RANDOM DRUG TESTS FOR HIGH SCHOOLERS

To the Editor:

Student drug testing is needed in all the schools in the United
States. Our children are dying at an alarming rate in this country.
The weapon of mass destruction is right here; it's called addiction.
Schools need to step up and starting helping to fight this so-called
war rather then hiding it.

My own son was buying his cocaine in a special-ed classroom in a
suburb of Southern New Jersey. Maybe had they drug-tested him it
wouldn't have gone on as long as it did. It's not that I was in
denial; I had no idea what to look for and never thought he would use
drugs.

Wake up, America! Start standing up and doing the right thing. Save
our children, of all ages -- children are using drugs as early as
fifth grade.

Drug testing should be mandatory in all schools.

Kathleen A. Dobbs

National Park

The writer is a co-founder of Parent-to-Parent, an organization that
helps parents find drug treatment for their children.