Pubdate: Fri, 30 Jan 2004 Source: Detroit News (MI) Copyright: 2004, The Detroit News Contact: http://detnews.com/ Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/126 Author: Marybelle Suczek Reference: http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v04/n157/a08.html Bookmark: http://www.mapinc.org/testing.htm (Drug Testing) LESS INTRUSIVE GOVERNMENT The Detroit News is absolutely right that having to "prove one's innocence" turns the principles of due process on its head ("Congress Should Deny Funding for School Drug Tests, Jan. 24). Treating children like criminals sends the wrong message about what we expect from them. Not to mention the trauma created by false positives from over-the-counter medicines and legally prescribed medications. I thought Republicans believed in smaller and less intrusive government. This, like spending millions to promote marriage, is not what government should be doing. Marybelle Suczek Grosse Pointe - --- MAP posted-by: Jay Bergstrom