PRESCRIBING THE PROCEDURES TO BE FOLLOWED IN THE COMPUTATION OF THE REWARD FOR INFORMANTS ON MORPHINE, MORPHINE SALTS, CODEINE SULFATE, HEROIN BRICK AND POWDER AND PHENOBARBITONE

Pursuant to the powers vested in the Dangerous Drugs Board under
Section 36 (a) and (o) of Republic Act 6425, as amended, and in
accordance with the decision of the Board arrived at in its meeting of
September 18, 1985, the following regulation is hereby prescribed:

SECTION 1.       Rewards for informants shall be computed in accordance with the following procedures:

A. MORPHINE

1.       Firstly, determine the % of purity as examined qualitatively and quantitatively by the Chemist;

2.       With the known % of purity apply the following formula:

MARKET VALUE =

Weight of Seizure	x	% of purity 24	x	P120.00

3.       Having determined the Market Value (MV), then

MV x 0.05 = AMOUNT OF REWARD

B. MORPHINE in the form of salts like Morphine Tartrate (Syrette), Sulfate or Hydrochloride, etc.

1.       Convert the Morphine Salts to Morphine Bases by using the formula:

MV

=

Weight of Seizure

x

Conversion Factor (CF)

x

% of purity 24

x

P120.00

MV = 0.05 = AMOUNT OF REWARD

Example: One Morphine Syrette contains 0.3g/1.5 ml. In morphine
syrette, morphine is in the form of salt — that is the morphine
tartrate. Apply the formula:

MV = 3001 x0.3 x CF

x

100 24

x

P120.00

	Molecular Weight of Morphine ——————————————— Molecular Weight of Morphine Tartrate
CF =

	285.3 ——— 774
CF =		= 0.3686 or 0.369

			100 ——— 24
MV =	3001 x 0.3 x 0.369	x		x	P120.00	= P166,105.34

           REWARD = P166,105.34 x 0.05 = 8,305.27

C. CODEINE SULFATE (U.S.P.) — Considering it as pure, convert to Morphine, using the following conversion procedure:

	Morphine (m. wt.)
CF =	—————————
	Codeine Sulfate (m. wt.)

	285.3 ——— 696.8
CF =		= 0.409

MV =	Wt. of Codeine  Sulfate seized	x	0.409	x	100 24	x	P120.00

			0.409
MV =	250 gms	x		x	100 ——— 24	x	P120.00 = P51,125.00

  REWARD = P51,125.00 x 0.05 = P2,556.25

D. HEROIN

1.      Seizure — 325 grams Heroin Brick

	Weight ofseizure		% of purity ————— 15
MV =		x		x	P150.00
			69.3 ——— 15
MV =	325 gms	x		x	P150.00 = P225,225.00

REWARD = P225,225.00 x 0.05 = P11,261.25

2.      Seizure – 275 grams Heroin Powder

MV =	275	x	68.2 ——— 15	x	P150.00	=	P187,549.99

REWARD = P187,549.99 x 0.05 = P9,377.50

3.      Seizure — 48.6 grams Heroin Brick

			69.5
MV =	48.6	x	———	x	P150.00 = P9,377.50
			15

 REWARD = P33,777.00 x 0.05 = P1,688,85

NOTE: If the Heroin is in the form of base, follow the
procedure above. If it is in the form of salt, multiply the AMOUNT OF
SEIZURE BY CONVERSION FACTOR (CF) as follows:

	M. Wt. of Heroin
CF =	————————
	M. Wt. of Heroin HCL

   E. PHENOBARBITONE — 15 Kilos

Assuming that a 3 gm capsule contains 200 mg phenobarbital — 15 k = 15,000 gms = 15,000,000 mgs.

MV =	15,000,000 mgs ———————— 200 mgs	x P2.00 = P150,000.00

REWARD = P150,000.00 x 0.05 = P7,500.00

SECTION 2.       All Board Regulations or portion thereof inconsistent herewith are superseded.

SECTION 3.       This Regulation shall take effect after
fifteen (15) days following the completion of its publication in the
Official Gazette.

Adopted: 18 Sept. 1985

(SGD.) J.C. AZURIN
(Minister of Health)
Chairman