Question & AnswerQ&A (DDB BOARD REGULATION NO. 5 s. 1972)
The list of prohibited drugs is pursuant to the provisions of Section 40 of Republic Act No. 6425, as amended.
Prohibited forms of opium include medicinal opium, raw opium including non-medical powdered and granulated forms, opium tinctures and extracts containing more than 0.2% anhydrous morphine, prepared opium for smoking, doss, charred opium, and poppy straw.
Prohibited opium-alkaloids and derivatives include morphine, thebaine, codeine, heroin, hydrocodone, hydromorphone, oxycodone, oxymorphone, racemorphine, and thebacon among others.
They are classified as synthetics and other substances having similar physiological effects as narcotic drugs.
Examples include acetylmethadol, fentanyl, and methadone.
Coca leaf preparations containing more than 0.1 percent cocaine and made directly from coca leaf are considered "cocaine."
Prohibited components include the marijuana plant (dried flowering or fruiting parts), cannabis resin (hashish, THC, tinctures, and extracts), and marijuana cigarettes or reefers.
Listed hallucinogenic substances include LSD, DMT, mescaline, psilocybine, peyote, DET, DMHP, and bufotenine among others.
No, the list of trade names does not purport to be exhaustive; absence of a trade name does not imply that a preparation containing a prohibited drug is not regulated.