SCHOOL DRUG TESTING WORKS

Sir - While arguments may be made for and against random testing for illicit
drugs in school children, it does offer the kids a powerful incentive to
just say no.

It is difficult for many children to back down from using drugs under peer
pressure. The random testing programme gives them a straight forward "out".
It gives them the validity to just say no without further recrimination and
pressure.

A school district in Texas has reported remarkable results in reducing drug
use among its children by a random test programme.

Phillip R. Dolamore