PDEA destroys drugs, expired medicines worth P167 million
By Gina Peralta-Elorde 07/23/2011The Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) yesterday destroyed some P167 million worth of dangerous drugs and expired medicines in Norzagaray, Bulacan.
PDEA Director General Jose Gutierrez said that the destroyed drugs were a registered treatment, storage and disposal facility for hazardous waste owned by Holcim Philippines, Inc. in Barrio Matictic, Norzagaray.
Gutierrez said the activity was in compliance with the requirements of Republic Act 9165, or the Comprehensive Dangerous Drugs Act of 2002, and the Dangerous Drugs Board Regulation No.1 series of 2002 governing the custody and disposition of seized dangerous drugs, chemicals and laboratory equipment.
“The importance of destroying drug evidence is to assure the public that the dangerous drugs seized by the government are not being “recycled” back into the streets,” Gutierrez said..... MORE
Source: The Daily Tribune
URL: http://www.tribuneonline.org/nation/20110723nat13.html
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