00:00I do believe na maraming problema patungkol sa droga ang ating na-experience ngayon.
00:09And lately, meron po tayong nakita sa mga news reports, kagaya nung tuklaw, a cigarette.
00:23Na-laced po ito or originated from South America.
00:29It's a synthetic cannabinoid.
00:33So, nakita niyo po yung mga viral videos ngayon.
00:37Nangingisa yung mga bata, mga estudyante, kabataan.
00:42And mabigat po itong problema to kasi sigarilyo lang po ito.
00:47Kahit naglalakad lang po yung mga kabataan natin, pwede pong gamitin ito.
00:51And gusto ko lang pong malaman, Mr. Chair, kung ano na po ang update dito ng ating mga government agencies sa anti-drugs natin.
01:04And likewise, siyempre, yung source nito, yung mga entry points natin, and what are the agencies doing about it, Mr. Chair?
01:15Thank you, Representative Santos.
01:18Any of the agencies present who would like to answer the question?
01:23Pedea, sir?
01:25Thank you, Mr. Chair, and the honorable members of this committee.
01:29In connection with the query of the honorable member of this committee, yes, we had seen lots of incidents uploaded on YouTube and even in the news.
01:52That is a tuklau, or a black cigarette, is now in the Philippines, and this black cigarette is causing those seizures or even death of the user.
02:05A tuklau cigarette is, the source is, as we gather it, is from Vietnam.
02:15It is popular in Sapa, Vietnam, and even in Hanoi, Vietnam.
02:19And this tuklau is being offered to tourists.
02:27It is a sort of cultural practice or a sense of hospitality when it comes to tourists going to Vietnam.
02:38This tuklau is composed mainly, of course, of tobacco lip.
02:43A tobacco lip, that the nicotine content is 9%, as compared to the tobacco lip being used here in the Philippines, that its nicotine content is only from 1.5% to 3%.
02:59When we got the news of these tuklau, here in the Philippines, PIDEA and DDB initiated a laboratory research.
03:11And, yes, our laboratory found out that, aside from that 9% nicotine tobacco lip, it is also laced with synthetic cannabinoid.
03:29This synthetic cannabinoid is evident from the lip of that tobacco lip.
03:39And it appears that if you are not a smoker, especially heavy smoker, then you will be affected by the high nicotine content and the effect of that laced synthetic cannabinoid.
04:00And synthetic cannabinoid is, yes, DDB has listed it as a dangerous drug way back 2023 because this synthetic cannabinoid appeared in the Philippines way back 2019 or 2018.
04:23And it was first directed, but after that, we noticed no recurrence or entry of this synthetic cannabinoid.
04:35And that synthetic cannabinoid that entered into our country way back 2018 or 2019 is a different one.
04:45And here, the synthetic cannabinoid now being laced in that tobacco lip, in that tuklau cigarette or the black cigarette is a different one.
05:00We have already in our laboratory service of PIDEA, we use our confirmatory test machines, the GCMS, and it is confirmed.
05:11It has been confirmed that that component is synthetic cannabinoid.
05:18And, of course, we suit the help of the Department of Health, the UP Health Center, and even to the point that we asked assistance from our Singapore counterpart.
05:32And the result of the Singapore, from Singapore is that, yes, it is indeed a synthetic cannabinoid.
05:43So, for the information of everybody, that tuklau or that synthetic cannabinoid is now included in the DDB board regulation as a dangerous drug.
06:00And now, we can already, yes, pursue the source.
06:06And the investigation is ongoing to pinpoint the source of this black cigarette or tuklau.
06:14And with the regulation of the Dangerous Drugs Board, yes, we have sufficient legal basis to conduct an extensive follow-up investigation
06:26with the help of the NBI and the PNP, and we are now confident to say that, yes, we can arrest the possessors of those.
06:37Thanks.
06:41You
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