TAKING DRUG TEST LIKE TAKING TEST IN SCHOOL

I disagree with the letter in the Aug. 15 edition about the Supreme Court
considering a case which could make it mandatory for students to take a
drug test for after school activities is off base.

The young girl from Mississippi thinks this is violating the 4th Amendment
(her rights). The letter writer thinks the test would make people look upon
him as a bad person just like putting a label on him.

A drug test is just like a test you take in the classroom. If you don't do
drugs you pass the test (A+). If you do drugs you fail the test (F). Simple
as can be.

What in the world makes anyone think that they are so high and mighty that
they can believe only those who participate in school functions do drugs.
Think again.

I think that if they can take God and prayers out of our schools they
surely can take drugs out.

I have, as recently as two weeks ago, spoken to my state and local
officials about passing a bill about having eighth-through 12th-graders who
attend school in Louisiana tested for drugs.

Athletes and students who participate in after-school functions are by far
not the ones who do drugs! Walk the streets and malls on Friday and
Saturdays. Recognize the athletes and after-school participants and the
ones who do drugs. They drag the malls, drink, sit on their duffs and then
talk about not wanting to take a drug test.

The letter writer can do me a favor. Take a drug test. Prove you are
drug-free and you earned an A+.

M.M. Thibodeaux, Church Point