ILOILO City – Two hundred one villages in Western Visayas are seeking to be declared as cleared of illegal drugs,
The Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) Region 6 will be discussing their status on Aug. 19 and 20.
According to PDEA-6 spokesperson Shey Tanaleon, these barangays are in Iloilo City (46), Iloilo province (50), Capiz, Antique, Guimaras, Aklan, Bacolod City, and Negros Occidental.
“PDEA will assess if these barangays have met the parameters,” said Tanaleon.
These are some of the parameters:
* non-availability of illegal drugs
* absence of drug dens , pushers and users, protectors or financiers
* absence of clandestine drug laboratories, warehouses, marijuana cultivation sites
* no drug transit or transshipment activity
* active involvement of barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan officials in anti-drug activities
* conduct of drug awareness, preventive education and information campaign
* operation of voluntary and compulsory drug treatment and rehabilitation processing desk/PN
