Drug Education and Vice Control
Drug Education and Vice Control
Drug Education and Vice Control
CONTROL
ABUSIVE DOSE – THE AMOUNT NEEDED TO PRODUCE THE SIDE EFFECTS AND ACTION DESIRED
BY AN INDIVIDUAL WHO IMPROPERLY USES IT.
ADDICTION - SEVERE CRAVING FOR THE DRUG EVEN TO THE POINT OF INTERFERING WITH THE
PERSON’S ABILITY TO FUNCTION NORMALLY.
ADMINISTER – ANY ACT OF INTRODUCING ANY DANGEROUS DRUG INTO THE BODY OF ANY
PERSON, WITH OR WITHOUT HIS/HER KNOWLEDGE, BY INJECTION, INHALATION, INGESTION OR
OTHER MEANS, OR OF COMMITTING ANY ACT OF INDISPENSABLE ASSISTANCE TO A PERSON IN
ADMINISTERING A DANGEROUS DRUG TO HIM/HER UNLESS ADMINISTERED BY A DULY
LICENSED PRACTITIONER FOR PURPOSES OF MEDICATION.
ALCOHOL - THE KING OF ALL DRUGS WITH POTENTIAL FOR ABUSE. MOST WIDELY USED,
SOCIALLY ACCEPTED AND MOST EXTENSIVELY LEGALIZED DRUG THROUGHOUT THE WORLD.
BETTOR (MANANAYA) ANY PERSON, WHO PLACES BETS FOR HIMSELF/HERSELF OR IN BEHALF
OF ANOTHER PERSON, OTHER THAN THE PERSONNEL OR STAFF OF ANY ILLEGAL NUMBERS
GAME OPERATION.
CALL GIRLS - THESE ARE THE PART-TIME PROSTITUTES. THEY HAVE THEIR OWN LEGITIMATE
WORK OR PROFESSION BUT WORKS AS A PROSTITUTES TO SUPPLEMENT THEIR INCOME.
SOMETIMES THEY ARE TELLERS, SALES-LADIES OF DEPARTMENT STORES, WAITRESSES,
BEAUTICIANS, OR ENGAGE IN SIMILAR JOBS THAT THEY USE TO MAKE CONTACTS WITH
CUSTOMERS.
CALL HOUSES -THIS IS WHERE THE CUSTOMERS CALL AND THE MADAM MAKES THE
ARRANGEMENT AND SENDS THE GIRLS BY A TRANSPORTER WHO IS A MAN OR WOMAN TO THE
PLACE ARRANGEMENT.
CHINA - THE TRANSIT ROUTE FOR HEROIN FROM THE “GOLDEN TRIANGLE” TO HONG KONG. IT IS
ALSO THE COUNTRY WHERE THE “EPHEDRA” PLANT IS CULTIVATED- SOURCE OF THE DRUG
EPHEDRINE- THE PRINCIPAL CHEMICAL FOR PRODUCING THE DRUG SHABU.
CHRONIC ALCOHOLICS – PERSON WHO, FROM THE PROLONGED AND EXCESSIVE USE
ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES, FINALLY DEVELOPS PHYSICAL AND PSYCHO-CHANGES AND
DEPENDENCE TO ALCOHOL. THE PERSON CONSCIOUSLY OR UNCONSCIOUSLY BEGINS TO
DEMAND ON ALCOHOL’S NARCOTIC EFFECTS FOR A “PICK-UP”, TO SLEEP AT NIGHT, TO FEEL
“GOOD”, TO COPE WITH BUSINESS OR DOMESTIC PROBLEMS, TO ENJOY SOCIAL GATHERINGS,
TO GET AWAY FROM ONESELF, TO REPRESS INNER URGES OR REBELLION OR RESENTMENT,
AND TO RELIEVE DISTRESSING RESTLESSNESS.
CLANDESTINE LABORATORY – ANY FACILITY USED FOR THE ILLEGAL MANUFACTURE OF ANY
DANGEROUS DRUG AND/OR CONTROLLED PRECURSOR AND ESSENTIAL CHEMICAL.
COCAINE - 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
COMMONLY ABUSED DRUGS - DRUGS THAT ARE COMMONLY ABUSED DEPENDING ON THEIR
PHARMACOLOGICAL EFFECTS
CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE SCHEDULE 1 - ALMOST ALL THE DRUGS IN THIS SCHEDULE ARE
ILLEGAL. ALL HAVE A HIGH POTENTIAL FOR DEPENDENCE AND ABUSE, AND IT IS ILLEGAL TO
HAVE THEM IN YOUR POSSESSION. EX. HEROIN, LSD, MJ
CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE SCHEDULE 2 - THESE DRUGS ARE HIGHLY ADDICTIVE BUT, DESPITE
THE RISK, THEY REMAIN IN MEDICAL USE BECAUSE NO SATISFACTORY NON-ADDICTIVE
ALTERNATIVE MEDICATION IS AVAILABLE. EX. COCAINE, AMP, MORPHINE AND BARBITURATES.
CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE SCHEDULE 3 - THIS SCHEDULE INCLUDES DRUGS THAT HAVE SOME
POTENTIAL FOR ABUSE OR DEPENDENCE. EX. ACETAMINOPHEN OR ASPIRIN WITH CODEINE
AND SOME APPETITE SUPPRESSANTS.
DANGEROUS DRUG BOARD (DDB) - CREATED BY VIRTUE OF REPUBLIC ACT 6425 OTHERWISE
KNOWN AS DANGEROUS DRUG ACT OF 1972 SUBSEQUENTLY REPEALED BY RA 9165. THE
POLICY-MAKING & STRATEGY-FORMULATING BODY IN THE PLANNING & FORMULATION OF
POLICIES & PROGRAMS ON DRUG PREVENTION & CONTROL. IT SHALL DEVELOP AND ADOPT A
COMPREHENSIVE, INTEGRATED, UNIFIED AND BALANCED NATIONAL DRUG ABUSE PREVENTION
AND CONTROL STRATEGY.
DEN, DIVE OR RESORT– A PLACE WHERE ANY DANGEROUS DRUG AND/OR CONTROLLED
PRECURSOR AND ESSENTIAL CHEMICAL IS ADMINISTERED, DELIVERED, STORED FOR ILLEGAL
PURPOSES, DISTRIBUTED, SOLD OR USED IN ANY FORM.
DISORDERLY HOUSES - USUALLY RIDGES SEVERAL NUMBERS OF FACTORY GIRLS OR
PROFESSIONAL PROSTITUTES AND UNDER THE CONTROL OF AN ORGANIZED CRIME RING. A
“MADAM” OR “MAINTAINER” SUPERVISES THE OPERATION SUPPORTED BY A STAFF OF TELLER
(CASHIER), BELL OR ROOM BOYS, REGISTER CLERKS, WATCHMEN, PIMPS AND SECURITY
GUARDS KNOWN AS BOUNCER.
DRUG ABUSE - DELIBERATE USE OF MEDICALLY USEFUL DRUGS WHICH HAVE THE CAPACITY TO
ALTER MOOD AND BEHAVIOR WITHOUT THE BENEFIT OF A PRESCRIPTION. IT REFERS TO THE
USE OF A MEDICALLY USEFUL MOOD-ALTERING DRUG FOR A PURPOSE DIFFERENT FROM THE
ONE FOR WHICH THE DRUG HAS BEEN INDICATED. IT REFERS TO THE USE OF A DRUG WITH
SUCH FREQUENCY THAT IT CAUSES PHYSICAL OR MENTAL HARM TO THE USER OR IMPAIRS
SOCIAL FUNCTIONING.
DRUG DEPENDENCE (DRUG ADDICTION) - THE USERS CONTINUE TO TAKE A DRUG OVER AN
EXTENDED PERIOD OF TIME. THE USERS FIND IT DIFFICULT TO STOP USING THE DRUG.
DRUG DOSAGE - A DOSE OF A DRUG IS THE AMOUNT TAKEN AT ONE TIME. THE DOSES TAKEN
BECOME AN EXTREMELY IMPORTANT PART OF DRUG ABUSE.
DRUG SYNDICATE– ANY ORGANIZED GROUP OF TWO (2) OR MORE PERSONS FORMING OR
JOINING TOGETHER WITH THE INTENTION OF COMMITTING ANY OFFENSE PRESCRIBED UNDER
THIS ACT.
DRUG TRAFFICKING ( DRUG TRADE) - GENERALLY REFERS TO THE SALE AND DISTRIBUTION OF
ILLEGAL DRUGS. ILLEGAL PROCESS THROUGH WHICH NARCOTICS AND OTHER ILLEGAL
DRUGS ARE PRODUCED, TRANSPORTED, AND SOLD. ILLEGAL CULTIVATION, CULTURE,
DELIVERY, ADMINISTRATION, DISPENSATION, MANUFACTURE, SALE, TRADING,
TRANSPORTATION, DISTRIBUTION, IMPORTATION, EXPORTATION AND POSSESSION OF ANY
DANGEROUS DRUG AND/OR CONTROLLED PRECURSOR AND ESSENTIAL CHEMICAL.
FACTORY GIRLS - IS THE REAL PROFESSIONAL TYPE OF PROSTITUTES. SHE WORKS IN REGULAR
HOUSES OF PROSTITUTION OR BROTHELS. SHE ACCEPTS ALL COMERS AND HAS NOTHING TO
DO WITH THE SELECTING AND SOLICITING THE CUSTOMERS.
FINANCIER – ANY PERSON WHO PAYS FOR, RAISES OR SUPPLIES MONEY FOR, OR
UNDERWRITES ANY OF THE ILLEGAL ACTIVITIES PRESCRIBED UNDER THIS ACT
FINANCIERS OR CAPITALIST ANY PERSON WHO FINANCES THE OPERATIONS OF ANY ILLEGAL
NUMBERS GAME.
HABITUAL INTOXICATION – WHEN THE PERSON FINDS THAT DRINKING HAS A CONSTANT
NECESSARY AND THE VICE ULTIMATELY TAKES HOLD OF HIM.
HARD CORE ADDICTS - THOSE, WHOSE ACTIVITIES REVOLVE ALMOST ENTIRELY AROUND THE
DRUG EXPERIENCE AND SECURING SUPPLIES. THEY SHOW STRONG PSYCHOLOGICAL
DEPENDENCE ON THE DRUG.
HEROIN - MOST COMMONLY ABUSED NARCOTIC IN THE WORLD. IT WAS DISCOVERED BY ALDER
WRIGHT (1896), MOST POWERFUL DERIVATIVES OF OPIUM, BITTERER AND COMMONLY
INJECTED. STREET NAME: BLANCO, BROWN, SUGAR, KABAYO, KENGKOY, GAMUT, MATSAKO,
PULBOS, SAPSAP, TINIK
HIPPIES - THOSE WHO ARE ADDICTED TO DRUGS BELIEVING THAT DRUG IS AN INTEGRAL PART
OF LIFE.
ILLEGAL NUMBERS GAME ANY FORM OF ILLEGAL GAMBLING ACTIVITY WHICH USES NUMBERS
OR COMBINATION AS FACTORS IN GIVING OUT JACKPOTS.
INDIA - THE CENTER OF THE WORLD’S DRUG MAP, LEADING TO RAPID ADDICTION AMONG ITS
PEOPLE.
INDONESIA - NORTHERN SUMATRA HAS TRADITIONALLY BEEN THE MAIN CANABBIS GROWING
AREA IN INDONESIA. BALI INDONESIA IS AN IMPORTANT TRANSIT POINT FOR DRUGS EN ROUTE
TO AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND.
INHALATION - DRUG IN GASEOUS FORM ENTER THE LUNGS AND ARE QUICKLY ABSORBED BY
THE RICH CAPILLARY SYSTEM, IT IS PROBABLY THE SECOND MOST COMMONLY USED ROUTE OF
DRUG ADMINISTRATION.
INJECTION - THE DRUG CAN BE ADMINISTERED INTO THE BODY BY THE USE OF SYRINGE AND
HYPODERMIC NEEDLE IN THE FOLLOWING WAYS.
INTENTIONAL INTOXICATION– WHEN A PERSON DELIBERATELY DRINKS LIQUOR FULLY
KNOWING ITS EFFECTS, EITHER TO OBTAIN MITIGATION OR TO FIND THE LIQUOR AS STIMULANT
TO COMMIT CRIME.
JAPAN - THE MAJOR CONSUMER OF COCAINE AND SHABU FROM THE UNITED STATES AND
EUROPE.
LAST TWO ILLEGAL NUMBERS GAME WHERE THE WINNING COMBINATION IS DERIVED FROM THE
LAST TWO NUMBERS OF THE FIRST PRIZE OF THE WINNING SWEEPSTAKES TICKET.
LYSERGIC ACID DIETHYLAMIDE (LSD) - 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,
MASIAO ILLEGAL NUMBERS GAME WHERE THE WINNING COMBINATION IS DERIVED FROM THE
RESULTS OF THE LAST GAME OF JAI ALAI OR THE SPECIAL LLAVE PORTION
MASSAGE CLINICS - THESE HOUSES ARE OPERATED UNDER A LICENSED OR PERMIT ISSUED BY
THE GOVERNMENT BUT ACTS AS A FRONT FOR PROSTITUTION WHERE THE ACT MAYBE DONE
OR AS PER ARRANGEMENT. THEY OPERATE WITH BARBERSHOPS WITH MANICURISTS OR
“ATTENDANTS” AND “MASSAGISTS” WHO WHILE SERVICING THEIR CUSTOMERS MAY MAKE
CONTACTS OR THE PROSTITUTES OR THEMSELVES.
MAXIMAL DOSE – THE LARGEST AMOUNT OF A DRUG THAT WILL PRODUCE A DESIRED
THERAPEUTIC EFFECT WITHOUT ANY ACCOMPANYING SYMPTOMS OF TOXICITY.
MESCALINE - 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
MINIMAL DOSE – THE AMOUNT NEEDED TO TREAT OR HEAL, THAT IS, THE SMALLEST AMOUNT
OF DRUG THAT WILL PRODUCE A THERAPEUTIC EFFECT.
MORPHINE - IT IS THE MOST IMPORTANT ALKALOIDS AND CONSTITUTES ABOUT 10 % OF THE USE
RAW OPIUM. FRIEDRICH SERTURNER, ISOLATED MORPHINE FROM OPIUM. STREET NAME; M,
DREAMER, EMMA, EMSEL, PULBOS
NARCOTICS - 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.
OPIUM - IT IS DERIVED FROM THE ORIENTAL POPPY PLANT PAPAVER SOMNIFERUM. RAW OPIUM
IS DARK BROWN IN COLOR AND IS BITTER IN TASTE. STREET NAME: “GUM”, “GAMOT”, “KALAMAY”
OR “PANOCHA”.
OPLAN THUNDERBOLT III – OPERATIONS FOR THE NEUTRALIZATION OF BIG TIME DRUG
PUSHERS, DRUG DEALERS AND DRUG LORDS.
OPLAN ICEBERG – SPECIAL OPERATIONS TEAM IN SELECTED DRUG PRONE AREAS IN ORDER TO
GET RID OF ILLEGAL DRUG ACTIVITIES IN THE AREA.
OPLAN HUNTER – OPERATIONS AGAINST SUSPECTED MILITARY AND POLICE PERSONNEL WHO
ARE ENGAGED IN ILLEGAL DRUG ACTIVITIES.
OPLAN MERCURIO – OPERATIONS AGAINST DRUG STORES, WHICH ARE VIOLATING EXISTING
REGULATIONS ON THE SCALE OF REGULATED DRUGS IN COORDINATION WITH THE DDB/DOH
AND BFAD.
OPLAN BANAT – THE NEWEST OPERATIONAL PLAN AGAINST DRUG ABUSE FOCUSED IN THE
BARANGAY LEVEL IN COOPERATION WITH BARANGAY OFFICIALS.
POVERTY - THIS IS THE MOST PREVALENT FACTOR THAT PROMPT PUSHERS AND ABUSERS ALIKE
TO INDULGE IN DANGEROUS DRUGS. PUSHERS WERE FORCED BY THE CIRCUMSTANCES TO
THE RETAILING OF PROHIBITED DRUGS AS A MEANT OR SOURCE OF LIVELIHOOD. MANY
ABUSERS USE DANGEROUS DRUGS AS A VEHICLE TO ESCAPE THE REALITIES OF POVERTY AND
ITS RELATED PROBLEMS.
PUSHER – ANY PERSON, WHO SELLS, TRADES, ADMINISTERS, DISPENSES, DELIVERS OR GIVES
AWAY TO ANOTHER, ON ANY TERMS WHATSOEVER, OR DISTRIBUTES, DISPATCHES IN TRANSIT
OR TRANSPORTS DANGEROUS DRUGS OR WHO ACTS AS A BROKER IN ANY OF SUCH
TRANSACTIONS, IN VIOLATION OF THIS ACT.
SCHOOL OF REGULATORY CONTROL - THIS METHOD MAINTAINS THE IDEA THAT WE CANNOT DO
AWAY WITH PROSTITUTION UNLESS WE CONSIDER THE PROBLEMS AND REMOVE THE CAUSES
OF PROSTITUTION.
SECONAL - SUDDEN WITHDRAWAL FROM THESE DRUGS IS EVEN MORE DANGEROUS THAN
OPIATE WITHDRAWAL.
SEDATIVES - DRUGS WHICH REDUCE ANXIETY AND EXCITEMENT SUCH AS BARBITURATES, NON-
BARBITURATES, TRANQUILIZERS AND ALCOHOL.
SELL – ANY ACT OF GIVING AWAY ANY DANGEROUS DRUG AND/OR CONTROLLED PRECURSOR
AND ESSENTIAL CHEMICAL WHETHER FOR MONEY OR ANY OTHER CONSIDERATION.
SINGAPORE, MALAYSIA AND THAILAND - THE MOST FAVORABLE SITES OF DRUG DISTRIBUTION
FROM THE “GOLDEN TRIANGLE” AND OTHER PARTS OF ASIA.
SITUATIONAL USERS - THOSE WHO USE DRUGS TO KEEP THEM AWAKE OR FOR ADDITIONAL
ENERGY TO PERFORM AN IMPORTANT WORK. INDIVIDUAL MAY OR MAY NOT EXHIBIT
PSYCHOLOGICAL DEPENDENCE.
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
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.
SPAIN - THIS IS KNOWN AS THE MAJOR TRANSSHIPMENT POINT FROM INTERNATIONAL DRUG
TRAFFICKERS IN EUROPE AND BECAME “THE PARADISE OF DRUG USERS IN EUROPE.
SPREE USERS - SCHOOL AGE USERS WHO TAKE DRUGS FOR “KICKS’, AN ADVENTUROUS DARING
EXPERIENCE, OR AS A MEANS OF FUN. THERE MAY BE SOME DEGREE OF PSYCHOLOGICAL
DEPENDENCE BUT LITTLE PHYSICAL DEPENDENCE DUE TO THE MIXED PATTERN OF USE.
TOLERANCE - OCCURS WHEN THE BODY BECOMES ACCUSTOMED TO A DRUG AS THE DRUG IS
REPEATEDLY TAKEN IN THE SAME DOSE. IT NOW REQUIRES EVER- INCREASING LARGER DOSES
TO ACHIEVE THE SAME DESIRED EFFECT.
TOXIC DOSE – THE AMOUNT OF DRUG THAT PRODUCES UNTOWARD EFFECT OR SYMPTOMS OF
POISONING.
TRANQUILIZERS - 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.
USA – MARKETING
VERY DRUNK – THE MIND IS CONFUSED AND DISORIENTED. THERE IS DIFFICULTY IN SPEECH
AND MARKED MOTOR INCOORDINATION AND OFTEN WALKING IS IMPOSSIBLE.
VICE - ANY IMMORAL CONDUCT OR HABIT, THE INDULGENCE OF WHICH LEADS TO DEPRAVITY,
WICKEDNESS AND CORRUPTION OF THE MINDS AND BODY.