Status Report on

Surrendering Drug Users

(SDUs) In Bicol Region

Bicol Drug Abuse Situation

As of August 10, 2016: 36,530

Surrendering Drug Users/ Pushers as

of August 10, 2016

PROVINCES

# of
Drug Users
Drug
Female
Househo (Voluntaril
Pushers
Drug
ld
y
(Voluntary
User
Visited Surrender Surrender
ed)
ed)

Camarines
3,401
11,818
Sur
Albay
2,667
10,170
Sorsogon
2,253
1,975
Camarines
2,000
5,063
Norte
Masbate
2005
2,825
Catanduanes
995
1,229
Naga
1,413
Source: PNP-Region1,117
V Operation Tokhang
TOTAL
14,398
36,530

Minor
Drug
User

522

601
277
232

220
41
144
2,037

625

487

Surrendering Drug Users/ Pushers as

of August 2, 2016
32,372

SDUs

625 (2%) Female

487 (1.5%) Adolescent

Current PNP Process for SDUs

PNP (Intel Officer)

1.

Interviews/Interrogates Surrendering Drug User/Pusher (guided by a Form); to include

Demographics
2. Blotter
3. Finger printing & Mug shot done
4. Gives Sworn Statement/Panunumpa Form to be notarized
5. Drug user/pusher returns with the Notarized Sworn Statement
6. Recommends Drug Testing (Voluntary)
(Name, Age, Sex, Civil Status, Address, Educational Attainment, Occupation, Name of
Children/Beneficiaries)
Note: No drug use info is elicited.
Drug User/Pusher is allowed to go home and to
come back on a scheduled date for Mass
Panunumpa before the Mayor

PNP Submits/Endorses Consolidated Report

to the ADACs (LGUs)

Drug Users/Pushers who Surrendered

do the Panunumpa before the Mayor
END OF PROCESS

Resource Mapping
DOH-Treatment

&
Rehabilitation Centers
Malinao TRC (Albay) 100 Bed Capacity
78 current Residents

Camarines Sur TRC (San Fernando)

100 Bed Capacity

129 current Residents

Resource Mapping
DOH-

Retained Hospitals

Bicol Medical Center (Naga City)

Acute Psychiatric Unit
Detox Unit
Mental Health Ward (Don Suzano Memorial
Hospital)

Bicol Regional Training and Teaching

Hospital (Albay)
Mental Health Specialists

Bicol Sanitarium (Camarines Sur)

Potential TRC Annex

Resource Mapping
Other Facilities
Government
Center for Boys- Sorsogon City (DSWD)
Non-Government
Facenda de Ezperanza (Masbate)
Facenda de Naga (Naga City)
Holy Face Mental Rehabilitation Center (Tabaco
City)
Private
Tanchuling Hospital Detox Unit (Legazpi City)

Resource Mapping
Other

Facilities

26 DOH Accredited Drug

Testing

Centers

2 Potential Facilities as TRCs

Gigmoto District Hospital (Catanduanes)
San
Ramon
Municipal
Hospital
(Camarines Sur)

Resource Mapping
2

DDB Authorized
Representatives

Available Psychiatrists
14

DOH Accredited Physicians

All

RHUs trained MHGAP

Actions Taken
Activity
Conduct of MultiAgency / Sectoral
Consultative
Conference
DOH RO, TRCs

Date
July 13, 2016
(Legazpi City)

Participants
70 Participants
RTCs
LGUs
PNP
NBI
PDEA
PAO
PPA
DOJ
DSWD

Actions Taken
Multi Agency/Sectoral
Consultation Conference

Actions Taken
Activity

Formulation of
Plan of Action/
Development of
Training
Design/Tools
/Process for
Screening and
Community Based
Rehabilitation
Program

Date

Participants

July 14-15, DOH RO V

CSTRC
2016
MTRC
(DOH-RO
V)

Actions Taken
Activity
Field Testing of
Screening Tools

Date
July 20,
2016
(Tabaco
City)

Participants
127
Surrendering
Drug Users
PNP
LGU
(RHU,DSWD)
MTRC
DOH RO V

Actions Taken
Field Test at
MTRC

Field Test and

Actual
Screening
in Tabaco

Actions Taken

Field Test Result

4/127
(3%) Low Risk for drug use
123/127 (97%) Moderate to Severe
Risk
Eligible for CBR: 112
BI- 73 (65%)
OP- 39 (35%)
TRC Commitment: 11 (9%)
Random Drug Test Conducted to
50/127

Actions Taken

Improvement of
Screening Tool
. Translated in Vernacular (Bicol)
. Addition to Demographics (4Ps
beneficiaries)
. Age, Sex disaggregation (Color
Coded)

Actions Taken
Activity

Date

Participants

Orientation of PNP on July 26, 2016 150 participants

Screening Process
(Legazpi City PNP RO V
118 PNP Police
and Tool
)
DOH RO, TRCs
Stations
Personnel
DILG
DSWD

Actions Taken

PNP
Orientation on
Screening Tool

Actions Taken
Activity

Training of LGUs
on the Screening
and Assessment
of Surrendering
Drug Users
(Batch 1)
DOH RO, MTRC, NGO
(CCR)

Date

Participants

August 1-2, 55 Participants

10 LGUs
2016
(Legazpi
City)

Actions Taken

LGU Training on
Screening and
Assessment Tools
and Brief
Intervention

Actions Taken
Activity
Participation
to Meetings
Presided by
other
Agencies
NAPOLCOM

DILG

Date

July 13,
2016
(Legazpi
City)

July 25,
2016
(DILG RO)

Participan
ts

Agreements

DILG
DOJ
LGUs
NGOs

DOH to
provide the
screening tool
PNP as official
data source

NGAs

To Organize
Regional-Task
Force
DILG to
Amplify Policy
on ADAC
DSWD to

Actions Taken
Activity

Date

Participant
s

Agreements

Religious
Groups
Private
Academic
Organizati
ons

DOH to
Orient
other
religious
group
SAC to
coordinate
with LGUs

Participation to
Meetings
Presided by
other Agencies
Social Action
Center

August 2,
2016
(Legazpi
City)

Actions Taken

Regional DILG
meeting with
NGAs

Process for Screening of SDUs

PNP Screens SDUs (Screening
Interview Tool)

USER

PUSHER

Referral to LGU CORE TEAM,

conducts Initial Screening and
Assessment (ASSIST)

Low Risk Drug

Use
Brief
Intervention

PNPs Disposition

Moderate to
Severe Risk
Drug Use
Mild Drug
Use

Moderate
Drug Use

Severe Drug
Use

MILD

MODERATE

SEVERE

BRIEF
INTERVENTION
(4 weeks)

OUTPATIENT
CARE
(16 weeks)

Residential
Treatment
(10-12
MONTHS)

NonRecurrence of
Drug Use

Recurrence of
Drug Use

Issuance of
Certificate of
Completion

2nd OUT
PATIENT CARE

NonRecurrence
of Drug Use

Recurrence of
Drug Use

Issuance of
Certificate of
Completion

2ND BRIEF
INTERVENTION

PNP
MONITORING
NonRecurrence of
Drug Use

Non
Recurrence of
Drug Use

Recurrence of
Drug Use

Community Diversion Program

CSC

DEPED
PNP

TESDA
DOJ

ALS
DOLE

CSO
DTI

Recurrence of
Drug Use

Tools for Screening of SDUs

1. PNP Screening Tool

Tools for Screening of SDUs

2. Alcohol, Smoking, Substance, Involvement,
Screening Tool (ASSIST) Screen for risk of substance
use

Tools for Screening of SDUs

3. Diagnostic Statistical Manual (DSM-5)
Assessment for Substance
Dependency

Tools for Screening of SDUs

4. Mini Mental Status Examination (MSE)
Screening for Mental Disorder

Training Design for LGU Core Team on Screening and

Community Based Rehabilitation program

I. Brief Intervention (Mild Drug

Use)
Based on the Brief Intervention for
Substance Use: A Manual for Use in
Primary Care (WHO)
Inputs on prohibited substance,
addiction
Motivational Interview
Analysis and Feedbacking of ASSIST

Training Design for LGU Core Team on Screening and

Community Based Rehabilitation program

I. Brief Intervention (Mild Drug

Use)
Monday
Wednesday
Friday
WEEK
1

Feedback of
Results

WEEK
2-4

Motivational
Interviewing
Answering of BI
Modules

Psycho education
on Addiction
Motivational
Interviewing

Referral to other
Agencies

Training Design for LGU Core Team on Screening and

Community Based Rehabilitation program

II. Outpatient Care (Moderate Risk)

Inputs on prohibited substance,
addiction
Motivational Interview
Analysis and Feddbacking of
ASSISTResults
Referral System and Network
Recovery Skills
Relapse Prevention

Training Design for LGU Core Team on Screening and

Community Based Rehabilitation program

II. Outpatient Care (Moderate Risk)

Pledge of Undertaking
Recovery Plan

Training Design for LGU Core Team on Screening and

Community Based Rehabilitation program
Schedule for Early Recovery Skills and
Relapse Prevention (Out Patient 16 weeks)
Monday

Wednesday

Friday

Saturday

TOTAL

Early
Early
Early
Recovery
Recovery
WEE
Recovery
Skills
Skills
K
Skills
(1
(1
1-3
(1
hour/session hour/session
hour/session)
)
)

8
SESSIONS

Relapse
Relapse
Relapse
WEE
Prevention
Prevention
Prevention
K 4(1
(1
(1
16
hour/session hour/session
hour/session)
)
)

Relapse
Prevention
35
(1
SESSIONS
hour/session)

Issues and Concerns

Issues and Concerns

Recommendations

I. Logistics
1. Limited DT kits for
screening

-DOH CO, ROs and TRCs to

procure DT Kits
-Advisory to LGUs PNP re:
Networking with DOH Accredited
DT Laboratories MOA?
- BHFS Circular 09-2003 re:
remote collection of Drug
Testing Specimen, relax/
rescind?,

2. No confirmatory Testing
Centers in Regions /
Located at NCR

-Establish Regional Confirmatory

Testing Centers
-to be borne by?

Cost

Issues and Concerns

Issues and Concerns
II. Facilities
1. Limited absorptive
capacity of TRCs

Recommendations

-MTRC to operationalize
Female Dorm ASAP
-Expand male dorm
(27.2M)
-CSTRC to start
construction of adolescent
dorm ASAP
-Expand dorms (24.2M)
-Explore feasibility of
conversion of Gigmoto
(Catanduanes) and San

Issues and Concerns

Issues and Concerns
III. Human Resource
1. Limited to prescribed
Bed Capacity

Recommendations

-Fill up vacant positions

-Hire JOWs (estimate of
15M for 2 TRCs salaries
and MOOE)

2. Limited DOH
Accredited Physicians -Convene, organize and
MOA re: provide TA to
clusters of LGUs
3. LGU Front-liners
-Send physicians for DOH
capacity on CBR
Accreditation
program
- Train LGU CORE TEAMS
implementation
on CBR
(target: until end of Sept)

Issues and Concerns

Issues and Concerns

Recommendations

III. Human Resource

4. Limited DDB
Representatives

- DDB to reiterate
functionality of
Deputized DDB Reps
- Add and Train DDB
Representatives (DDB)

Issues and Concerns

Issues and Concerns

Recommendations

IV. Funds
1. No Funds for Trainings - DOH RO V downloaded
on CBR
4.2M to TRCs
- Allocate training Fund
from 1st Semester
Savings
- DOH CO to fund
Trainings
2. No funds for Capital
Outlay
- DOH CO to relax
guidelines on 5M QR
Fund

Issues and Concerns

Issues and Concerns

Recommendations

V. Policies
- DOH CO to provide
1. No Guidelines/
Protocol from DOH CO
guidelines/ protocols
- Introduce models on
re: addressing the
current situation
CBR

Issues and Concerns

Issues and Concerns

Recommendations

VI. Network
1. Undefined roles of
other NGAs, NGOs,
CSOs on CBR

- DILG to convene and

organize Regional Task
Force
- Amplify Policy re:
organization and
functionality of ADACs
- DSWD to pilot
Community Diversion
Program

Way Forward
Continue

capacity building of LGU

Core Teams

Provide

TA as required

Information

campaign re:
available services

Regular

meeting with
stakeholders

Way Forward
Provide

regular feedback to committees

(i.e. Peace and Order), DOH CO

Monitor

and Evaluate CBR

implementation

Improve

process and tools as

appropriate

Integrate

and strengthen public health

programs on drug abuse

Mabalos!