White House Drug Czar Recommends Drug Testing in Schools

Associated Press ^ | Oct. 8, 2003

[Wolfie]

White House Drug Czar Recommends Drug Testing in Schools

Boston -- President Bush's drug czar told New England governors Wednesday that drug testing in schools would be an effective way to combat what is a growing problem of drug use among young people, especially in the Northeast.

The region's six governors and John Walters, director of the Office of Drug Control Policy, met at Faneuil Hall in an anti-drug summit focusing on New England's heroin epidemic.

New England has more people ages 12 and over dependent on illegal drugs than any other region of the nation, according to Walters.

Heroin as cheap as $4 per bag has made it easier for young people to get hooked, he said.

"This is a tool that will make a difference," Walters said of drug testing of school children. "It's time has come."

New England has placed a "national face" on the growing heroin problem, said Karen Tandy, administrator of the Drug Enforcement Administration.

"It is a big business," Tandy told the governors and the assembled audience. "You might as well be sitting at the border of Colombia in this Northeast region."

High level heroin traffickers are transporting drugs directly to New England bypassing the traditional transport route through New York City, and are marketing heroin directly to children, Tandy said.

"Colombian traffickers have created what is in effect a franchise marketing system," Tandy said.

Tandy and several governors said more federal money is needed to combat the problem.

[Republicus2001]

Citizen Recommends Drug Testing in Public Offices

[fightu4it]

Random drug tests for Congressmen first.

Come on Congress, lead by example!

[TheOtherOne]

Walters is a pathetic excuse for an American.

Live free or die

[Support Free Republic]

Aww man! Enough of the fundraiser posts!!!

Only YOU can make fundraiser posts go away. Please contribute!

[U S Army EOD]

I would go along with that if they would test the faculty first.

[11th Earl of Mar]

Let's get right to it...

How about drug sniffing dogs at rock concerts?

[Wolfie]

Heroin as cheap as $4 per bag has made it easier for young people to get hooked, he said.

After 60 or so years of Prohibition, they've got the price down to kiddie levels. Way to go Drug Czar!

[thoughtomator]

I second that. Whatever they want to do to America's children should be done first to the children of the legislators.

[Elliott Jackalope]

Good Lord, they've finally done it. They've made heroin cheaper and easier to get than pot. Way to go drug warriors!

[Wolfie]

And with the Drug Czar running around saying pot is the most dangerous drug of all, he's steering the kids right to the hard stuff.

[Lexington Green]

Hell, no
We won't go

[Brian S]

I think the feds should just set up roving test centers that move from neighborhood to neighborhood.

All are tested. If they knock on your door and you answer, you are tested.

If you don't open the door, they come in anyway and have a look around.

Call it War on Terror and the sheeple will gladly comply.

Somebody has to "protect us"!!! /sarcasm off

[Trailerpark Badass]

Good Lord, they've finally done it. They've made heroin cheaper and easier to get than pot. Way to go drug warriors!

Hell, cheaper than cigarettes.

[GretchenEE]

interesting concept

[Tailback]

I say random drug tests on every single person recieving a paycheck from the government. Whether they are a politician, judge, attorney, teacher, or welfare recipient. If they test positive, the first time they get counseling, the second time no more checks.

[A CA Guy]

I can see that in some cases over limited areas as needed.

[Wolfie]

Random drug tests for Congressmen first.

Oddly enough, the only time the U.S. Supreme Court has ruled that drug tests are unconstitutional was when the state of Georgia tried to apply them to - you guessed it - judges and congressmen. Go figure.

[Protagoras]

My children do not attend these Nazi schools, but they would test them over my dead body.

[11B3]

Wonderful. Now we've got another McCaffrey that's out of control and willing to walk all over the Constitution to get his job accomplished.

It's Fed a$$holes like this guy that makes those of us who don't do drugs side with the legalization campaign. These crusaders are far more dangerous than any dealer - dealers merely fill a demand, while these JBTs force you into their product (a police/nanny state).