Pubdate: Mon, 01 Apr 2002
Source: Las Vegas Sun (NV)
Copyright: 2002 Las Vegas Sun, Inc
Contact:  http://www.lasvegassun.com/
Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/234
Author: Allan Erickson
Referenced: http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v02/n595/a03.html
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PUBLIC HOUSING RULING IS ABSURD

The March 28 Las Vegas Sun editorial, "Zero tolerance for zero tolerance," 
is greatly appreciated. The absurdity of the recent Supreme Court ruling on 
drugs and public housing is, well, intolerable.

The decision to follow a zero-tolerance approach toward drugs aligns well 
with the recent statements made about the student fighting drug testing in 
Oklahoma. Only bullies pick on the elderly and children. Only bigots use 
epithets like "druggie" and I was shocked to read that a member of the 
Supreme Court used the term in the student drug-testing case.

What country is this again? We lead the world in our incarceration rates. 
We seize medicine from sick people and confiscate their legal and medical 
records. Now we will begin giving old folks the boot for what their 
relatives do? Perhaps the citizens of the United States should adopt the 
same zero-tolerance policy toward its elected (and appointed) leaders.

ALLAN ERICKSON,
Eugene, Ore.
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