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Posted on 10/08/2002 4:35:09 AM PDT by Wolfie
This is getting out of control. What if a kid, hangs out with 5 buddies who all smoke cigarettes, but never smokes himself...how would he test? Since all the news about second hand smoke, I would assume traces of 'smoking' would appear in the non-smoker as well.
Hold it, hold it.
Stupid Science Alert.
This means that people who are quitting smoking with Nicorette gum or the Patch will flunk the test.
Idiots.
Did these Commandants ever hear of the Forbidden Fruit theory?
I thought children went to skool to be educated! It seems the focus has changed to survival.
Let's see if I understand this argument. It's not Jason's smoking that keeps him off the football team, it's the test. And of course, if we don't permit Jason to break team rules and state laws, then he'll end up being a lawbreaker.
"Rights" as outlined in the Constitution and elsewhere are important. I get so tired of legitimite rights being trivialized by those who think there should be no laws and no rules, or at least no penalties for breaking them. What "rights" are being violated by the tests? The "right" to break the state law? The "right" to ignore the football team rules? The "right" of children to addict themselves?
None. The Supreme Court has ruled as such. I'm not sure what the "violating kid's rights" crowd is getting at. Maybe they missed last year's case.
For now. They will die and there will be another case. The law of the land is a temporary thing. Hopefully so in this case. Nevertheless, I can't help but speak up about the constant government encrosion into the personal lives and habits of people without the probable cause required in the Constitution. I cannot explain why SCOTUS may not see the Constitution that way, but I do. And in this case I happen to be right.
Yep, tobacco is the real gateway drug (along with alcohol). I'm sure the FR Drug Warriors support the coming War On Tobacco And Alcohol.
Let me see if I get this right. Smoking a Marlboro can be the start of addiction to other drugs, but smoking marijuana cannot?
Use is not the same as addiction.
to other drugs, but smoking marijuana cannot?
Either one can be chronologically prior to the use of other drugs. If that makes marijuana a "gateway drug" it also makes tobacco a "gateway drug."
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If the sheeple parents AND students don't do anything about it they can expect more of the same.
Lines are being drawn, and the school system is crossing every one of them.
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