​Interior Minister Katelin Predoiu says the possibility of drug testing students by medical staff in schools is being looked into if “they clearly demonstrate drug-taking behaviour”.

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He clarified that such an inspection will be carried out only with the consent of the parents.

This was stated by the Minister of Internal Affairs on Monday evening, when he presented the conclusions of the Control Body in the case of a road accident on May 2, where a 19-year-old boy who was driving a car while under the influence of drugs was killed. two young people with their car.

He spoke about measures to prevent drug use in schools to be included in the “2023-2024 National School Safety Action Plan”, a plan that is in place, saying he had arranged a meeting with representatives of several ministries, including Education, Health I, Work.

  • “The mechanism will be aimed especially at the fight against drugs, violence and bullying in schools.
  • As an innovation, we intend to create initiative groups at the level of each educational unit from representatives of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, the educational unit, as well as parent and student associations,” he said.

In this context, the Minister of Internal Affairs talked about the analysis of the possibility of conducting “anti-drug testing of students by qualified medical workers who serve the educational institution, in a situation where they clearly exhibit behavior characteristic of drug use, with the consent of their parents.” “. (PHOTO: Dreamstime.com)