Editor,

This is in response to Kenneth Mundt's letter on July 13, "Officials should drug-test every student." To begin with, there isn't a huge illegal drug problem in most public schools. I attend Coloma High School, one of the first schools to adopt the practice of drug testing athletes. To me, and most everyone involved, this is a gross invasion of privacy. The only reason that it is legal for them to drug-test athletes is on shaky ground that drugs mixed with grueling exercise could cause a student to pass out or die.

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