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    The document provides a history of drug abuse in the Philippines from the pre-Spanish era through 1980. It describes that during the Spanish era, opium use was mainly among Chinese residents and was tolerated. In the 1800s, the Spanish established an opium monopoly. Under U.S. rule in the early 1900s, opium dens were banned but addicts could get licensed for home use. Total opium bans were established in the early 1900s. New drugs like marijuana were introduced in the 1950s. The Dangerous Drug Act of 1972 was passed to control both narcotics and psychotropic substances.

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    The document provides a history of drug abuse in the Philippines from the pre-Spanish era through 1980. It describes that during the Spanish era, opium use was mainly among Chinese residents and was tolerated. In the 1800s, the Spanish established an opium monopoly. Under U.S. rule in the early 1900s, opium dens were banned but addicts could get licensed for home use. Total opium bans were established in the early 1900s. New drugs like marijuana were introduced in the 1950s. The Dangerous Drug Act of 1972 was passed to control both narcotics and psychotropic substances.

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    The document provides a history of drug abuse in the Philippines from the pre-Spanish era through 1980. It describes that during the Spanish era, opium use was mainly among Chinese residents and was tolerated. In the 1800s, the Spanish established an opium monopoly. Under U.S. rule in the early 1900s, opium dens were banned but addicts could get licensed for home use. Total opium bans were established in the early 1900s. New drugs like marijuana were introduced in the 1950s. The Dangerous Drug Act of 1972 was passed to control both narcotics and psychotropic substances.

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    HISTORY OF DRUG

    ABUSE IN THE
    PHILIPPINES
    Very little known about drugs in
    the Philippines during the pre-
    Spanish era. The intoxicants
    and stimulants used by the
    early Filipinos were fermented
    alcoholic beverages and the
    masticatory preparations
    known as"nga-nga" in
    vernacular.
    Spanish era- Drug control laws
    prohibited the use of opium by the
    native Filipinos and other people except
    the Chinese. Chinese residents in the
    Philippines particularly in Manila and of
    the more distant Chinese pariahs
    (ghettos) started smoking opium in
    1780. As a vice, it was not widespread
    and was particularly accepted and
    tolerated by the authorities.
    1844- The Spanish colonial government
    laid down an opium monopoly, which
    entitled the importation by the Spanish
    government and its sale to Chinese
    users. At this period, opium smoking
    became widespread among Chinese as
    its use was forbidden to Indians,
    Mestizos and the Filipinos. This
    compromise policy lasted up to 1896, a
    period of revolt and insurrection.
    The Americans took over the
    rule of the country, and after
    establishing a civil government
    in 1901, a systematic survey
    was conducted and it was
    found out that there were 190
    joints where the Chinese
    smoke opium.
    In 1906- partial legislation
    allowed Chinese addicts to
    obtain a license to use opium
    in their homes for a fee of
    P5.00. The opium sale was
    under the government
    control and the quality was
    limited.
    In 1908- the total ban of opium was
    effected. The campaign continued until the
    Japanese occupation in 1946, at which point
    all supplies of opium were cut of from the
    country and during that period the number
    of opium addicts
    was probably the lowest in Asia.
    In 1953, Republic Act No. 953 was
    enacted which provided for the
    registration of collection, and the
    imposition of fixed and special taxes upon
    all persons who engage in illegal drug
    production.
    1955- foreigners, for purpose of
    producing "reefers", introduced
    the marijuana plant in Pasay City.

    January 8, 1959 - The PC Criminal


    Investigation conducted the first
    marijuana raid.
    The Philippines has been relatively heroin-
    free until the early 60's when small heroin
    laboratories opened in Manila. In 1963,
    new trends appear. There was a waning of
    opium addiction among the Chinese but a
    concurrent increase among the Filipinos,
    just the latter contributed 63 percent of
    the total arrests from drug offenses.
    Recognizing the deleterious effect of drug abuse
    on the health and well-being of the Filipino youth
    and the threat that it poses to national security,
    then President Ferdinand Marcos signed into law
    Republic Act No. 6425 known as the "Dangerous
    Drug Act of 1972" on March 30, 1972. This law
    which was amended by Presidential Decree No. 44,
    dated November 9, 1972 placed under control not
    only narcotics by also psychotropic substances.
    On November 14, 1972, the Dangerous Drug
    Board was organized to provide leadership,
    direction and coordination in the effective
    implementation of R.A. 6425. By early 1974,
    addiction to opiates and barbiturates had
    almost disappeared among the native
    population.
    During the period 1975-1980 the
    cultivation of marijuana increased and
    became geographically widespread, thus
    the pattern of drug taking involved
    marijuana, abuse of pharmaceutical
    products (especially cough syrup) and the
    inhalation of solvents.

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