Editorial “Solanco’s drug policy must go” observes:
“Solanco refers to the drug testing on a consent form as ‘voluntary,’ but it is anything but. Refuse to sign, and you’re out of luck….
“There are exceptions. For example, with transit employees, where public safety is paramount… But drug testing of public school students who participate in extra-curricular activities? Hardly. They are among the most dedicated and conscientious students who are the least likely to experiment with drugs.
“Random drug testing of these students without cause is intrusive and ineffective, providing little or no return to students or the school district.”
WATCHDOG: Three wags of the tail!
Two decades of working with those who oppose the War on Drugs taught us that fellow oponents are both liberals and conservatives, aas are the dwindling number of it supporters.
For example, as much as we admire Vice-President Joe Biden, he is an ignoramus on these issues. It is hard to believe he holds such views having ridden the train to Wilmington so many times with former Senator Arlen Specter who held much more enlightened views… after an initial decade of blundering.
For reasons we do not understand, the Lancaster newspapers do not publish all of their editorials on line. We regret we cannot link to the March 27 column.
