Interior Secretary Benhur Abalos has ordered more frequent random drug testing to be conducted in the offices of the DILG, as well as local governments, as the government expanded its antidrug campaign in agencies and workplaces. | dexcabalzaINQ /PDI
He warned that those who tested positive for prohibited drugs may be dismissed from the service, after going through a “due process” of evaluation.“We already have policies in place for random drug testing in government offices, but it should be implemented more importantly in the DILG,” Abalos said on Friday in Camp Crame.
He noted that the move was in line with the thrust of the agency’s anti-illegal drugs advocacy Buhay Ingatan, Droga’y Ayawan program, which focuses more on drug demand reduction and rehabilitation.
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