CIVIL-RIGHTS SACRIFICE

Letter-writer Jerry Kroll asks: "If athletes can be tested, why not
ferry crews?"

If ferry workers were offered multimillion-dollar contracts, as
athletes are, I'm sure they would be willing to sacrifice some of
their civil rights in exchange.

There's a reason why we don't see wealthy athletes complaining about
random drug testing.

If ferry workers really are smoking marijuana on duty, it may be a
side-effect of marijuana prohibition. When you're not allowed to
smoke it anywhere, you might as well smoke it anywhere.

Imagine what our society would be like if there were no pubs and it
was illegal to have a drink, even in your own home. Actually, you
don't have to imagine it, just google "alcohol prohibition."

George Kosinski, Gibsons