The Department of Education (DepEd) is preparing to conduct drug tests on 20,000 high school students, teachers and education personnel. We will be testing a sample size of about 20,000 students and that will provide us with (a sample) that is representative of the entire secondary level students,” Malaluan said. ADVERTISEMENT“That will be the baseline for us to check the effectiveness of our preventive drug education campaign,” he added. Depending on their level of dependency, they would be provided with either guidance counseling or rehabilitation,” Malaluan said. “For those who will require rehabilitation, we will provide assistance,” he added.

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer March 13, 2017 17:15 UTC