DAVAO City 1st District Rep. Paolo “Pulong” Duterte’s hair follicle test for illegal drug abuse has yielded negative results.
The test was conducted by Omega Laboratories, a drug testing center in the United States, on behalf of Hi-Precision Diagnostics Center, as hair follicle testing is not available in the Philippines, and samples are sent to the US for testing.
The result of the so-called Hair 7 Drug Panel test confirmed that the eldest son of former president Rodrigo Duterte is free from any traces of illegal substances.
The test screened for multiple drugs, including amphetamine, methamphetamine, cocaine/metabolites, opiates, extended opiates, phencyclidine (PCP), THC metabolite (marijuana), and benzodiazepines.
All the tests yielded negative results, suggesting none of the substances were detected in Duterte’s system.
The document that was released to reporters was dated Oct. 28.
Pulong’s hair follicle test was undertaken after the call of his sister, Vice President Sara Duterte, to subject all congressional candidates of the first district of Davao City to a drug test to prove that they are not “mentally unstable.”
His rival, Pwersa ng Bayaning Atleta Rep. Margarita Nograles, also took a hair follicle drug test, with her result yet to be released.
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