Drug Testing Gets Failing Grade

You know, it never ceases to amaze me how people can reject perfectly reasonable and obvious statements such as the above.

I mean no disrespect to the author who's website I've studied and who's message I wholeheartedly support.

No, I'm just disgusted that the voice of reason should be the minority.

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sure, let's start indoctrinating the youth. let's be sure they get used to the authorities taking their 'precious bodily fluids'.

it's important to the security of our nation that it's citzens are willing to accept as much gov't intrusion as is neccessary to control the human's base and basic immorality. right?

we should let our kid's grow up comfortable with a system that
forces an individual to supply evidence against oneself. screw the 5th amendment.

greed, and fear of usama bin laden are convincing us the rest of the Billl of Rights is irrelevant as it is. why keep any of it?

i worry about kid's using drugs too. i am the father of 2 teenagers. i would rather risk my kids getting high, than them getting used to a culture that lacks the rights of individuals.

you want to cut down on drug use? give kids hope. give them back the arts in schools. make it so that they can go to college without fear of terrible finacial burden for them or their parents. create an economy where there are jobs that pay more than minimum wage, and have benefits.

you'll notice the same people who cry for smaller gov't, are the same ppl. who won't spend less, they just spend it on taking away peoples rights. they need more money for more prisons, more cops, more laws, more restrictions on individuals. until every last one of us conforms to the morality they preach, but feel they don't need to apply to themselves.

meanwhile, they can't slander the 'liberals' enough for wanting to use those same dollars to alleviate the burdens on society that give rise to much of the drug use and crime that hurts our citizens daily.

then again, maybe kim jong-il has it right. program the kids early. make clear to them the narrow range of acceptable behaviour. delineate for them the punishments for transgression. enforce rigid conformity.we can get them used to the new order coming down the pike by forcing them to allow the state access to their precious bodily fluids, and go from there.

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Random drug testing of students is counterproductive. First of all, don't you think they will target African-Americans? Anyone who wants to look at someone's urine is sick! Telling students they are subject to random drug testing will only encourage them to use hard drugs such as cocaine that only stay in their system for about 3 days, whereas if someone smoked pot at a party a month ago, and they get tested, they could still turn up dirty.

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Eating a poppy seed roll will make you test positive for heroin! Natural canabinoids produced by the body after injury or illness can test positive for Marijauna! ANY kind of over the counter sinus medication contain ephedrine or preudoephedrine, can test positive for amphetamine!

WHY ARE WE NOT SCREAMING FROM THE ROOFTOPS!!! THE SHIT DON'T WORK!!!!!!!

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What a horrible idea. On so many levels. What a useless, invasive, totalitarian, warlike way of dealing with an over the top fear of drugs--of unconformity in general. The ACLU has been battling for years about pre-employment drug testing and random workplace drug testing for adults--now this? Now we add "hair testing" that can test for at least three months history (and is still controversial about being biased postive for African-American hair..)

Like the posters above--why do we not demand that our tax dollars be taken away from military and criminal institutions and their mentality and poured into health, education, quality of life for all our citizens, including our children--our future.

It makes me sick.

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They used their criminal justice club as much as they can with little or no effects as to drug addiction and use. Still they come back with even more intrusive ways to "catch" all the little addicts. With time you'll have to give a sample for your drivers license. With more time, to get your groceries, they'll need a sample. These people actually know no limits as to what they'll do. The ends ALWAYS justify the means with these people. These are the same people who have no problem locking up sick people who smoke pot. The drug czar says it's not medicine, who are we to say you're wrong.

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Government knows this approach doesn't work. Its about the Huge amounts of education tax dollars that can be siphoned from educating the young to enrich stock holders of the labs that run these tests. Its in their interest to get as many people going to the piss police as possible. that's why its so pervasive throughout our culture.
Employers have the added benefit of not having to pay doctor bills for even the slightest injury in unsafe work environments. Because some sorry S.O.B. smoked a little grass a week or two ago. Regardless of how dangerous their work is.
There are ways of dealing with people that have let their addictions impaired them at work whether the drugs are legal or illegal.
Unwarranted searches tell children that no matter how honest they are society, or for that matter their parents do trust them to take responsibility for themselves.
Prohibition did not work ether and after it was abolished and alcohol was regulated , taxed, and taken off the streets for illegal sale government finally got a hold on it. Even so it still can ruin lives today. Its addiction is treated like the disease that it is and kids need to be educated about the effects that any addiction could have on there future. Not brow beat into retreating from the world because they believe (and rightfully so) that they are not trust worthy. The money can be more wisely spent on teaching.

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I dont think that 1 good thing can come from this... great your blacklisted by your own schoolboard if your caught or found positive for drugs... What a kid does in his or her personal time is HIS OR HER decision. This invasion of privacy is bullshit and shouldnt be given the time of day. I personally think that these hypocritical bullshit thinkers in the government should get a clue... the idea that any person is going to subject students in this day and age from drug use is stupid... the idea that teenagers and even adults in the 60s, 70s, and 80s werent on drugs is a complete lie. I am personally tired of hearing that drugs are what is lowering our nations intellegence... Heres an idea *from a highschool student* how about you guys just lower class sizes and pay teachers more to care? personally i think the idea that spending rediculous amounts of money on drug testing is not only stupid but immoral. Great you found out i smoke pot lets say that you pretty much are going to be put into a survey and then demeaned for it. God forbid we use the 9th amendment... and for those of you who are a little rusty on your amendments the 9th amendment is a person Unemerated Rights.. That means unless the consitution doesnt allow privacy... We are granted it. I believe that whether or not a student uses is drugs is his or her own decision and therefore his or her privacy... But then again who uses the constitution anywho? For those that are in favor of this, Good luck you conservative pricks. I wish you whiny people the best of luck.

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