The Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency on Wednesday welcomed a new regulation aimed at sustaining the nationwide implementation of the Barangay Drug Clearing Program (BDCP).
“The new Dangerous Drugs Board Regulation provides enhanced provisions to ensure that the execution of the BDCP remains resolute,” PDEA director general Wilkins Villanueva said.
The new regulation repealed the earlier DDB Regulation No. 3 of 2017 or the “Strengthening the Implementation of the Barangay Drug Clearing Program.”
To accelerate efforts in reducing drug-affectation in the country, the government adopted the BDCP—a holistic and whole-of-nation approach by enlisting the support of stakeholders, duty bearers and local government units in drug-clearing operations.
The program implementation follows a three-tier stage—the foundation stage, which defines the readiness of the barangay to undertake the BDCP; pivotal stage exemplifies that the BDCP is properly implemented, and its impact is felt by the community, and sustainability stage means that the level of BDCP implementation is consistent.
“Persistent and consistent. This is the way to go as we strive to eliminate illegal drugs barangay by barangay. The country’s drug problem is half solved as long as active and unfaltering BDCPs exist in our communities,” Villanueva assured.