UP ATCPDE holds ASEAN Conference on Models and Best

ATCPDE Bulletin . December 2009

UP ATCPDE holds ASEANConference on Models and

Best Practices inPreventive Drug Education

The University of the Philippines ASEANTraining Center for Preventive Drug Education(UP ATCPDE) conducted the ASEANConference on Models and Best Practices inPreventive Drug Education on July 15–17,2009 at the UP National Institute of Scienceand Mathematics Education Development (UPNISMED) at the UP Diliman Campus in QuezonCity.

Three ASEAN countries joined thisconference: the Philippines, BruneiDarussalam, and Malaysia.

The Philippine Dangerous Drugs BoardChair Hon. Vicente C. Sotto III delivered hiskeynote address during the openingceremonies on July 15, 2009.

Representing Brunei Darussalam, Mr.Osmawi Haji Osman of the Narcotics ControlBureau spoke about the Mosque YouthAntidrug Camps.

Meanwhile, Mr. Mahadzir bin Elias,Director of the National Anti-Drugs Agency(NADA) Training Centre of Malaysia,presented the topic Community-Based DrugPrevention Education — The MalaysianExperience.

Majority of the plenary speakers areFilipino professionals in the academe, variouslocal government units, and non-governmentorganizations. National Drug EducationProgram (NDEP) coordinators, school healthpersonnel, members of anti-drug abusecouncils, the Philippine Drug EnforcementAgency (PDEA) and Dangerous Drugs Board(DDB) officers and staff, and healtheducators numbering about 122 attended theconference.

Participants to the conference spent theafternoon of July 16, 2009 on a field trip with

Hon. Vicente C. Sotto III, chair of the DangerousDrugs Board, keynotes the July 15, 2009opening of the ASEAN Conference on Modelsand Best Practices in Preventive Drug Educa-tion.

ATCPDE officials attend 30th Meeting of ASEANSenior Officials on Drug Matters

Officials of ATCPDE attended the 30thMeeting of ASEAN Senior Officials on DrugMatters (ASOD) held in Cambodia fromSeptember 29 to October 2, 2009.

The Philippine Delegation. In behalfof Usec. Romeo G. Vera Cruz of DangerousDrugs Board (DDB), Dr. Rodolfo S. Treyes ofATCPDE was appointed head of the Philippinedelegation. Other members of the delegationincluded Antonio C. Montojo Jr., Chief, MakatiDrug Abuse Council (MADAC), Makati; VirginiaP. Balmes, Chief, Policy, Studies, Researchand Statistics Division, Dangerous DrugBoard; Teresita C. Pineda, Officer in Charge,Preventive Education Training and InformationDivision, Dangerous Drugs Board; Emely C.Fama, Information Office, Philippine DrugEnforcement Agency; and Paul D. Ledesma,Officer in Charge, Regional Office PhilippineDrug Enforcement Agency, Region VI.

Philippine Country Report. TheCountry Report, which was facilitated byTeresita C. Pineda and Virginia P. Balmes fromthe DDB, focused on “AlternativeDevelopment Programs to AddressCannabis Cultivation.” The cultivation ofCannabis (Marijuana) in the Philippines

started in the 70’s, mainly due to povertythan sheer want to traffic drugs, according toa study conducted by the Dangerous DrugsBoard in 2007. The Philippine Government hasThe National Plan of Action on the Eradicationof Marijuana Plantations Through AlternativeDevelopment.

The next ASOD meeting will be held inIndonesia.

ATCPDE members Dr. Rodolfo S. Treyes (center),Teresita C. Pineda (left) and Virginia P. Balmes presentthe Philippine Country Report at the 30th ASOD.

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INSIDEReport on ASEAN Conference on Models

and Best Practices in PDE.... 2Complete Report on 30th ASOD .... 4

Flashback on 29th ASOD .... 5 ATCPDE hosts IAC DAPE Meeting ...6

Makati ADAC invites ATCPDE .... 7

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the following itinerary: PDEA, Fort Santiago,and SM Mall of Asia (MOA). At the PDEAbuilding, participants viewed various illegaldrugs on exhibit as well as the drugparaphernalia and facilities confiscatedthrough search and seizure operations.

Fort Santiago offered the participants aglimpse of history through exhibits of Rizal’swritings, personal belongings, and his replicain prison. Participants ended up at MOA toshop and dine with co-participants.

This year’s conference was organized bythe Drug Education Committee Members andConsultants of ATCPDE who are from the UPCollege of Education (UP CEd), UP NationalInstitute for Science and MathematicsEducation Development (UP NISMED), UPIntegrated School (UPIS), Dangerous DrugsBoard (DDB), Department of Education(DepEd), Commission on Higher Education(CHED), Department of Social Welfare andDevelopment (DSWD), and the PhilippineInformation Agency (PIA).

UP ATCPDE holds ASEAN Conference on Models andBest Practices in Preventive Drug Education

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Usec. Edgar C. Galvante, DDBDirector, addresses theparticipants at the openingprogram on July 15, 2009. Dr.Julian E. Abuso, Chair of theUP College of EducationDivision of Curriculum andInstruction looks on.

Prof. Lorelei R. Vinluan ofthe UP College ofEducation Guidance andCounseling Area talksabout the History ofPreventive Drug Education.

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Organizers and plenary speakers at the ASEAN Conference, from left to right, Dr. Catalina S.Salazar (retired faculty of UPIS); Asec Rommel L. Garcia, DDB Deputy Executive Director forAdministration; Mr. Osmawi Haji Osman, Narcotics Control Bureau of Brunei Darussalam;Dr. Rodolfo S. Treyes (UP NISMED); Mr. Ibrahim bin Abd. Ghani of Malaysia; Prof. Francis GraceH. Duka-Pante (UP CEd); and Mr. Mahadzir bin Elias, Director of the National Anti-Drugs Agency(NADA) Training Centre of Malaysia.

Mr. Osmawi Haji Osman of the Narcotics Control Bureau of BruneiDarussalam receives his certificate of appreciation from Dr. Catalina S.Salazar, a member of the organizing committee.

Top: The ATCPDE flyer for the ASEAN Conference.Above: ATCPDE ASEAN Conference organizers in action: From left toright, Dr. Evangeline M. Zalamea, Executive Director; Dr. Rosanelia T.Yangco, ASEAN Conference Coordinator; Ms. Lucita S. Contreras,retired staff of DDB; and Ms. Francianne C. Autor, ATCPDE staff.

Fotos: ASEAN Conference on Models andBest Practices in Preventive Drug Education

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ASEAN Training Center forPreventive Drug Education

(ATCPDE)University of the Philippines

College of Education

ASEAN Conference on Modelsand Best Practices

in Preventive Drug Education

July 15-17, 2009UP NISMED

Diliman, Quezon CityPhilippines

in cooperation with

Dangerous Drugs BoardCommission on Higher Education

Department of EducationDepartment of Social Welfare

and DevelopmentPhilippine Information Agency


The 30th ASOD Meeting was held atNagaworld Hotel, Phnom Penh, Kingdom ofCambodia from September 29 to October 2,2009. The meeting was chaired by HisExcellency, Pol. Lt. Gen. Moek Dara, Secre-tary General of the National Authority ofCombating Drugs, Kingdom of Cambodia.

The Philippine Delegation. In behalfof Undersecretary Romeo G. Vera Cruz,Dangerous Drug Board (DDB), Dr. Rodolfo S.Treyes, Member, ASEAN Training Center forPreventive Drug Education (ATCPDE) wasappointed to be the head of the Philippinedelegation.

Agenda of the Meeting. The followingAgenda was adopted: (1) Transfer ofChairmanship and Vice-Chairmanship of the30th ASOD Meeting; (2) Adoption of Agenda;(3) Business Arrangement; (4) Presentation ofCountry Reports; (5) Working Group Sessions-- Plenary Sessions and five working groupsessions, namely Preventive Education(Philippines), Treatment and Rehabilitation(Malaysia), Law Enforcement (Thailand),Research (Singapore), and AlternativeDevelopment (Cambodia); (6) Review ofImplementation of Decisions andRecommendations taken during the 29thASOD Meeting (ASEC); (7) Presentation andadoption of the ASOD Work Plan (Viet Nam);(8) Implement-ation Status of APSC and ASCCBlueprints (ASEC); (9) Consideration ofReports of the Working Group Sessions; (10)Discussion of Technical Papers; (11)Discussion of New Proposals; (12) OtherMatters.

All ASOD Delegates + 3 ( China, Japanand Korea); 2nd ASOD + India Consultation;All ASOD Delegates + Indian; All ASODDelegates + China.

The ASEAN delegations decided to havea national consultation in their respectivecountry for the decisions to be made for thediscussion in Agenda 12.

Statements by Heads ofDelegations and Presentation ofCountry Reports. Each country presentedto the meeting the significant nationaldevelopments in the field of drug control thathave been done since the 29th ASOD meetingin August 2008. Some excerpts from theProgress Report of the following ASEANmember countries:

The Philippine Country Report wasfocused on “Alternative DevelopmentPrograms to Address Cannabis Cultivation.”The cultivation of Cannabis (Marijuana) in thePhilippines started in the 70’s, mainly due topoverty than sheer want to traffic drugs,according to a study conducted by theDangerous Drugs Board in 2007. ThePhilippine Government has The National Plan

of Action on the Eradication of MarijuanaPlantations Through Alternative Development.

Vietnam Country Report. With thehigh concentration of instruction andresponse from the central level to thegrassroots level, drug control activities inVietnam in 2008 achieved significant resultsand continued to create remarkable changesof awareness among social class.

Brunei Darussalam Country Report2009: Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) Drugssituation in Burnei Darussalam. In 2008, NCBhas made a total of 577 arrests for variousdrug-related offences. This decrease can beattributed to intensive awareness programmereaching out to various segments of thepopulation as well as rigorous enforcementaction to curbthe spread of drug abuse. On the other hand,the Preventive Drug Education Division carriesout tasks of providing andaccommodating information and wideknowledge to the community which includeseducational institutes, Government Agenciesand Private Sectors and Non-governmentalOrganisations (NGOs) regardless of age,race, social background and so forth. All

preventive education programmes areheld nationwide, reaching even the rural partsof the country. The main purposes of theactivitiesare to keep the public well informed on thenecessity to stay away from drugs.

Indonesia: Drugs Problems, Impactsand Prevention for People With Disabilities(PWDs) in Indonesia.

The drug criminal cases as reported byProvincial Police Offices from all overIndonesia in the last five years continue toindicate a high increase. Despite strictermeasures taken by the government, thenumber of drug criminal suspects arrested inthe last five years continues to rise at theaverage of about 50 per cent annually.

The National Against Drug Policy andStrategy 2010-2014 was formulated in orderto have significant changes in the nationalpolicy against drug abuse and illicit traffickingsuch as:

1. the newly formulated National policyand strategy against drug of 2009–2014 hasincorporated the principles of multilateralismand public health, emerged and agreed uponin the 52nd Commission on Narcotic Drugs

A Brief Report:The 30th Meeting of ASEAN Senior Officials on Drug Matters (ASOD)

29 Sept - 2 October 2009, Cambodia

The Philippine delegation (left to right above): Antonio C. Montojo Jr.,Chief, Makati DrugAbuse Council (MADAC), Makati; Virginia P. Balmes, Chief, Policy, Studies, Research andStatistics Division, Dangerous Drug Board; Rodolfo S. Treyes, Member, ASEAN Training Centerfor Preventive Drug Education (ATCPDE); Teresita C. Pineda, Officer in Charge, PreventiveEducation Training and Information Division, Dangerous Drugs Board; Emely C. Fama,Information Office, Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency; and Paul D. Ledesma, Officer inCharge, Regional Office Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency, Region VI.

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(CND) Session and the targets of Drug FreeASEAN 2015;

2. the National Code Number 22 of 1997on Narcotics has been finally amended and willsoon be approved by the Law Maker in itsspecial plenary session;

3. the Presidential Regulation Number 87of 2008 on the National, Provincial, Districtand Municipal Narcotics Board is beingamended based on the new Narcotic Law;

4. the organizational structures of thenational, provincial, district and municipalnarcotics boards are being restructuredaccording to the new law; and

5. human resource, program and budget,infrastructures, facilities and equipment forthe new structures of the Badan NarkotikaNasional (BNN) and its provincial, district andmunicipal chapters have been assessed andplanned.

The Date and Venue of the 31stMeeting of ASOD. The 31st Meeting ofASOD was officially announced. Indonesiaaccepted to host the said meeting; however,the date has to be finalized and to beannounced later.

Indonesia has acceptedto host the 31st ASODMeetingContinued from p. 4

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The Philippine delegation to the 29th ASOD from left to right are Mr. Romeo B.Pilapil, Ms. Emma R. Pastorfide, Dr. Rosanelia T. Yangco, Ms. Ma. Belen V.Matibag, Col. Benjamin B. Magalong, Mr. Antonio C. Montojo, Jr., Ms. AngelitaD. Adaliga and Ms. Teresita C. Pineda.

Enjoying high tea on August 27 in the residence of Philippine Ambassador VirginiaBuenavides are Philippine delegates to 29th ASOD with Usec. Jade F. Del Mundo

(left, wearing white shirt with stripes) together with wife who is also a medical doctor(on opposite side, wearing white long-sleeved blouse), and Consul Celeste Vinzon-

Balatbat, Charge d' Affaires (seated beside the Undersecretary's wife).

Flashback: 29th ASOD Meeting in Brunei Darussalam24-28 Aug 2008

Three members of the ASEAN TrainingCenter for Preventive Drug Education(ATCPDE), namely, Dr. Rosanelia T. Yangco,Science Education faculty of the University ofthe Philippines College of Education; Ms.Teresita C. Pineda, Officer-in-Charge of thePreventive Education Training and InformationDivision of Dangerous Drugs Board (DDB); andMs. Emma R. Pastorfide, Training Specialist IIIof DDB, attended the 29th Meeting of SeniorOfficials on Drug Matters (ASOD) on August24-28, 2008 at the Rizqun International Hotelin Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei Darussalam.

The 29th ASOD was hosted by theNarcotics Control Bureau (NCB) of BruneiDarussalam which is under the Prime Minister'sOffice. Close-door sessions were presidedover by Mr. Abdul Aziz Othman, ActingDirector of NCB.

Six other Filipinos comprised thePhilippine delegation to this meeting. Theywere Dr. Jade F. Del Mundo, head of thedelegation and Undersecretary of theDepartment of Health; Col. Benjamin B.Magalong, Regional Director, Special Enforce-ment Service of the Philippine Drug Enforce-ment Agency (PDEA); Ms. Ma. Belen V.Matibag, Deputy Executive Director forOperations (DDB); Ms. Angelita D. Adaliga,Chief of the Public Assistance Center (PDEA);Mr. Antonio C. Montojo, Jr., Chief of the Anti-Drug Abuse Council of Makati City; and Mr.Romeo B. Pilapil, Secretary for Local Govern-ment Unit Affairs, Association of Metro Manila

Anti-Drug Abuse Councils, also based inMakati City.

The nine delegates participated invarious working group sessions. Ms. Matibagchaired the Preventive Drug Education Groupwith Ms. Adaliga and Ms. Partorfide asmembers; Dr. Yangco was part of theResearch Group; Dr. Del Mundo and Ms.Pineda belonged to the Treatment andRehabilitation Working Group; Col. Magalongserved as rapporteur of the Law EnforcementGroup with Mr. Montojo, Jr. as member andMr. Pilapil was involved in the AlternativeDevelopment Group.

ASEAN countries like Cambodia, Indone-sia, Laos (Lao PDR), Malaysia, Myanmar,Singapore, Thailand, and Vietnam were alsowell-represented in the ASOD. These ASEANmember countries together with the Philip-pines and Brunei Darussalam expressed theircommitment to WORK for a Drug-Free regionin 2015.

The Philippine Embassy treated thePhilippine delegates to lunch and high tea onAugust 24 and August 27, respectively, withConsul Ethel Balatbat and the staff of thePhilippine Embassy attending to their needs,in the absence of Ambassador VirginiaBenavidez, who was then in the Philippines.Both the Philippine Embassy personnel andthe members of the Brunei DarussalamNarcotics Control Bureau welcomed thedelegates at the Brunei International Airportand facilitated all their activities throughouttheir stay.

30th ASOD...


The ASEAN Training Center for Preven-tive Drug Education (ATCPDE) hostedthe monthly regular meeting of theInter Agency Council on Drug AbusePrevention Education (IAC-DAPE) onMay 27, 2009 at the UP NationalInstitute of Science and MathematicsEducation Development (UP NISMED),Diliman, Quezon City.

UP ATCPDE hosts IAC DAPE Meeting at UP NISMED

The program started with a prayerled by Dr. Catalina S. Salazar. It wasfollowed by the singing of the Philip-pine National Anthem.

Dr. Vivien M. Talisayon, the Deanof the UP College of Education, wel-comed the participants.

Dr. Evangeline M. Zalamea, ATCPDEDirector, gave a short report of theATCPDE’s goals and objectives,programs, and accomplishments.

Before the meeting proper, Dr. RodolfoS. Treyes asked some trivia questionswhich were very informative, yetentertaining.

Prizes were given to those whocorrectly answered the questions.Special prizes were also given to earlybirds or those who were first toregister.

The highlight of the meeting wasthe election of a new set of IAC DAPEofficers.

Engr. Manuel G. Cortez, Chairmanof the Primovers for Peace andProgress (PRIMO) was voted as thePresident of the IAC DAPE for the nexttwo years. A delicious merienda wasserved before the meeting ended.

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The Makati Anti Drug AbuseCouncil (MADAC) invited Prof.Lorelei R. Vinluan,ATCPDE Executive Secretary anda faculty of the UP College ofEducation to be theirResource Speaker in a seminarworkshop entitled, “TheCounselor: Person andProfessional”, last May 19-20,2009 at the Department ofEducation, Division ofMakati, Makati City.

The activity aimed to impartknowledge on counseling as a

Prof. Lorelei R. Vinluan demonstrating Rational Emotive Behavioral Therapy

resistance, problem solvingand decision making skills, specificpsychotherapies for drug users,basic skills in guidance andcounseling, but with emphasis onand demonstration of counselingtechniques.

Aside from the seminarhandouts, copies of the ATCPDE’sModyul ng Pagsasanay sa Pag-iwas sa Droga Para sa Mga Guro,Magulang, Gurong Tagapatnubayat Tauhang Pangkalusugan andRA 9165 Primers were also givento all the participants.

helping profession particularly indrug abuse prevention. It wasparticipated by public and privateschool teachers, and MADACstaff.

The topics discussed wereeffective communication ofstudents, status of drugaddiction in the Philippines, natureof drugs, understanding thebehavior of taking drugs, principlesand approaches in preventive drugeducation, identification andmanagement of suspected drugabusers, development of life,

Makati ADAC invites ATCPDE Lecturerto Seminar-Workshop

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EDITORIAL BOX

Executive EditorEvangeline M. Zalamea

Editor in ChiefBelina SB. Capul

Managing EditorVirgilio M. Gaje

Layout and PrepressPIA-MISD / Francianne C. Autor

Contributing WritersDrug Education Committee (DEC)

Members and Guest Writers

DEC Members, Consultants,Staff, Agency Representatives

Calendar Year 2009

Commission on Higher Education(CHED):Rosalie C. Buscar (alternate)Catherine C. Castañeda (January-June 09)Maria Elena B. Gabulac (alternate)Isabel F. Inlayo (June 09 to present)

Dangerous Drugs Board (DDB):Lucita S. Contreras (retired, June 09)Emma R. PastorfideTeresita C. PinedaRosalinda M. Telles (August 09 to present)

Department of Education (DepEd):Ma. Theresa G. Bacud

Department of Social Welfare andDevelopment (DSWD):Jelie B. Belza-Barceta (alternate)Eden C. Mariño (alternate)Atty. Dulfie Tobias-Shalim

Philippine Information Agency (PIA):Belina SB. CapulVirgilio M. Gaje (Webmaster)

University of the Philippines (UP):Francis Grace H. Duka-PantePaul M. MabaquiaoCatalina S. SalazarVivien M. TalisayonRodolfo S. TreyesLorelei R. Vinluan (Executive Secretary)Rosanelia T. YangcoEvangeline M. Zalamea (Director)Francianne C. Autor (Research Assistant)

Dr. Evangeline M. Zalamea:Director’s Message

ATCPDE MissionRevisited

Since its inception in 1980, the ASEAN Training Center for PreventiveDrug Education has adopted the mission “to promote and protect the well-being of children and youth from the onslaught of drugs through vigorousand unified preventive drug education program”.

Its vision is to attain a drug-free ASEAN through an integratedapproach that coordinates multiple programs and strategies in collaborationwith the students, families, community members, and decision and policymakers in the program planning process.

After two decades, the ATCPDE is still very much active in performingits functions.

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ATCPDE VISION

Unified Action fora Drug-Free ASEAN

Attainment of a drug-free ASEANrequires an integrated and multi-disciplinary approach that coordi-

nates multiple programs andstrategies in collaboration with the

families, students, communitymembers, and decision and policy

makers in the program planningprocess. With great focus on

prevention, the planning processshould consider primarily priority

behaviors that contribute to health,safety, and well-being of students,

staff, and families, as well asassess supportive and healthful

environment that nurture decision-making skills and values for life.

These are as follows:

A. Training Program/StaffDevelopment

The ASEAN Conference on Models andBest Practices in Preventive DrugEducation was held on July 15-17,2009 at the UP NISMED. Participantsto the Conference came from BruneiDarussalam, Malaysia, and Philippines.

B. Research and DevelopmentTwo researches are currently beingreviewed before submission forapproval and possible funding.

C. Development and Productionof Instructional Materials

A set of six modules on Barkada KontraDroga is in its final preparation. Themodules will be used in organizingyouths in communities.

The revision of the Training Manualon Preventive Drug Education forTeachers, Parents, GuidanceCounselors, and Health Personnel isnearing completion. This trainingmanual is very useful in the fightagainst drugs.

Then and now, the ATCPDE continuesto be a staunch partner in preventivedrug education.

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