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PDEA eyes drug test for elementary students, teachers

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<p>MANILA—<strong>(UPDATED)</strong> The Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency on Thursday said it will push for mandatory drug testing among teachers and students in grade 4 and up. </p><p>&quot;Iyung mga series of arrests na ginagawa natin, iyung nai-involve ay mga estudyante saka mga teachers. Iyung pinaka-youngest naming naano [naaresto] is I think 10 years old,&quot; PDEA Director General Aaron Aquino told reporters. </p><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p dir="ltr" lang="tl">Mandatory drug testing sa lahat ng grade 4 student pataas, isusulong ng PDEA; mga guro, kasama ring sasalang sa mandatory drug testing <a href="https://t.co/jkMvzlOr8A">pic.twitter.com/jkMvzlOr8A</a> | via <a href="https://twitter.com/robertmanodzmm?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@robertmanodzmm</a></p>— DZMM TeleRadyo (@DZMMTeleRadyo) <a href="https://twitter.com/DZMMTeleRadyo/status/1009635925675028481?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 21, 2018</a></blockquote><div><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charSet="utf-8" type="text/javascript"></script></div><p>PDEA has coordinated with the Dangerous Drugs Board and Department of Education over its proposal, said Aquino. </p><p>The agency, he said, will also push for the regulation of shows streamed online, which may have explicit content on how to use drugs. </p><p>PDEA is also coordinating with police and other agencies to come up with a centralized drugs watchlist, said Aquino.</p><p>Aquino made the statement as the PDEA distributed P189 million worth of new equipment to its agents. </p><div><strong>DEPED ON DRUG TEST </strong></div><p>Education Secretary Leonor Briones, however, rejects the idea of subjecting elementary students to mandatory drug testing.</p><p>&quot;It has to be on the high school level, hindi iyong Grade 4. Ang instructions sa akin ni President Duterte ay at the Grade 4 level ay i-enhance ang curriculum tungkol sa drugs,&quot; she said.</p><p>(It has to be on the high school level, not those in Grade 4. President Duterte&#x27;s instructions involving Grade 4 students is to enhance the curriculum on drugs.)</p><p>She added that the Department of Education is very careful in implementing drug tests on young students, as it can affect their lives.</p><p>&quot;We are very very careful about this dahil you can destroy a child&#x27;s life,&quot; Briones added.</p><div><strong>— With reports from Robert Mano and Jasmin Romero, ABS-CBN News </strong></div><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="http://news.abs-cbn.com/focus/06/20/18/addicts-start-young-in-school-part-1">Addicts start young in school</a></li></ul>

<p>MANILA—(UPDATED) The Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency on Thursday said it will push for mandatory drug testing among teachers and students in grade 4 and up. </p>

MANILA—(UPDATED) The Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency on Thursday said it will push for mandatory drug testing among teachers and students in grade 4 and up.