Republic Act No. 7624

AN ACT INTEGRATING DRUG PREVENTION AND CONTROL IN THE INTERMEDIATE AND SECONDARY CURRICULA AS WELL AS IN THE NONFORMAL, INFORMAL AND INDIGENOUS LEARNING SYSTEMS AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Philippines in Congress assembled:

Section 1

There shall be integrated in the intermediate and secondary curricula whether in public or private schools as well as in the nonformal, informal, and indigenous learning programs the ill effects of drug abuse, drug addiction, or drug dependency.

Section 2

The Department of Education, Culture and Sports in coordination with the Department of Health and Dangerous Drug Board shall promulgate such rules and regulations as may be necessary for effective implementation of this Act.

Section 3

The department of Education , Culture and Sports may enlist the assistance of any government agency or instrumentality to carry out the objectives of  this Act.

Section 4

All instructional materials needed by the public schools to teach the subject matter as provided under this Act shall be supplied by the Department of Education, Culture and Sports.

Section 5

This Act shall take effect upon its approval.

Approved,

NEPTALI A. GONZALES President of the Senate	RAMON V. MITRA Speaker of the House of Representatives
This Act which is a consolidation of House Bill No. 31366 and Senate Bill No. 108 was finally passed by the House of Representatives and the Senate on January 20, 1992 and October 22, 1991, respectively.
ANACLETO D. BADOY, JR. Secretary of the Senate	CAMILO L. SABIO Secretary General House of Representatives

FIDEL V. RAMOS President of the Philippines

Approved, July 11, 1992