Level of Awareness on R.A. 9165 (Comprehensive Dangerous Drugs Act of 2002) Among Secondary and Tertiary Students

The study determined the level of awareness of R.A. 9165 among secondary and tertiary students. This study employed different statistical techniques of the data collected. F-test and T-Test were used to determine the null hypothesis. Weighted mean was used to determine the acceptability of the level of awareness on R.A. 9165. The respondents composed of one hundred twenty (120) extracted from the different schools namely Cagayan de Oro National High School, Liceo de Cagayan University, and University of Science and Technology of the Philippines for college students. The independent variables were age, gender, place of origin, religion, type of school, and year level. In contrast, the dependent variable is the level of awareness among secondary and tertiary students on comprehensive dangerous drugs act of 2002. The majority of the respondent’s ages 16-20, female, live in rural areas and Roman Catholic, derived from public school, tertiary level are majority of them 3rd-year college. The respondents yielded the perception of being fully aware of the provision of cultivation, importation, possession and selling of dangerous drugs. On the other hand, the respondents yielded significant differences and variations of their insights when they were grouped according to age, gender, place of origin, religion, type of school, school level, and year level.

Keywords: Comprehensive Dangerous Drugs Act, Secondary and Tertiary, Awareness