
(1) IN GEERAL- Amounts made available to cany out this subtitle for the 
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support of the national media campaign may only be used for-- 
(A) the purchase of media time and space; 
(B) talent reuse payments; 
(C) out-of-pocket advertising production costs; 
@) testing and evaluation of advertising; 
(E) evaluation of the effectiveness of the media campaign; 
(F) the negotiated fees for the winning bidder on request for proposals issued by 
the Office of National Drug Control Policy; 
(G) partnerships with community, civic, and professional groups, and government 
organizations related to the media campaign; and 
(H) entertainment industry collaborations to fashion antidrug messages in motion 
pictures, television programming, popular music, interactive (Internet and new) media 
projects and activities, public information, news media outreach, and corporate 
sponsorship and participation. 
(2) ADVERTISING- In carrying out this subtitle, the Director shall devote 
sufficient finds to the advertising portion of the national media campaign to meet the 
stated reach and frequency goals of the campaign. 
(b) PROHIBITIONS- None of the amounts made available under this subsection 
may be obligated or expended-- 
(1) to supplant current antidrug community based coalitions; 
(2) to supplant current pro bono public servike time donated by national and local 
broadcasting networks; 
(3) for partisan political purposes; or 
(4) to hnd media campaigns that feature any elected officials, persons seeking 
elected office, cabinet level officials and other agency officials. 
SECTION 4. Reports to congress - The Director shall-- 
(1) submit to Congress on an annual basis a report on the activities for which 
amounts made available under this subtitle have been obligated during the preceding 
year, including information for each quarter of such year, and on the specific parameters 
of the national media campaign; and 


(2) not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, submit to Congress 
a report on the effectiveness of the national media campaign based on measurable 
outcomes provided to Congress previously. 
SECTIONS. Authorization of appropriations - There is authorized to be 
appropriated to the Dangerous Drugs Board to carry out this subtitle P10,000,000 for 
each of fiscal years 1999 through 2002. 
Subtitle B--Drug-Free Prisons and Jails 
SECTION 6. Purpose - The purpose of this subtitle is to provide for the 
establishment of model programs for comprehensive treatment of substance-involved 
offender4 in the criminal justice system to reduce drug abuse and drug-related crime, and 
reduce tie costs of the criminal justice system, that can be successfully replicated by the 
local units of government though a comprbhensive evaluation. 
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SECTION 7. Program authorization - 
(a) ESTABLISHMENT- The Director of the Bureau of Prison and Jail 
Management shall establish a model substance abuse treatment program for substance- 
involved offenders by- 
(1) providing financial assistance to grant recipients selected in accordance with 
section 8(b); and 
(2) evaluating the success of programs conducted pursuant to this subtitle. 
SECTION 8. Grant appzication - 
(a) CONTENTS- An application submitted by a unit of local government for a 
grant award under this subtitle shall include each of the following: 
(1) STRATEGY- A strategy to coordinate programs and services for substance- 
involved offenders provided by the unit of local government develop in consultation 
with representatives from all components of the criminal justice system within the 
jurisdiction, including judges, law enforcement personnel, prosecutors, COrrections 
personnel, probation personnel, parole personnel, substance abuse treatment personnel, 
and substance abuse prevention personnel. 


(2) CERTIFICATION- A certification that- 
(A) finds made available under this subtitle will not be used to supplant local 
funds, but will be used to increase the amounts of Such hnds that would, in the absence 
of funds, be made available for law enforcement activities; and 
(B) the programs developed pursuant to this subtitle meet all requirements of this 
subtitle. 
(b) REVIEW AND APPROVAL- Subject to section 7(b), the Director shall 
approve applications and make grant awards to units of local governments that show the 
most promise for accomplishing the purposes of this subtitle consistent with the 
provisions of section 9. 
SECTION 9. Uses ofJirnds 
A unit of local government that receives a grant 
award under this subtitle shall use such funds to provide comprehensive treatment ' 
programs to inmates in prisons or jails, including not less than 3 of the following: 
(1) Tailored treatment programs to meet the special needs of different types of 
substance-involved offenders. 
(2) Random and frequent drug testing, including a system of sanctions. 
(3) Training and assistance for corrections officers and personnel to assist 
substance-involved offenders in correctional facilities. 
(4) Clinical assessment of incoming substance-involved offenders. 
(5) Availability of religious and spiritual activity and counseling to provide an 
environment that encourages recovery from substance involvement in correctional 
facilities. 
(9 Education and vocational training. 
(7) A substance-free correctional facility policy. 
SECTION 10. Evaluation and recommendation report to congress - 
(a) Evaluation- 
(I) IN GENJZRAL- The Director shall enter into a contract, with an evaluating 
agency that has demonstrated experience in the evaluation of substance abuse treatment, 
to conduct an evaluation that incorporates the criteria described in paragraph (2). 
(2) EVALUATION CRITERIA- The Director, in consultation with the Directors of 


the appropriate Department of Health, shall establish minimum criteria for evaluating 
each progrm. Such criteria shall include-- 
(A) reducing substance abuse among participants; 
(B) reducing recidivism among participants; 
(C) cost effectiveness of providing services to participants; and 
(D) a data collection system that will produce data 
(bf REPORT- The Director shall submit to the appropriate committees, at the 
same time as the President's budget for fiscal year 2001 is submitted, a report that- 
(1) describes the activities funded by grant awards under this subtitle; 
(2) includes the evaluation submitted pursuant to subsection (a); and 
(3) makes recommendations regarding revisions to the authorization of the 
program, including extension, expansion, application requirements, reduction, and 
termination. 
SECTION 11. De$nitiom - 
In this subtitle: 
(1) APPRQPNATE COMTTEES- The term 'appropriate committees' means 
the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate. 
(2) SUBSTANCE-INVOLVED OFFENDER- The term ' substance-involved 
offender' means an individuai under the supervision of a government or local criminal 
justice system, awaiting trial or serving a sentence imposed by the criminal justice 
system, who-- 
(A) violated or has been arrested for violating a drug or alcohol law; 
(B) was under the influence of alcohol or an illegal drug at the time the crime 
was committed; 
(C) stole property to buy illegal drugs, or 
(D) has a history of substance abuse and addiction. 
(4) UNlT OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT- The term 'unit of local government' 
means city or province. 
SECTION 12. Authorization of approprjatiom - 
(a) IN GENERAL- There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this subtitle 
(1) for fiscal year 1999, P20,000,000; and 


(2) for fiscal year 2000, P20,000,000. 
(b) RESERVATION- The Director may reserve each fiscal year not more than 20 
percent of the knds appropriated pursuant to subsection (a) for activities required under 
section 10. 
TITLE 11--PROTECTING OUR NEIGHBORHOODS AND SCHOOLS FROM DRUGS 
Subtitle A--Drug-Free Teen Drivers 
SECTLQN 13. Bemons&ationprograrn - The Land Transportation Office shall 
establish a demonstration program to provide voluntary drug testing for all teenager 
applicants (or other first time applicants for a driver's license regardless of age) for a 
driver's license. Information respecting an applicant's choice not to take the drug test or 
the result of the drug test on the 
automobile insurance company. If an applicant tests positive in the drug test, the LTO in 
which the program is established will not issue a license to the applicant and will require 
the applicant to complete a drug treatment program and to not test positive in a drug test 
before reapplying for a license. 
applicant shall be made available to the applicant's 
Subtitle B--Drug-Free Schools 
SECTION 14. Authorization of appropriations - 
There is authorized to be 
appropriated such sums as may be necessary to cany out this chapter. 
SECTION 15. duthorizafion for report cards on schools - 
(a) IN GENERAL- The Secretary of Education shall develop, establish, or 
conduct innovative programs for implementation of public schools and state colleges and 
universities to improve unsafe elementary schools or secondary schools. 
(b) PRIORITY- The Secretary shall give priority to establishing-- 
(1) programs that provide parent and teacher notification about incidents of 
physical violence, weapon possession, 
the incident as practicable; 
or drug activity on school grounds as soon after 
(2) programs that provide to parents and teachers an annual report regarding-- 
(A) the total number of incidents Of physical violence, weapon possession, and 
drug activity on school grounds; 


(B) the percentage of students missing 10 or fewer days of school; and 
(C) a comparison, if available, to previous annual reports under this paragraph, 
which comparison shall not involve a comparison of more than 5 such previous annual 
reports; and 
(3) programs to enhance school security measures that may include- 
(A) equipping schools with fences, closed circuit cameras, and other physical 
security measures; 
(B) providing increased police patrols in and around elementary schools and 
secondary schools, including canine patrols; and 
(C) mailings to parents at the beginning of the school year stating that the 
possession of a gun or other weapon, or the sale of drugs in school, will not be tolerated 
by school authorities. 
SECTION 16. Parental consent drug testing - 
(a) IN GENERAL- The Secretary, W COOPERATION WITH THE Dangerous 
Drugs Board and the National Youth Commission shall develop, establish, or conduct 
programs for testing students for illegal drug use with prior parental consent. 
(b) GiUzDELMES- The Secretary shall adapt the following guidelines in 
implementing the program: 
(1) Students will only be tested with their parent's consent. If the program also 
requires the consent of the student, the parent will be informed of any refusal by the 
student to give consent. 
(2) The program may involve random testing or testing of all students within 
certain grade or age parameters at a participating school. 
(3) Students who test positive for illegal drugs will not be penalized, except that the 
privilege of participating in optional courses or extra-curricula activities in which drug 
impairment might pose a safety risk (such as athletic teams, drivers education, or 
industrial arts) may be restricted. 
(4) The parent of a student who tests positive for illegal drugs shall be notified of 
the results in a discrete manner by a health care professional, a counselor, or other 
appropriate person. Parents shall be advised of resources that may be available in the 


local area to treat drug dependency. 
(5) The procedures used in the demonstration project shall be designed to ensure 
procedures shall also require personnel administering the 
fairness and accuracy. The 
dmg testing program to treat individual test results confidentially, and not to provide 
individual test results to law enforcement officials. Statistical information which does 
not reveal individuaJ identifying information should be provided to law enforcement 
officials. 
(c) SUBPOENAS AND DISCOWRY- Test results for tests conducted shall not 
be subject to subpoena or discovery in any court or administrative forum, without the 
consent of the individual's parent, unless the individual is no longer a minor, in which 
case the individual's consent is required. 
Subtitle C--Drug-Free Workplaces 
SECTION 17. Purposes - The purposes ofthis subtitle are to-- 
(1) educate small business concerns about the advantages of a drug-free workplace; 
(2) provide financial incentives and technical assistance to enable small business 
concerns to create a drug-free workplace; and 
(3) assist working parents in keeping their children drug-free. 
SECTION 18. Sense ofcongress - It is the sense of Congress that-- 
(1) businesses should adopt drug-fkee workplace programs; and 
(2) States should consider financial incentives, such as rehctions in workers' 
compensation premiums, to encourage businesses to adopt drug-free workplace 
programs. 
Section 19. Drug-free workplace demonstration program - 
(a) ESTABLISHMENT- There is established a drug-free workplace 
demonstratien program, under which the Dangerous Drugs Board in coordination with 
corporations and companies shall start a drug-free workplace program. 
(b) REQmMENTS FOR PROGRAM- Any drug-free workplace program 
established as a result of this section shall include-- 
(1) a written policy, including a clear statement of expectations for workplace 
behavior, prohibitions against substances in the workplace, and the consequences of 


violating such expectations and prohibitions; 
(2) training for at [east 60 minutes for employees and supervisors; 
(3) additional training for supervisors and employees who are parents; 
(4) employee drug testing; and 
(5) empIoyee access to an employee assistance program, including assessment, 
referral, and short-term problem resolution. 
TITLE III--NATIONAL- DRUG CONTROL STRATEGY 
SECTION 20. Developmeni, submission, imp lemeniation, and assessment of 
National drug conirol sirategv - 
(a) TIMING, C o r n s ,  ANB PROCESS FORDEVELOPPvlENT AND 
SUBMISSION OF NATIONAL DRUG CONTROL STRATEGY- 
(1) TIMING- 
(A) IN GENJ%AL- Not late: than two months after the promulgation ofthis act, 
the President shall submit to Congress a National Drug Control Strategy, which shall set 
forth a comprehensive 4-year plan for reducing drug abuse and the consequences of drug 
use in the Philippines, by limiting the availability of and reducing the demand for 
illegal drugs and shall include quantifiable 4-year performance objectives, targets, and 
measures for each National Drug Control Strategy goal and objective. 
(2) CONTENTS- 
(A) IN GENERAL- The National Drug Control Strategy submitted under 
paragraph (1) shall include-- 
(i) comprehensive, research-based, long-range, quantifiable, goals for reducing 
drug abuse and the consequences of drug abuse in the Philippines; 
(ii) short-term measurable objectives to accomplish long-term quantifiable goals 
that the Director ofthe Dangerous Drugs Board determines may be realistically achieved 
during the 4-year period beginning on the date on which the strategy is submitted; 
(iii) 5-year projections €or program and budget priorities; and 
(iv) a review of governmental and private sector drug control activities to ensure 
that the Philippines pursues well-coordinated and effective drug contrsl at all levels Qf 
government, 


@) CLASSFED INFORMATION- Any contents of the National Drug Control 
Strategy that involves information properly classified under criteria established by an 
Executive order shall be presented to Congress separately from the rest of the Strategy. 
(3) PROCESS FOR DEVELOPMENT AND SUBMISSION- 
(A) CONSULTATION- In developing and effectively implementing the National 
Drug Control Strategy, the Director shall consult with Congress, provincial and local 
officials, private citizens and organizations with experience and expertise in demand 
reduction and private citizens and organizations with experience and expertise in supply 
reduction. 
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(B) MODIFICATION AND RESUBMITTAL- Notwithstanding any other 
provision of law, the Director may modify a National Drug Control Strategy submitted 
under paragraph (1) at any time. 
(c) ANNUAL STRATEGY REPORT- 
(1) IN GENERAL- Every February 1 of each year, the President shall submit to 
Congress a report on the progress in implementing the Strategy under subsection (a), 
which shall include-- 
(A) an assessment of the effectiveness in achieving the Strategy goals and 
objectives using the performance measurement system described in subsection (c), 
including-- 
(i) an assessment of drug use and availability in the Philippines; and 
(ii) an estimate of the effectiveness of interdiction, treatment, prevention, law 
enforcement, and international programs under the National Drug Control Strategy in 
effect during the preceding year, or in effect as of the date on which the report is 
submitted; 
(B) any modifications of the Strategy or the performance measurement system 
described in subsection (c); 
(C) an assessment of current drug use (including inhalants) and availability, 
impact of drug use, and treatment availability, which assessment shall include-- 
(i) estimates of drug prevalence and frequency of use as measured by national, 
and local surveys of illicit drug use and by other special studies of-- 


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casual and chronic drug use; 
@I) high-risk populations, including school dropouts, the homeless and transient, 
mestees, parolees, probationers, and juvenile delinquents; and 
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drug use in the workplace and the productivity lost by such use; 
(ii) an assessment of the reduction of drug availability against an ascertained 
baseline, as measured by-- 
(I) the quantities of cocaine, marijuana, methamphetamine, and other drugs 
available, including recreational drugs such as ecstacy for consumption in the 
Philippines; 
(a) the amount of marijuana, cocaine, and heroin entering the Philippines; 
(HI) the number of hectares of marijuana, poppy, and coca cultivated and 
destroyed; 
(IV) the number of metric tons of marijuana, heroin, and cocaine seized; 
(V) the number of cocaine and methamphetamine processing laboratories 
destroyed; 
(VI) changes in the price and purity of shabu and cocaine; 
(W) the amount and type of controlled substances diverted &om legitimate 
retail and wholesale sources; and 
(VIII) the effectiveness of technology programs at improving drug detection 
capabilities in interdiction, and at Philippines ports of entry; 
(5) an assessment of the reduction of the consequences of drug use and 
availability, which shall include estimation of-- 
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the burden drug users placed on hospital emergency departments in the 
Philippines, such as the quantity of drug-related services provided; 
@> the annual national health care costs of drug use, including costs associated 
with people becoming infected with the human immunodeficiency virus and other 
infectious diseases as a result of drug use; 
@I) the extent of drug-related crime and criminal activity; and 
(iV) the contribution of drugs to the underground economy, as measured by 
the retail value of drugs sold in the Philippines; 


(iv) a determination of the status of drug treatment in the Philippines, by 
assessing-- 
(I) public and private treatment capacity within each region, including 
information on the treatment capacity available in relation to the capacity actually used; 
(@ the extent, within each region, to which treatment is available; 
(III) the number of drug users the Director estimates could benefit from 
treatment; and 
(IV) the specific factors that restrict the availability of treatment services 
to those seeking it and proposed administrative or legislative remedies to make treatment 
available to those individuals; and 
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an assessment of private sector initiatives and cooperative efforts 
between the Federal Government and region and locd governments for drug control., 
(2) SUBMISSION OF REVISED STRATEGY- The President may submit to 
Congress a revised National Drug Control Strategy that meets the requirements of this 
section-- 
(A) at any time, upon a determination by the President and the Director that the 
National Drug Control Strategy in effect is not sufficiently effective; and 
(l3) if a new President or Director takes office. 
SECTION 21. Separability Clause - If any provision or part hereof, is held 
invalid or unconstitutional, the remainder of the law or the provision not otheMrise 
affected shall remain valid and subsisting. 
SECTION 22. Repealing Clause - Any law, presidential decree or issuance, 
executive order, letter of instruction, administrative order, rule or regulation contrary to 
or inconsistent with the provision of this Act is hereby repealed, modified or amended 
accordingly. 
SECTION 23. Efectiviq Clause - This Act shall take effect fifteen (15) days after 
its publication in at least two (2) newspapers of general circulation 
Approved. 
EPC 
17 December 1998