Pubdate: Tue, 28 Jan 2003 Source: Honolulu Star-Bulletin (HI) Contact: 2003 Honolulu Star-Bulletin Website: http://www.starbulletin.com/ Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/196 Author: Jim Henshaw Referenced: http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v03/n077/a06.html Bookmark: http://www.mapinc.org/testing.htm (Drug Testing) Bookmark: http://www.mapinc.org/youth.htm (Youth) IT'S WRONG TO STRIP PEOPLE OF THEIR RIGHTS Let's be clear about what Sen. Robert Bunda, Governor Lingle and city prosecutor Peter Carlisle are all trying to foist upon us (Star-Bulletin, Jan 16): They are proposing that certain U.S. citizens be subjected to drug testing without their consent, without probable cause, without a shred of evidence that they're using drugs. What if a student vehemently refuses to be tested? What punishment will that student get for standing up for his civil rights? And does anyone seriously believe that if this usurpation of the civil rights of minors is successful, that some ambitious politician won't then propose doing it to adults -- for our own collective good, of course? Jim Henshaw Kailua - --- MAP posted-by: Doc-Hawk