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About 160,000 or nearly one percent of the country’s 20 million high school students have used drugs, an official of the Department of Health (DOH) said yesterday.


Dr. Benjamin Reyes, program manager of the Treatment and Rehabilitation Centers of the DOH, said out of the 8,670 students nationwide who underwent drug testing, 0.8 percent were proven drug users.


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Dr. Benjamin Reyes, the DOH’s supervising officer for its anti-drug abuse program, said they failed to implement the drug tests last year because of strong resistance from college students, who said that subjecting them to the tests would violate their human rights.


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Health Secretary Francisco Duque III said while this figure — which represents 1.2 percent of the 6.4 million public and private high school students all over the country — is "not alarming" compared to international figures, "it does not mean we can let our guard down."


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Dr. Benjamin Reyes, supervising promotion officer of the DOH’s National Health Promotion, noted that DOH wanted the P300-fee down by P100, at the most to ease the burden of public utility drivers and other people who have to undergo drug tests as a requirement for work.


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Cebu City Rep. Antonio Cuenco, who will lead the drug summit today at the House of Representatives, said he is only making an estimate as statistics or hard evidence that would stand in court is almost impossible to acquire.


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Amended drug tests rules to be applied next month

June 12, 2009 - 12:00am

CEBU, Philippines – The amended regulations in conducting random drug tests among students will be implemented next month, the Department of Health said, following the orientation conducted among coordinators...

Cebu News

160,000 HS students are drug users

By Ghio Ong | November 16, 2006 - 12:00am

About 160,000 or nearly one percent of the country’s 20 million high school students have used drugs, an official of the Department of Health (DOH) said yesterday. Dr. Benjamin Reyes, program manager...

Headlines

Random drug tests for college students tried next month

By Sheila Crisostomo | May 8, 2006 - 12:00am

The Department of Health (DOH) will attempt next month to conduct random drug testing among college students as part of programs to eliminate drug addiction in the country. Dr. Benjamin Reyes, the DOH’s supervising...

News Commentary

DOH: 770,000 HS studes drug users

By Sheila Crisostomo | November 8, 2005 - 12:00am

Around 770,000 high school students nationwide are substance abusers, the Department of Health (DOH) said yesterday. Health Secretary Francisco Duque III said while this figure — which represents 1.2 percent...

Headlines

DOH out to reduce drug testing fees

June 27, 2003 - 12:00am

The Department of Health (DOH) said that it will try to reduce the drug-testing fee by almost P100 when the agency assumes supervision of drug testing centers next month. Dr. Benjamin Reyes, supervising promotion...

Metro

Lawmaker: One-fourth of public officials funded by drug barons

By Sheila Crisostomo | June 26, 2003 - 12:00am

About one-fourth of the country’s elected officials have in one way or another profited from drug lords, the chairman of the House committee on dangerous drugs said yesterday. Cebu City Rep. Antonio Cuenco,...

Headlines