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PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 1619
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PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 1619 -
PENALIZING THE USE OR POSSESSION OR THE UNAUTHORIZED SALE TO MINORS OF
VOLATILE SUBSTANCES FOR THE PURPOSE OF INDUCING INTOXICATION OR IN ANY
MANNER CHANGING, DISTORTING OR DISTURBING THE AUDITORY, VISUAL OR
MENTAL PROCESS
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WHEREAS,
reports from law enforcement agencies reveal that certain substances
which are openly sold to the public are being availed of by drug
dependents as substitutes for dangerous drugs;chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
WHEREAS, medical research and studies show that the use of such
substitutes could cause death, physiological damage to the liver,
kidneys, heart, blood and nervous system, induce dependency,
self-destructive and anti-social acts while under the influence
thereof, and lead to the use of other drugs;chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
WHEREAS, it is imperative to stop the use of such substances as
substitutes for dangerous drugs. chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
NOW, THEREFORE, I, FERDINAND E. MARCOS, President of the Republic of
the Philippines, by virtue of the powers vested in me by the
Constitution, do hereby decree and order as follows: chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
Section 1. Volatile substances as used in this Decree
shall mean and include any liquid, solid or mixed substance having the
property of releasing toxic vapors or fumes containing one or more of
the following chemical compounds: methanol, ethanol, isopropanol, ethyl
acetate, n-propyl acetate, n-butyl acetate, acetone, methyl ethyl
ketone, methyl butyl ketone, benzene, toluene, xylene, stryene,
naphtalene, n-pentane, n-hexane, n-heptane, methylene chloride,
trichloroenthylene, tetrachloroenthylene, nitrous oxide,
dichlorodifluoromethane, chlorodifluoromethane, isoamyl nitrate, ether
or chloroform or any other chemical substance which when sniffed,
smelled, inhaled, or introduced into the physiological system of the
body produces or induces a condition of intoxication, inebriation,
excitement, stupefaction, dulling of the brain or nervous system,
depression, giddiness, paralysis, or irrational behaviour or in any
manner changing, distorting or disturbing the auditory, visual or
mental processes.
Section 2. The use or possession of volatile
substances for the purpose of inhalation to induce or produce
intoxication or any of the conditions described in the preceding
section shall be punishable by imprisonment ranging from six months and
one day to four years and a fine ranging from six hundred to four
thousand, pesos: Provided, however, That the provisions of Article VI,
entitled "Rehabilitative Confinement and Suspension of Sentence", of
Republic Act No. 6425, as amended (otherwise known as the Dangerous
Drugs Act of 1972), shall, whenever appropriate, apply to the cases
arising hereunder.
Section 3. The penalty of imprisonment ranging from
four years and one day to eight years and a fine ranging from four
thousand to eight thousand pesos shall be imposed upon any person who
sells, administers, delivers, or gives away to another, on any terms
whatsoever, or distributes, dispatches in transit or transports or who
acts as a broker in any of such transactions, any substance or mixture
of substances containing one or more of the chemical compounds
mentioned in Section one hereof for the purpose of inhalation to induce
or produce intoxication or any of the conditions described
therein. chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
Section 4. The penalty of imprisonment ranging from
four years and one month to eight years and a fine ranging from four
thousand to eight thousand pesos shall be imposed upon any person, or
group of persons who shall maintain a den, dive or resort where any
substance or mixture of substances containing one or more of the
chemical compounds mentioned in Section one hereof is used for the
purpose of inhalation to induce or produce intoxication or any of the
conditions described therein.
Section 5. The sale of, and offer to sell, volatile
substances to minors without requiring the written consent of their
parents or guardians as a condition for such sale or offer to sell
shall be punishable by imprisonment ranging from six months and one day
to four years and a fine ranging from six hundred to four thousand
pesos: Provided, That when the minor is eighteen years or over and is
duly licensed to drive a motor vehicle, such written consent shall not
be necessary when the volatile substance sold or offered for sale is
gasoline or any other motive fuel for motor vehicles.
Section 6. The sale of, and offer to sell, to minors
of liquors or beverages containing an alcoholic content of thirty per
centum or above (60 proof or above) is hereby prohibited and shall be
punishable by imprisonment ranging from six months and one day to four
years and a fine ranging from six hundred to four thousand pesos.
Section 7. The Dangerous Drugs Board is hereby
empowered to issue rules and regulations to carry out the purposes of
this decree, including the treatment and rehabilitation of dependents
on volatile substances and their confinement in rehabilitation or
commercial products containing one or more of the chemical compounds
mentioned in Section one hereof, and the publication, whenever the need
arises, in a newspaper of general circulation, a list of the mentioned
industrial or commercial products the sale of which is restricted or
prohibited under the preceding sections. chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
Section 8. This Decree shall take effect immediately.
DONE in the City of Manila,
this 23rd day of July, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and
seventy-nine.
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