Deputy Executive Director for Operations Asec. Maria Belen Angelita V. Matibag of the Dangerous Drugs Board led the four-day training on Drug Abuse Prevention Education for the At-Risk Population and Indigenous People in Kidapawan City from May 23-26, 2023. The...

Nitrous Oxide (N2O), also called dinitrogen monoxide, laughing gas or nitrous is a chemical compound. It is termed oxide because oxygen is in combination with only one element.   The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) classified Nitrous Oxide (N2O) as a prescribed...

Life Skills Enhancement on Drug Abuse Prevention Education is one the most requested trainings from the Preventive Education, Training, and Information Division (PETID) of the Dangerous Drugs Board. This week, a team of trainers from PETID headed by their chief, Ms....

The Dangerous Drugs Board is now on its final stretch of training the last batch of outsourced enumerators in preparation for the 2023 National Household Survey on the Patterns and Trends of Drug Abuse in the Philippines.   The main objective of the 2023 National...

Over a hundred young leaders and students nationwide gathered for the 3rd National Barkada Kontra Droga (BKD) Convention last April 24 to 28 at the East Asia Royale Hotel in General Santos City, South Cotabato. The BKD Convention is a program organized by the...

The Dangerous Drugs Board, led by Undersecretary-Executive Director Earl Saavedra CESO I, joined the successful conduct of the Ilocos Norte Drug Education Summit held in Laoag City last April 1. The Inter-Agency organizing committee showcased topics on the medical...

The National Youth Commission (NYC) reaffirmed its commitment to pursue the deliverables for the youth sector under the Philippine Anti-Illegal Drugs Strategy (PADS). A Memorandum of Agreement was signed on March 22, 2023 extending the validity of the utilization of...

The Dangerous Drugs Board, as the Co-Chair of the Technical Working Group on the Human Rights-Based Approach on Drugs, manifested key ways forward to ensure the smooth implementation of the deliverables under the United Nations Joint Program (UNJP) in the Philippines...

Undersecretary Earl P. Saavedra of the Dangerous Drugs Board (DDB) led the inauguration of the Baeay Pagbag-o in Kalibo Aklan, a community based drug treatment and rehabilitation facility, last March 18. Kalibo Mayor Juris Sucro and Councilor Philip Kimpo, the project...

Undersecretary-Executive Director Earl Saavedra (extreme right), awards two joiners of the color fun run in BasilanBasilan—The excitement fever lingers as the Dangerous Drugs Board showcased the joy behind the scenes during the recently concluded COLOR FUN RUN in...