1. Health Dimensions & Implications of Substance Abuse Maria Lourdes D. Hembra, MD, MMIP Center for Health Development Region VI Mandurriao, Iloilo City

2. Approximate Costs of Substance Abuse in the U.S.

17. National Institute of Drug Abuse (NIDA)

18. HEALTH & SOCIAL CONSEQUENCES OF SUBSTANCE USE

25. RANDOM DRUG TESTING ACTIVITIES Dangerous Drug Abuse Prevention and Treatment Program Department of Health

26. Random Drug Testing is to subject students/employees for drug testing as selected following no specific pattern and without prior notice and having an equal chance of being selected.

31. Student Random Drug Testing Confirmed Positive Per Region Region Positive Cases per Type Total Number of Students Tested Positive Percentage THC Met Both 1 0 0 0 0 0.0 2 0 0 0 0 0.0 3 1 1 0 2 3.0 4-A 4 2 0 6 9.0 5 1 0 0 1 1.5 6 2 0 0 2 3.0 7 3 3 4 10 14.9 8 2 0 0 2 3.0 9 1 0 0 1 1.5 10 13 0 0 13 19.4 11 10 0 0 10 14.9 12 7 0 0 7 10.4 CARAGA 9 0 0 9 13.4 ARMM 0 1 0 1 1.5 4-B 0 0 0 0 0.0 CAR 1 0 0 1 1.5 NCR 0 2 0 2 3.0 TOTAL 54 9 4 67 100.0

32. *2005 Random Drug testing of 8670 High School Students –yielded a 0.8% nationwide prevalence *2007 Random Drug testing of 7,499 College Students –yielded. 0.5% nationwide prevalence Region Total Number of Students Tested Positive Total Number of Students Tested Positive Dep Ed Ched 1 0 2 2 0 4 3 2 4 4-A 6 0 5 1 0 6 2 4 7 10 3 8 2 0 9 1 1 10 13 7 11 10 1 12 7 1 CARAGA 9 6 ARMM 1 4 4-B 0 0 CAR 1 0 NCR 2 2 TOTAL 67 39

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