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Students to take random drug tests in new drive

The Ministry of Education and the national anti-drug agency, Nacada, will roll out a comprehensive programme to stamp out narcotics abuse in schools following revelations that the vice is on the upswing in learning institutions.

The ministry and the National Authority for Campaign Against Alcohol and Drug Abuse say they will, from this October, start random tests in schools to weed out the drugs menace.

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