Pubdate: Sun, 07 Jul 2002
Source: Daily Advertiser, The (LA)
Copyright: 2002 South Louisiana Publishing
Contact:  http://www.theadvertiser.com/
Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/1670
Author: Justin DeBlanc

STUDENTS SHOULD NOT BE MADE TO TAKE DRUG TESTS

The Supreme Court put high school students on notice that if students want 
to be in extracurricular activities, they may be required to take drug tests.

I don't think that students should have to take drug tests at all. This 
includes playing sports. What we do in our off time is our own business and 
nobody else should know about it.

The government feels it is preventing, deterring and detecting drug use by 
doing this testing, but consumers can go to any store and buy pills or 
liquid to clean their systems out.

If drug testing becomes a reality, the student can give the answer he wants 
them to have. Plus, drug testing is a waste of money, and that is something 
Louisiana doesn't have.

Justin DeBlanc

Lafayette High
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