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Worse still, the probation law is also not allowed for those who
violate it; so beware! So here's the Dangerous Drugs Act. Let's start with a
definition of significant terms.
1.) Administer
Any act of introducing a dangerous drug into a person's body with or without
his/her knowledge in any way. It doesn't matter if it's by injection, inhalation,
injection or any other method, and it won't matter if it's self-administered or
not. The exception is if it's done by a licensed practitioner (doctor, nurse, etc.)
for medication purposes.
2.) Controlled precursors and essential chemicals
These include the chemicals listed in Tables 1 and 2 of the UN Convention
Against Illicit Traffic in Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances. They're
called "controlled" because they have legal uses (like manufacture of medicines)
but subject to regulation because they're addictive.
3.) Dangerous drugs
Those listed in the schedules attached to the 1961 Single Convention on
Narcotic Drugs (and its 1972 amendment.)
4.) Drug dependence
This follows the WHO definition: a cluster of psychological, behavioral and
cognitive phenomena of variable intensity, in which the use of psychoactive
drugs takes on a high priority thereby involving, among others, a strong desire
or a sense of compulsion to take the substance and the difficulties in controlling
substance-taking behavior in terms of its onset, termination or levels of use.
5.) Deliver
Knowingly passing a dangerous drug to another. It may be personally or any
other way and by any means; consideration doesn't matter.
6.) Sell
Any act of giving away any dangerous drug and/or controlled precursor and
essential chemical regardless if it was for money or another consideration.
7.) Drug syndicate
has reason to believe has violated the dangerous drugs act in order to prevent
the violator from being arrested, prosecuted and/or convicted.
15.) Pusher
Any person who sells, trades, administers, dispenses, gives away on whatever
terms, distributes, dispatches in transit, transports dangerous drugs or acts as a
broker in any transaction that violates the dangerous drugs act.