Philippinen. Philippines: Mandatory College Drug Tests Imperil Students - Duterte’s Campus Anti-Drug Plans Threaten Student Safety, Education Rights
Manila. The Philippine government’s plan for mandatory drug testing for all college students and applicants seriously threatens their safety and right to education, Human Rights Watch said today. On August 2, 2017, the official Commission on Higher Education, which produces “plans, policies and strategies” for higher education under the office of the president, approved a memorandum order to be implemented at the start of school next year.
The college drug testing plan is a dangerous outgrowth of the Duterte administration’s abusive “war on drugs.” The order permits local governments, the police and other law enforcement agency to “carry out any drug-related operation within the school premises” with the approval of school administrators. This will effectively allow the police to extend their “anti-drug” operations to college and university campuses, placing students at grave risk. (Human Rights Watch, 11.08.2017)
https://www.hrw.org/news/2017/08/11/philippines-mandatory-college-drug-tests-imperil-students