[4][5] The Comprehensive Dangerous Drugs Act of 2002 which was signed into law on January 23, 2002 superseded the 1972 anti-drug law which created the DDB's implementing arm the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) and expanded the DDB into a 17-member body which also include PDEA.
6486 was likewise declared unconstitutional which required candidates for appointive and elected positions to under mandatory testing.
[10] Under President Benigno Aquino III's term, 77,810 people were arrested by government authorities in connection with the illegal drug trade.
[15][16] The Philippine National Police led the drug war through Oplan Double Barrel which began in 2016.
[19] Oplan Double Barrel would undergo revisions with its final iteration during the Duterte administration launched in March 14, 2022.
Oplan Double Barrel Finale is also known as the Anti-Illegal Drugs Operations Thru Reinforcement and Education (ADORE).
[27][28] The Philippine National Police placed ADORE under review in August 2024 in an attempt to align the program with the Marcos administration's "recalibrated strategy" of the anti-drug campaign.
[1] The DDB requires taking urine drug tests in an area where samples are not easily manipulated.
The usage of such ingredient in food by restaurants was brought to attention by Senator Tito Sotto in 2011 despite its illegality.
[35] The Philippines is a signatory of the United Nations Convention on Narcotic Drugs which lists psilocybin as a Schedule I substance.