TESTING ONLY STEERS KIDS TOWARD OTHER DRUGS

I would like to share some news for parents who plan on "drug
testing" their children, "Putting parental suspicions to rest" July
24.

Marijuana, the safest drug containing substance known to man, stays
in the body and will show up in drug tests for over a month. This
means that you will be able to tell, for at least a month, if your
child has used, or been exposed to cannabis.

Hard drugs like heroin, methamphetamine, cocaine and alcohol are
completely flushed from the body in less than two days. This means
that your child could use hard drugs and only two days later produce
a clean drug test!

Young people are not stupid and since prohibition results in zero
regulation, guess which drugs your kids will gravitate towards, once
you start testing them? Congratulations! You are now pushing your
children towards the use of hard drugs.

Signed: Lee Eisenstein, Watsonville, CA