GROUP SUPPLIES FREE DRUG-TEST KITS

A group led by an emergency room doctor and a former NATO commander on
Monday began giving out drug testing kits and encouraged parents to use
them at home on their kids.

Drug Free America Inc., founded by Dr. Doug Smith of West Palm Beach,
dropped thousands of kits off with community leaders in Broward and Orange
counties to make them available to parents who request them. Gen. Alexander
Haig, the former leader of NATO forces in eastern Europe and now spokesman
for Drug Free America, said the kits provide a good reason to parents to
talk to their children about drugs.

"It is integral that we, as a nation, unite in the war on drugs," Haig
said. "These kits and this campaign afford parents the opportunity to
openly communicate their views of drug use to their children."

The kits are free and can be used at home. Results can be checked
anonymously by telephone seven days after a urine sample is mailed to the
national lab in a postage-paid envelope provided in the kits.

The test kits include a small plastic cup for a urine sample and a vial in
which to send it. They also include a code number for each kit so no names
need to be used.

Everything from the postage to the supplies to the laboratory results is
paid for by Drug Free America through private donations, Smith said.

The kits feature simple instructions and crisis telephone numbers for teens
and parents. More information -- or a request for a kit -- can be found at:

http://www.drugscreen.com/