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Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) XII: Programs and Performance

Author(s)

Ernie C. Cerado, Cielito E. Llano

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DOI:10.17265/1548-6591/2015.04.001

Affiliation(s)

Sultan Kudarat State University, Tacurong City, Philippines; Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency, Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao, Philippines

ABSTRACT

This study focused on describing the implementation of PDEA (Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency) programs and their performance in 2012. These programs were primarily referred to demand and supply reduction while performance centered on community awareness and the agency accomplishments. Forty-two (42) staffs of PDEA and 275 community members served as respondents of this inquiry. Essentially, adescriptive survey design was used employing two sets of validated survey questionnaires to gather data. Findings revealed that PDEA programs vis-à-vis demand reduction and supply reduction were well-implemented. Moreover, the respondents indicated that they were “aware” on dangerous drugs, controlled precursors and essential chemicals, provisions of the Comprehensive Dangerous Drugs Act of 2002, common causes of drug use and abuse, and adverse effect of dangerous drugs on health. On agency accomplishments, PDEA XII records showed an average of 102 arrests annually. The agency apprehended these drug criminals in 78 buy-bust operations; a total of 23,408 grams of drugs were seized, and used as evidences in 145 cases filed in courts. Apparently, the use of the same vehicles both for intelligence operations and anti-narcotic entrapment was the most serious problem of the agency. Finally, it was concluded that the implementation of PDEA programs is highly related to community awareness but not to the agency performance.

KEYWORDS

drug enforcement, law enforcement, Philippine Law, government programs, agency performance

Cite this paper

Journal of US-China Public Administration, April 2015, Vol. 12, No. 4, 255-261

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