Text of the provision
Sec. 46. Special Drug Education Center. – With the assistance of the Board, the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG), the National Youth Commission (NYC), and the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) shall establish in each of its provincial office a special education drug center for out-of-school youth and street children. Such Center which shall be headed by the Provincial Social. Welfare Development Officer shall sponsor drug prevention programs and activities and information campaigns with the end in view of educating the out-of-school youth and street children regarding the pernicious effects of drug abuse. The programs initiated by the Center shall likewise be adopted in all public and private orphanage and existing special centers for street children.
Comprehensive Dangerous Drugs Act of 2002, Republic Act No. 9165 (2002). Reproduced in full from the official enactment and verified word-for-word against the LawPhil and ChanRobles renderings.
What this section means
With the Board’s assistance, the DILG, the NYC and the DSWD establish in each provincial office a special education drug center for out-of-school youth and street children, headed by the Provincial Social Welfare Development Officer, to run drug prevention programs, activities and information campaigns. The Center’s programs are also adopted in all public and private orphanages and existing special centers for street children.
Related provisions
- Section 45 — Publishing Drug Information Materials.
- Section 47 — Drug-Free Workplace Policy.
Cases citing this section
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