{"id":188941,"date":"2018-11-09T05:06:03","date_gmt":"2018-11-09T10:06:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=188941"},"modified":"2018-11-09T05:06:03","modified_gmt":"2018-11-09T10:06:03","slug":"palace-backs-pdeas-drug-test-grade-schools-students","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2018\/11\/09\/palace-backs-pdeas-drug-test-grade-schools-students\/","title":{"rendered":"Palace backs PDEA\u2019s drug test on grade schools\u2019 students"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_188943\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-188943\" style=\"width: 1800px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/45449503_757389514596103_5487553794248015872_o-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-188943\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/45449503_757389514596103_5487553794248015872_o-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1800\" height=\"1200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/45449503_757389514596103_5487553794248015872_o-1.jpg 1800w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/45449503_757389514596103_5487553794248015872_o-1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/45449503_757389514596103_5487553794248015872_o-1-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/45449503_757389514596103_5487553794248015872_o-1-1024x683.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1800px) 100vw, 1800px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-188943\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Panelo said he personally support PDEA\u2019s plan which draw support from majority of the Filipinos based on the latest survey of Social Weather Station (SWS). (File <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/PresSpokespersonPH\/photos\/a.397841807217544\/757389511262770\/?type=3&amp;theater\">Photo<\/a>: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/PresSpokespersonPH\/\">Office of the Presidential Spokesperson\/Facebook<\/a>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>MANILA<\/strong>\u00a0&#8212; Malaca\u00f1ang on Thursday said the proposal of the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) to conduct mandatory drug testing for Grade 4 students and older pupils would benefit the family.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think that\u2019s a good idea because at least the parents will know whether or not their children are addicted or being used in the drug industry,\u201d Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo said in a Palace press briefing.<\/p>\n<p>Panelo said he personally support PDEA\u2019s plan which draw support from majority of the Filipinos based on the latest survey of Social Weather Station (SWS).<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat is for the benefit of the family, I think all parents would welcome that,\u201d Panelo said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs a parent, I will want it. Because we will never know our children in schools would be influenced or used by persons outside of the family,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>Panelo, also Chief Presidential Legal Counsel, said there is no need to amend Republic Act 9165, also known as the Comprehensive Dangerous Drugs Act of 2002 which provides only mandatory drug testing for high school and tertiary students.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere is a drug menace in this country \u2013 that would be the basis. Parens patriae doctrine is another. The state is responsible for the safety of the citizens in a country,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>When asked if the mandatory drug testing will violate any law, Panelo replied: \u201cI don\u2019t think there is\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>According to 2018 Third Quarter SWS survey, 51 percent of the Filipinos agree with PDEA\u2019s proposal while 36 percent disagree, and 13 percent are undecided.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MANILA\u00a0&#8212; Malaca\u00f1ang on Thursday said the proposal of the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) to conduct mandatory drug testing for &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":44,"featured_media":188943,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16,95],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-188941","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-news","category-news-ph","mauthors-jelly-musico","mauthors-philippine-news-agency"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/188941","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/44"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=188941"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/188941\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/188943"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=188941"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=188941"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=188941"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}