Pubdate: Tue, 16 Jul 2002
Source: Daily Advertiser, The (LA)
Copyright: 2002 South Louisiana Publishing
Contact:  http://www.theadvertiser.com/
Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/1670
Author: Lewis Carpenter

DRUG TESTING WOULD BE GOOD FOR ALL ATHLETES

Letters to the Editor

I think that drug testing would be a good idea, but I do not think it 
should be randomly.

If a person is a good student and has good grades, and just smoked one 
time, he could be expelled if the tests were done randomly.

If that occurred, a sense of hopelessness might occur. The student would 
feel that he had already failed and gotten expelled so what would it matter 
if he smoked.

On the other hand, drug tests would be good for students who are athletes. 
I can understand the necessity for athletes to be tested but not just the 
average student.

If five students were selected for random testing, probably one of those 
would be a "user." Why take the chance of ruining the lives of the other 
four? If that one student wants to smoke, let him. They should have the 
choice to ruin their own life.

Lewis Carpenter

Lafayette High
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