THIS SMELLS OF PROHIBITION

Re: An erosion of rights, editorial, July 1.

You published an excellent editorial regarding the recent U.S. Supreme
Court ruling about drug testing for school children. You have certainly
fulfilled your civic and professional obligation to question the
government, and you did so quite eloquently.

The social climate created by urine testing under duress is very sour. Our
society is harmed by such a stupid policy, and the courts shirk their
responsibility by allowing such a travesty when the constitutionality of
the procedure is highly questionable. As your writer pointed out, the
procedure is demeaning and certainly violates the spirit and the letter of
the Fourth Amendment, the age of the citizen notwithstanding. It carries
the unmistakable stench of a zealous prohibition. --

Richard Sinnott, Fort Pierce