Pubdate: Wed, 28 Mar 2001
Source: New York Times (NY)
Copyright: 2001 The New York Times Company
Contact:  http://www.nytimes.com/
Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/298
Author: Stephen Heath

TALK, DON'T TEST

re: Court Rulings Signal a Shift on Random Drug Tests In Schools, March 25)

It is good to see recent rulings moving us away from warrantless drug 
testing of students. Such tests are expensive, open to error and are an 
affront to respect and privacy.

If parents want to know whether their children are using drugs, why not ask 
them? The only logical reason they would respond with a lie is if they do 
not trust the person asking the question.

And if so, the relationship between parent and child needs more help then 
what is likely to come from a coerced urine test.

STEPHEN HEATH

Clearwater FL