Pubdate: Sun, 14 Jul 2002 Source: Herald-Palladium, The (MI) Copyright: 2002 The Herald-Palladium Contact: http://www.heraldpalladium.com/ Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/1378 Author: Kenneth Mundt OFFICIALS SHOULD DRUG-TEST EVERY STUDENT Editor, Any parent who has a child in a public school has a right to believe that their child is in a school where they will not be tempted with illegal drugs. To ensure this, every child, not just the athlete, should be tested for drugs upon enrollment in school. If any student tested positive, they should be given a chance to come clean. To do this they should give to the proper authorities the name of the person who sold them the illegal drugs, and be willing to testify against them in a court of law to put them behind bars. If they are not willing to do this, then they should not be allowed to attend any public school, and put in a juvenile institution. Any school system that is not willing to do this, does not really care for the children in their community, and should be replaced with people who do. This is the answer to our illegal drug problem in our public schools. Kenneth Mundt Three Oaks - --- MAP posted-by: Jay Bergstrom