Pubdate: Sun, 15 Jun 2003 Source: Atlanta Journal-Constitution (GA) Copyright: 2003 The Atlanta Journal-Constitution Contact: http://www.accessatlanta.com/ajc/ Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/28 Author: Terry M. Adams LEGAL PROFESSION WILL BENEFIT MOST FROM DRUG TESTING IN SCHOOLS Drug testing in schools will help create jobs . . . for school officials, drug-testing facilities and, more notably, lawyers ("Putting students to the test," June 8). Additional school officials and drug-testing facilities will be needed -- all creating jobs to be funded by the taxpayers. But more importantly will be the increase in opportunity for employment in the legal profession. Which school district will be the first in failing to dot the "i" or cross the "t" in their administration of the drug testing? Someone's constitutional or civil rights certainly will be violated. Then the lawyers will arrive. One would hope that there won't be too many school officials to go down, and with a little luck, maybe the settlements will only be in the hundreds of thousands of dollars rather than in the millions -- for the taxpayers' sake. TERRY M. ADAMS, Cumming - --- MAP posted-by: Larry Stevens