WINFIELD, W.Va. -- Following the lead of neighboring Kanawha County, Putnam County School Board is inching closer to instituting a volunteer drug testing program for middle and high school students throughout the county.

Sara Whitney, the facilitator for the Drug Endangered Children's Task Force for Putnam County, said. "Monday, we proposed to the School Board a program called IDEA, Independent Drug-free Education and Awareness. It is a voluntary random drug testing service that parents can sign their children up for through their child's school.

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