Slog - Comments on The Drug Czar Must Be Feeling Pissy http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/the_drug_czar_must_be_feeling_pissy_toda The Washington State Supreme Court this morning ruled unanimously that randomly testing students' urine for drugs violates the state's constitution. Drug tests now require suspicion of wrongdoing. Implementing and maintaining random drug-testing programs, which are allowed under federal law, is listed at the top of Bush’s 2008 national drug-control strategy. The Drug Czar's office argues that random drug testing reduces drug use, but the only peer-reviewed scientific study found it has no effect. The decision permanently ends the practice here. “The Washington Supreme Court gets the last word on the Washington Constitution,” says Aaron Caplan, a staff attorney for ACLU... Copyright 2008 Thu, 13 Mar 2008 12:45:11 -0800 Thu, 13 Mar 2008 16:29:27 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.34 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Comment by Fifty-Two-Eighty $36.1? Boy, that'll go a long way.

]]> Fifty-Two-Eighty http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/the_drug_czar_must_be_feeling_pissy_toda#c967624 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/the_drug_czar_must_be_feeling_pissy_toda#c967624 Drugs Thu, 13 Mar 2008 12:54:43 -0800 Comment by Will in Seattle Tell the ONDCP to spend their money in Afghanistan, where the source of the drug problem is.

]]> Will in Seattle http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/the_drug_czar_must_be_feeling_pissy_toda#c967636 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/the_drug_czar_must_be_feeling_pissy_toda#c967636 Drugs Thu, 13 Mar 2008 13:01:12 -0800 Comment by Dominic Holden The source of any drug problem is where the drugs are demanded, not supplied. And if the problem is in schools, as the ONDCP would argue, then they should stop spewing their failed just-say-"no" rhetoric and exaggerating of the harms of drugs. That's not working. Instead, the ONDCP should provide science-based education about the *actual* harms of drugs, how to use drugs more responsibly if kids do choose to use drugs, and how to quit or reduce drug use if they' are abusing drugs. That would reduce drug abuse in schools.

]]> Dominic Holden http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/the_drug_czar_must_be_feeling_pissy_toda#c967663 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/the_drug_czar_must_be_feeling_pissy_toda#c967663 Drugs Thu, 13 Mar 2008 13:12:58 -0800 Comment by NaFun Will, you really are retarded. None, or practically none, of Afghanistan's copious opium and hashish ever make it to US users, they're going to Iran and Europe. Americans get their heroin from Mexico and South America.

the source of the drug problem is the drug war. period.

]]> NaFun http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/the_drug_czar_must_be_feeling_pissy_toda#c967700 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/the_drug_czar_must_be_feeling_pissy_toda#c967700 Drugs Thu, 13 Mar 2008 13:27:09 -0800 Comment by bree I concur! The idea of random drug testing rubs me wrong EVERYWHERE.

]]> bree http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/the_drug_czar_must_be_feeling_pissy_toda#c967708 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/the_drug_czar_must_be_feeling_pissy_toda#c967708 Drugs Thu, 13 Mar 2008 13:30:22 -0800 Comment by Dougsf Not to mention drug testing is very expensive. Hiring additional (or any) counselor(s) could go a lot further in keeping these kids healthy.

]]> Dougsf http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/the_drug_czar_must_be_feeling_pissy_toda#c967714 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/the_drug_czar_must_be_feeling_pissy_toda#c967714 Drugs Thu, 13 Mar 2008 13:32:43 -0800 Comment by Westside forever Wow, a rational, non-frothing at the mouth, non ass-covering political decision by "the authorities" regarding the rights of high school student to not be subject to random searches of their body fluids.

How refreshing--kudos to the Supremes!

Funny how many double negatives it takes to even comment on this issue in this day and age.

]]> Westside forever http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/the_drug_czar_must_be_feeling_pissy_toda#c968176 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/the_drug_czar_must_be_feeling_pissy_toda#c968176 Drugs Thu, 13 Mar 2008 16:29:27 -0800