National Fund Campaign of the Drug Abuse Rehabilitation Network, Inc.

April 20, 1985

PROCLAMATION NO. 2415

AUTHORIZING THE DRUG ABUSE REHABILITATION NETWORK, INC. (DARN), TO CONDUCT A NATIONAL FUND CAMPAIGN DURING THE PERIOD FROM MARCH 15, 1985 TO MARCH 14, 1986

WHEREAS, narcotics and dangerous drugs are deleterious because they constitute a threat to the fabric of morality undermining the character and spirit of our people, and producing their particular form of destruction without force and violence especially on youthful citizens of our country;

WHEREAS, it is the abiding concern of the Government, as well as of all civic-conscious citizens from the various sectors of society, to combat the evils of drug abuse so as to preserve, nourish and develop the health and welfare of out youth and prepare them for dynamic roles in future society, and

WHEREAS, the DRUG ABUSE REHABILITATION NETWORK, INC. (DARN), a private, non-stock, non-profit agency duly accredited by the Government to operate and maintain a treatment and rehabilitation center for drug dependents and to conduct preventive education and community information, needs unconditional public support;

NOW, THEREFORE, I, FERDINAND E. MARCOS, President of the Philippines, do hereby authorized the Drug Abuse Rehabilitation Network, Inc. (DARN), to conduct a national fund campaign during the period from March 15, 1985 to March 14, 1986, provided it shall comply with the requirements of Sections 3, 4, 5, and 6 of Dangerous Drugs Board Regulation No. 2, series of 1984, dated May 23, 1984.

I call upon all citizens and residents of the Philippines, irrespective of nationality or creed, to give generously and participate actively in this drive and thus help in the rekindling of hopes and aspirations of the youth especially those afflicted by this malady, so that they may be re-integrated back to society as useful and productive citizens.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the Republic of the Philippines to be affixed. cdt

DONE in the City of Manila, this 20th day of April, in the year of Our Lord, Nineteen Hundred and Eighty-Five.