Five Pillars of Dangerous Drugs Board
Drug Supply Reduction Strategy
The supply reduction strategy
employs programs and activities in
the Enhancement Programs,
Regulatory Compliance, Judicial and
Legislative Measures, and Sectoral
Capability-Building Programs.
Drug Demand Reduction Strategy
Programs under this strategy
include Preventive Education,
Capability-Building, Treatment and
Rehabilitation, and Relevant
Researches and Studies
Enhancement of Law Enforcement Programs
 Provision of financial support for the Specialized Training for Police
Officers Narcotics Intelligence and Investigation in Accordance with R.A.
9165
Regulatory Compliance
 Issuance of certificates of exemption, import and export permits, licenses
and other documents allowing companies to import or export dangerous
drugs or controlled chemicals and their preparations
 Reclassification of dangerous drugs and precursors
 Seminar on R.A. 9165 and Board Regulations Update for Pharmacists,
Medical Practitioners and Allied Professionals
Judicial and Legislative Measures
 Crafting of proposals and issue comments for the amendments of R.A.
9165
 Seminar-Workshop on the Effective Prosecution of Drug Related Cases for
Prosecutors
Preventive Education Programs and Activities
 Barkada Kontra Droga (Peer Groups Against Drugs)
 Drug Abuse Resistance Education (DARE) Program
 National Youth Congress on Drug Abuse Prevention
 Livelihood Programs for Out-of-School Youth
 Self-Discovery Seminar for Kids
 Parent-Teachers and Community Association Against Drug Abuse
 Seminar-Workshop on Parent Youth Against Drug Abuse
 National Training on Effective Drug Abuse Prevention Program in the
Workplace
 Drug Abuse Prevention Program for Transport Groups
Capability-Building Programs
 Training of Trainors on Enhancing Life Skills on Drug Abuse Prevention
 Training of National Service Training (NSTP) Program Implementers on
Drug Abuse Prevention Education
 Regional Training on Organizing Resource Speakers Bureau on Drug Abuse
Prevention
 Regional Training of Trainors on Primary Prevention Research
 Regional Anti-Drug Summit for Health Workers
 Seminar on the Integration of Drug Abuse Prevention on Primary Health

Treatment and Rehabilitation
Relevant Researches and Studies
Alternative Development Strategy
This strategy sees the incorporation
of poverty reduction efforts in
curbing the supply and production
of cannabis sativa.
Civic Awareness and Response
Strategy
Programs for this strategy bank on
the capacity of various media forms
and social mobilizations to enjoin
the anti-drug abuse advocacy.
Care
 Programs for the families of Overseas Filipino Workers
 National Congress of Anti-Drug Abuse Councils
 Interfaith Programs on Drug Abuse Prevention Education
 Systematic Training for Effective Parenting
 Providing financial support for the construction, maintenance and
operation of Drug Treatment and Rehabilitation Centers (DTRCs)
 Affording rehabilitation facilities’ upgrade to aid in the enhancement of
drug abuse prevention programs
 Improvement in the Processing of Voluntary Submission and Compulsary
Confinement of Drug Dependents
 Updating the DTRCs registry of rehabilitation program enrollees for
culling in the Integrated Drug Abuse Data and Information
Network(IDADIN)
 Conduct surveys to determine the magnitude of the drug abuse problem
as basis for formulation of policies and drug abuse prevention programs
 Monitor and evaluate drug abuse prevention programs and accomplish
ample policy studies
 Provision of support grants of Alternative Livelihood Projects for residents
of identified marijuana cultivation sites
 Conduct of advocacy programs for communities within identified
marijuana cultivation areas
 Kids Against Drugs Program
 Drug Abuse Resistance Education (DARE) Program for Grade School
Pupils, Levels 5-6
 Campus Tours of Kid Listo (DDB anti-drug abuse mascot) to supplement
Drug Abuse Prevention Education for School Children
 Inter-School Stage Play Competition in Several Public Schools in Metro
Manila
 Integration of Drug Abuse Prevention in the National Service Training
Program (NSTP)
 Commemoration of the International Day Against Drug Abuse and Illicit
Trafficking (IDADAIT)
 Observance of the Drug Abuse Prevention and Control (DAPC) Week
 Production of information-education collaterals (IEC) materials including
flyers, brochures, comics, posters and stickers

Regional and International
Cooperation Strategy
This strategy covers programs that
involve maintenance of linkages
with other countries as a means of
enhancing the country’s national
program on drug abuse prevention
and control.
 Production of public service announcements (PSAs) and audio visual
presentations (AVPs) for airing and broadcast.
 Sustained cooperation with regional and international counterparts and
involvement in the exchange of data on drug abuse prevention and
control.
 Seeking international and regional venues for discussion of program
innovation by hosting assemblies and trainings.
 Supporting Philippine prevention practitioners, law enforcers and other
anti-drug abuse campaign workers’ involvement in international
assemblies, to ensure that national programs and projects get to
platforms where they can be enhanced, collectively evaluated and
emulated for their merit.