Pubdate: Tue, 22 Feb 2005 Source: Chico Enterprise-Record (CA) Contact: 2005 The Media News Group Website: http://www.chicoer.com/ Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/861 Author: Jay Bergstrom Referenced: http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v05/n262/a07.html?11134 Bookmark: http://www.mapinc.org/testing.htm (Drug Testing) Bookmark: http://www.mapinc.org/youth.htm (Youth) DRUG TESTING HEAVY HANDED Regarding the Feb. 11 article about Durham schools considering drug testing, one is tempted to suggest that the board be commanded to squat and pee in front of a stranger to prove their purity. But that path leads only to a more totalitarian society. The only way we can ever hope for one iota of control or regulation with regard to illegal drug use by our children is through legalization of responsible adult use. See Amendment 21. To swallow the lies required to prop up the pogrom of prohibition requires enormous skill in the practice of doublethink. A great measure of what is termed intelligence is that critters learn from experience. Societally, we are failing the test of self-government evidenced by the continued, escalating prohibition policies. Jay Bergstrom, Forest Ranch - --- MAP posted-by: Jay Bergstrom