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Chile drug‑testing reforms in government

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In late July 2026 Chile's deputy finance minister, Juan Pablo Rodríguez, resigned after a June drug test returned a provisional positive result. He denied drug use and called for further independent testing, while Tomás Bunster Bustamante was named interim deputy minister. A few days later, President José Antonio Kast signed a constitutional reform that would make illicit drug consumption a ground for dismissal of public officials and require drug‑test results to be public. The legislation, aimed at ministers, legislators, governors and other officials, was presented as a response to the Rodríguez case and an effort to standardize drug‑testing rules and combat organized crime. No further developments have been reported in this matter as of the latest snapshot.

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