Bets rush to take drug tests in wake of Duterte's cocaine comments

This undated file photo shows drug test kits

The STAR / Miguel De Guzman, file

MANILA, Philippines — President Rodrigo Duterte's off-the-cuff comments that a candidate for president does cocaine has raised questions about the "drug war" and has prompted candidates to subject themselves to drug tests.

Vice President Leni Robredo has said that she is ready to submit to unannounced drug tests, saying at an event in Bulacan that scheduled ones would be self-serving.

"You should have had the drug test randomly — unannounced. Unannounced because we know that it's better to be random, it's better to be unannounced so that you get what your real situation is," Robredo, who is running for president, told reporters in Filipino. 

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