PRESIDENT Ferdinand Marcos Jr. tested negative for cocaine in 2021, a drug analyst from St. Luke’s Medical Center confirmed during the second hearing of the Senate committee on public order on the alleged leaked Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) documents that linked certain personalities to illegal drugs.
“As the analyst po, may lumabas na line. So sa drug test kit po natin, meron doong control line and line for drug analyte. Doon sa resulta may lalabas po dapat siya talaga na line as negative,” Geresza Reyes said.
St. Luke’s Medical Center-Global City drug testing laboratory head Dr. Cecilia Lim also confirmed that the results of Marcos’ drug test came out after two minutes and 54 seconds.
“Yung two minutes and 54 seconds po kaya po talaga ng drug testing kit, mabilis po talaga lumabas ‘yung resulta, ‘Yung sinasabi pong five minutes, ‘yun ‘yung maximum time na i-aallow namin na lumabas ‘yung line ng drug test,” Lim explained.
“Pag lumabas ‘yung linya, negative na kayo. Pero ‘yung nag-iintay kayo mag-appear ng linya, hanggang five minutes ‘yung maximum,” she added.
According to Lim, drug test results could even appear in as quick as 40 to 50 seconds.
Lim, however, said that Marcos’ requested drug test was only specific for cocaine.
Senator Bato dela Rosa, chairman of the committee on public order, then asked why Marcos was just tested for cocaine and not also for other types of illegal drugs.
To this, Lim replied that drug tests are administered according to what a patient requested.
