MANILA, Philippines — A bill seeking to strengthen drug prevention and control by amending Republic Act No. 9165 hurdled the House of Representatives on Tuesday.
With 188 affirmative votes, 11 negative votes and nine abstentions, the lower chamber approved on third and final reading House Bill No. 7184, which seeks to amend the Comprehensive Dangerous Drugs Act of 2002.
The bill provides for legal presumptions on who is considered as importers, financiers, protectors or coddlers of illegal drugs.
Under the measure, a person who is found to have in his possession or under his direct or indirect control any document, purchase order, memorandum receipt, delivery receipt, bill of …
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