IT'S WRONG TO STRIP PEOPLE OF THEIR RIGHTS

Let's be clear about what Sen. Robert Bunda, Governor Lingle and city
prosecutor Peter Carlisle are all trying to foist upon us (Star-Bulletin,
Jan 16): They are proposing that certain U.S. citizens be subjected to drug
testing without their consent, without probable cause, without a shred of
evidence that they're using drugs.

What if a student vehemently refuses to be tested? What punishment will that
student get for standing up for his civil rights? And does anyone seriously
believe that if this usurpation of the civil rights of minors is successful,
that some ambitious politician won't then propose doing it to adults -- for
our own collective good, of course?

Jim Henshaw

Kailua