43 Article Analytical Functionality Model: A Drug-Clearing Operation Intervention Mechanism for the Barangay Anti-Drug Abuse Council (BADAC) Journal of Government and Political Issues Volume 2, Issue 1, March 2021 (43–54) © The Author(s) 2022 Article reuse guidelines: creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ DOI: 10.53341/jgpi.v2i1.38 journal.mengeja.id/index.php/JGPI/index Alvin Q. Romualdo 1 Abstract This study aimed to assess the BADAC in the three phases of drug clearing operations and develop an analytical functionality model of intervention mechanisms. The essence of this study is of high significance to the improvement of public safety and security as it attempts to create a baseline model encapsulating the strategies to leverage the implementation of the drug clearing operations of the barangays. It employed a sequential explanatory mixed-method research design to generate responses from the respondents and inputs from the informants in the development of a functional model. In terms of the extent of functionality of the BADAC members in the drug-clearing operations, Barangay Labangal has a very great extent of functionality with a mean of 4.45. The result from the Variance Analysis revealed that the overall drug-clearing operation has a significant difference with a p-value of .006 at 0.05 level of significance. The Confirmatory Factor Analysis (CFA) through Analysis of Moment Structures (AMOS) suggests a good model fit based on Normed Fit Index, Incremental Fit Index, Tucker Lewis Index, and Comparative Fit Index, which reached the 0.900 based reference. The analytical functionality model delineates the social environment of BADAC, which is powerfully shaped by the policies, ordinances, mandates, and strong political will. Therefore, it is recommended that coordination and concerted efforts among the law enforcement agencies, the LGU, and the community can multiply the force for effective implementation of the drug-clearing operations. Keywords barangay; drug; functionality; anti-drug Introduction The past decades have disclosed many drug-related incidents about illicit drug production, trafficking, and use (Collins, 2022; Hechanova et al., 2018). Since the inception of the global war on drugs in 1961 through the Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs, the menace remains a matter of shared concern among the people across the globe (Mendoza, Baysic, & Lalic, 2016). The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) reported that 2.3% of the worldwide population overused and abused illegal drug substances in 2014. The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crimes (2017) in their World Drug Report reported that over a quarter of a billion individuals, or 5% of the worldwide adult population, took drugs at least once in 2015, and around 5.6 %, or 275 million of the world population aged 15-64 years used drugs at least once in 2016 (Merz, 2018). As a massive impediment to the country’s sustainable development, health as an indispensable resource for development is among the most vulnerable aspect, given that drug use affects both morbidity and mortality (Campbell et al., 2017). In 2016, roughly around 31 million of the global population of drug users experienced drug dependence, suffered from drug use disorder, and thus needed treatment (United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, 2018). Through the World Drug Report, Corresponding author: 1 Alvin Q. Romualdo, Department of the Interior and Local Government, Philippine Public Safety College, National Police College, Davao City, Philippines. Email: aqr031891@gmail.com