2005News

Bill establishes mandatory drug testing

The National Drug Council (CND) has developed a bill aimed at “cleansing” public administration workers of the use of narcotics and which is being analyzed by the President’s legal advisor before sending it to Congress. Listin Diario reports that in this bill, all members of the Judicial Branch, the Justice Department, the Central Electoral Board, the General Accounting Office, the Armed Forces, the National Police, as well as public officials and employees will have to take a drug test without exceptions. CND president, Major General Jose Anibal Sanz Jiminian stated that if the measures set forth in the bill are not enforced, the use of narcotics will not diminish in the country, as “addicts could be anywhere”.