City Anti-Drug Abuse Council  

Temporary ‘Bahay Silangan’ site eyed in Lumbia Cagayan de Oro City Hall offered the Tahanan sa Kabataan facility in Barangay Lumbia as a temporary site for the proposed Bahay Silangan rehabilitation center for drug offenders in Cagayan de Oro City. Acting City Administrator Teddy Sabuga-a made the proposal during the…

The Challenge Approximately 1.8 million people in the Philippines use drugs, according to a survey by the Philippine Dangerous Drugs Board (DDB). The Philippine government believes this number is significantly higher. In 2016, the government launched a campaign against illegal drugs and 1.6 million people ‘surrendered’ to government authorities to…

Carmen, age 40, was named after the barangay (village or neighborhood) in the city, Cagayan de Oro, where she was born. It is in that same barangay where she became involved in drugs. “I first tried drugs at age 20 because I was curious; then I became a regular user,”…

Base sa mga interbyu sa mga Persons Who Use Drugs (PWUDs), ilang mga pamilya, ug mga service provider, nahibal-an nga adunay mga pipila ka mga babag alang sa mga PWUD nga maka pangayo ug tabang.Kauban niini ang mga sayop nga tinuohan; ug isa niini ang sayop nga pag too nga…

Co-Chairman Hon. Romeo V. Calizo with the assistance of CADAC Legal Officer Atty. Ernesto Neri. The forum was facilitated by USAID-URC. The proposed Code seeks to focus on the prevention, treatment, and rehabilitation of persons who use drugs by providing the operational framework, the mandates from the city to the…