Inter-Agency Committee on Anti-Illegal Drugs

The Inter-Agency Committee on Anti-Illegal Drugs (ICAD) is an inter-governmental forum in the Philippines responsible for ensuring government agencies in implementing and complying with all policies pertaining to the anti-illegal drug campaign. The agency was formed by Executive Order No. 5, signed by President Rodrigo Duterte on March 6, 2017.

The agency is divided into four clusters—enforcement, justice, advocacy, and rehabilitation and reintegration.

Member agencies

The agency is chaired by Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) Director-General Aaron Aquino. Vice President Leni Robredo, referred to as the drug czar, served as co-chairperson of the agency from November 6 to November 24, 2019. The member agencies of the committee are:

• Dangerous Drugs Board
• Department of the Interior and Local Government
• Department of Justice
• Department of Health
• Department of Education
• Department of Social Welfare and Development
• Department of Trade and Industry
• Department of Agriculture
• Department of National Defense
• Technical Education and Skills Development Authority
• Philippine Information Agency
• Public Attorney's Office
• Office of the Solicitor General
• Philippine Coast Guard
• Philippine National Police
• National Bureau of Investigation
• Bureau of Customs
• Bureau of Immigration
• Armed Forces of the Philippines
• Anti-Money Laundering Council

References

1. Philippine drug war
2. Leni Robredo
3. Vicente Danao
4. Dante Jimenez
5. War on drugs
6. Doping in sport
7. 2022 Philippine presidential election
8. List of vice presidents of the Philippines
9. ICAD
10. CIA drug trafficking allegations
11. Anti–money laundering
12. Presidency of Rodrigo Duterte
13. Inter-Services Intelligence
14. Black market
15. Money laundering
16. Drug policy of Sweden
17. Organization of American States Secretariat for Multidimensional Security
18. Arguments for and against drug prohibition
19. Blood doping
20. Federal Investigation Agency