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White House Drug Czar Recommends Drug Testing in Schools
Associated Press ^ | Oct. 8, 2003

Posted on 10/08/2003 3:32:41 PM PDT by 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.


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Front Page News
KEYWORDS: addiction; drugtesting; drugwar; johnwalters; teens; wodlist
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1 posted on 10/08/2003 3:32:42 PM PDT by Wolfie
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To: Wolfie
Citizen Recommends Drug Testing in Public Offices
2 posted on 10/08/2003 3:34:19 PM PDT by Republicus2001
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To: Wolfie
Random drug tests for Congressmen first.

Come on Congress, lead by example!

3 posted on 10/08/2003 3:34:32 PM PDT by fightu4it (conquest by immigration and subversion spells the end of US.)
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To: Wolfie
Walters is a pathetic excuse for an American.

Live free or die

4 posted on 10/08/2003 3:34:58 PM PDT by TheOtherOne
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Aww man! Enough of the fundraiser posts!!!
Only YOU can make fundraiser posts go away. Please contribute!

5 posted on 10/08/2003 3:35:08 PM PDT by Support Free Republic (Your support keeps Free Republic going strong!)
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To: Wolfie
I would go along with that if they would test the faculty first.
6 posted on 10/08/2003 3:35:56 PM PDT by U S Army EOD (Feeling my age, but wanting to feel older)
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To: Wolfie
Let's get right to it...

How about drug sniffing dogs at rock concerts?
7 posted on 10/08/2003 3:36:28 PM PDT by 11th Earl of Mar
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To: *Wod_list; jmc813; MrLeRoy
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!

8 posted on 10/08/2003 3:36:49 PM PDT by Wolfie
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To: fightu4it
I second that. Whatever they want to do to America's children should be done first to the children of the legislators.
9 posted on 10/08/2003 3:38:01 PM PDT by thoughtomator (TANSTAAFL)
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To: Wolfie
Good Lord, they've finally done it. They've made heroin cheaper and easier to get than pot. Way to go drug warriors!
10 posted on 10/08/2003 3:39:37 PM PDT by Elliott Jackalope (We send our kids to Iraq to fight for them, and they send our jobs to India. Now THAT'S gratitude!)
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To: Elliott Jackalope
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.
11 posted on 10/08/2003 3:41:22 PM PDT by Wolfie
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To: Wolfie
Hell, no
We won't go
12 posted on 10/08/2003 3:41:31 PM PDT by Lexington Green (FREE TOMMY CHONG)
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To: 11th Earl of Mar
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
13 posted on 10/08/2003 3:42:37 PM PDT by Brian S (Government is not the solution to our problem. Government is the problem...RWReagan)
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To: 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!

Hell, cheaper than cigarettes.

14 posted on 10/08/2003 3:42:51 PM PDT by Trailerpark Badass
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To: Wolfie
interesting concept
15 posted on 10/08/2003 3:43:33 PM PDT by GretchenEE (Liberals CANNOT be trusted with national security (excepting maybe Norm Dicks).)
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To: Wolfie
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.
16 posted on 10/08/2003 3:43:48 PM PDT by Tailback
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To: Wolfie
I can see that in some cases over limited areas as needed.
17 posted on 10/08/2003 3:44:03 PM PDT by A CA Guy (God Bless America, God bless and keep safe our fighting men and women.)
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To: fightu4it
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.

18 posted on 10/08/2003 3:45:55 PM PDT by Wolfie
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To: Wolfie
My children do not attend these Nazi schools, but they would test them over my dead body.
19 posted on 10/08/2003 3:46:03 PM PDT by Protagoras (Putting government in charge of morality is like putting pedophiles in charge of children.)
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To: Wolfie
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).
20 posted on 10/08/2003 3:46:34 PM PDT by 11B3 (Old enough to remember the real America, young enough to fight to bring it back.)
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