Reply #50: How about if I talk to my kids and spend time with my kids...

[Mithras61]

and kinow who my kids are and what they're doing, and if I feel a need to have my kids checked, I can take him in? Why should the school have anything to do with it? Why should the government be involved in any way?

Do I want to know if my kid is using or selling? You bet. I'm pretty certain that (since I have a pretty solid relationship with my kids) I'd be able to tell without having the school test him. If I had any doubts, though, he'd be off to the local lab for testing, and the school would most definitely NOT get the results.

I'm sorry about your friend's son. I know it can happen in even the best of families. It's part of why I make surprise visits to my son's school and clean out his locker at randomm intervals. He squawks every time, but I know what's in it and what he's up to. I don't need the school butting into my private affairs or those of my kids to find out if he's up to anything.

Your "solution" is how they put drug testing through at the Federal level. Originally, it was only for jobs like Air Traffic Controller and other high-risk jobs. Then it gradually became required for every job in the government, then for every company that bids on Federal contracts. Now, to get a job at the local car wash you have to have a urinalysis. What's up with THAT?