by magnolia_eic | Nov 20, 2010 | Headlines, Local News / Bohol Balita
ADMITTING a debacle where they only have few agents whose identity they have to protect, the
Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) has appealed to the public for help.
Now faced with the singular task of curbing an alarming increase of drug concerns popping up in
Bohol and likely trend of drug related crimes, the local PDEA is forced to make their best efforts, and
appreciates the public’s help in building up the information linking known drug personalities to set up
an information database.
Any information that can help us build a stronger case against these personalities would be a great
help, said a PDEA agent at the Kapihan sa PIA last week.
If any among you notices within your neighborhood an endless stream of activities especially when
these involve strangers coming in and out of the neighborhood, that’s a big chance that a drug deal
within a community is happening, said the agent who asked not to be named.
He said that along with the police authorities, the PDEA keeps a hotline number open for any
information leading to the capture or conviction of the persons involved in the illegal and harmful
trade.
Any information can be coursed through 501 8730, he said as he assured calls and information
received would be treated with utmost confidentiality.
Meanwhile, Bohol Police at Camp Dagohoy are also putting up a Provincial Tactical Operations Center
(PTOC) hotline manned by a desk staff 24 hours a day, said PSSUpt. Constantino Barot.
Police hotlines are 0917-305-1833 and 0912-808-9279, he added.
The drug agent also called on parents, guardians and landlords to keep a tight watch with their
wards in as much as shabu, the most common abused substance in Bohol can now be sold at P500
packs.
This is well within the affordability of students who may decide to pool their money for a drug
session, according to him.
Parents who start to suspect drug use may find their wards finding difficulty sleeping, reduced or loss
of appetite and may manifest involuntary twitching of facial muscles.
He said, “indications of pot session is the presence of tin or aluminum foils, disposable lighters, tissue
papers, improvised burners and denatured alcohol.”
Finding any of these implements, parents can call the hotlines, PDEA said. (PIABohol)
by magnolia_eic | Nov 13, 2010 | Headlines, Local News / Bohol Balita
ABUSE of a substance called Nubain, (Nalbuphine hydrochloride) which has lately been a choice of drug users
in Tagbilaran City has pushed the City Sanggunian to prepare for the enactment of an ordinance regulating the
sale and distribution of the analgesic.
According to a narcotic intelligence officer at the local Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA), the
province of Bohol, in fact through the Sangguniang Panlalawigan is eyeing the same move to considerably
lessen if not stop the abuse of the anesthetic that is not included in the banned substances under the
Dangerous Drugs Act of 2002.
Since nubain is not in the list of illegal or prohibited substances, we have our hands tied in making operations
against the sale and possession of the injectable drug, the narcotic agent who guested the weekly Kapihan sa
PIA said.
One of the newer drugs which is classified as narcotic analgesic with less abuse potential, Nubain is a synthetic
opiate developed and approved for use as hydrochloride salt in injectable form of 10 to 20 mg ampules which
is not under the list of controlled or dangerous substance.
Nubain is used primarily for treating moderate to severe acute pains, the prescription drug can be easily
sourced out from crooked drug dealer and pharmaceutical agent or using a doctor’s forged prescription pad,
doctors shared.
At the radio forum aired live over DyTR, the narc agent who asked not to be named said the substance has
emerged he third most notoriously abused substance next to shabu and marijuana.
Sourced out basically from possible drug laboratory in Ozamis City in Mindanao and coursed usually through
Cebu, the metamphitamine hydrochloride gets to Bohol presumably through the ports of entry, PDEA
Intelligence Offficer Steven Valles at the peace and order council meeting said.
While shabu and marijuana have been in the list of dangerous abused drugs and users could easily be
apprehended, the case of nubain is different, the drug agent at the Kapihan said.
Bohol Chamber of Commerce and Industry has called the PDEA to confirm on the entry of nubain as another
abused substance in schools, during the peace council meeting Tuesday.
Valles, who spoke for the PDEA OIC who was on an operation during the meeting said the alternative way to
get to the users or pushers is to get a local ordinance passed so agents would have the legal backing when
they accost nubain users.
At the Kapihan, PDEA relayed that the city has gone to the point of holding a public hearing as a requisite for
the passing of the city ordinance against the substance.
Upon that same information and feeling helpless against the new substance, Governor Edgar Chatto promised
he would urge the provincial sanggunian to do the same and pass a provincial ordinance regulating nubain and
other dangerous substances not listed yet in the country’s banned drugs. (racPIABohol)
by magnolia_eic | Oct 18, 2010 | Headlines, Health and Medicine, National News
NIPASIDAAN ang Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) nga usa pa ka makuyaw
nga tambal ang marijuana o Indian hemp ug iligal kini ubos sa Republic Act 9165, ang
Comprehensive Dangerous Drugs Act of 2002.
Kini human mapamantala sa usa ka pahayagan sa New York Times News Service sa
America ang usa ka balita nga adunay titulo nga “Marijuana brings some families closer”.
Gibutyag sa maong balita ang paglambo sa pagdawat sa marijuana nga adunay medikal nga
katuyuan sa ubang estado sa Estados Unidos.
Matud pa ni PDEA Chief Dionisio R. San-tiago nga sa ubang nasud, ang processed cannabis
o derivatives niini gigamit aron pagkontra sa sintomas sa pagkalipong, pagsuka sa panahon
sa chemo ug radiotherapy, glucoma, multiple sclerosis, AIDS ug pagkawala sa gana, spinal
cord injury ug chronic pain management sama sa severe arthritis ug Tourette’s syndrome.
Apan ubos sa gipatuman nga balaod sa Pilipinas, ang marijuana nagpabiling usa ka
makuyaw nga tambal. Wala pa’y giingon nga medikal nga panginahanglan alang sa
marijuana dinhi sa nasud ug wala’y nakare-histro niini sa Food and Drug Administration
alang sa pharmaceutical preparations nga nakabutang nga Cannabis o unsa mang
derivatives niini.
Nipasidaan si San-tiago sa publiko sa dili pag-eksperimento isip basihan sa pagpangandam
sa medikal tungod kay siguradong madakpan ang mohimo niini sa paglapas sa anti-drug law.
(PIA-Bohol)
