THE Quezon City government has created a special body tasked to supervise the city’s drug prevention and educational programs.
Called the QC Special Anti-Illegal Drugs Education Center, the structure will operate as the city’s primary educational institution for drug abuse prevention.
Created by City Ordinance 2538, the center “shall undertake instruction on drug abuse prevention and control, which shall be integrated in the school curricula of the city’s public and private educational systems.” Councilor Ricardo Corpuz authored the measure.
It would also use non-formal and informal learning systems “with the end view of educating out-of-school youth and street children relative to the harmful effects of drug abuse.”
The programs initiated by the center shall be also adopted in orphanages and existing special centers for street children, the ordinance adds.
The center will be under the direct control and supervision of the QC Anti-Drug Abuse Advisory Council, and shall have a budget of P30 million charged against the council’s budget.
The center will be working closely with the QCADAAC, local school board, city health department and social services development department for the development, publication and distribution of information and support educational materials on dangerous drugs.
The Office of the Vice Mayor and QC Liga ng mga Barangay have been tasked to craft and issue its implementing rules and regulations.