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Guidelines for the Conduct of Random Drug Testing in Public and Private Secondary Schools
To: Undersecretaries
Assistant Secretaries
Regional Directors
Schools Division Superintendents
Division Chiefs
All Others Concerned
1. The Department of Education (DepEd) issues the enclosed Guidelines on the Conduct of Random
Drug Testing in Public and Private Secondary Schools. These guidelines govern the conduct of
drug testing in public and private secondary schools in School Year 2017-2018 and thereafter.

2. The Guidelines follow the parameters laid down by Republic Act No. 9165 otherwise known as
Comprehensive Dangerous Drugs of 2002 and its Implementing Rules and Regulations, as well as the
Dangerous Drugs Board Regulation No. 6, Series of 2003, as amended by Dangerous Drugs Board
Regulation No. 3, Series of 2009.
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