DRUG TESTS WILL TEACH STUDENTS RESPONSIBILITY

The Makanis are blowing. Change already has begun. The Department of Human
Services and the Department of Health now are working together. A new
mental-health court has begun in Hilo. It's nice to see positive changes so
soon after the election.

We should demand that our schools be drug free. The ice epidemic is so huge
that no family is immune. There is nothing wrong with expecting our children
to obey the law and to learn early that illegal behavior has serious
consequences. Only when you admit and identify the problem can you begin to
search for an answer, and get them the help they need. Our kids deserve no
less.

Pauline Arellano

Mililani