DRUG TESTING ERODES TRUST

Regarding "School drug testing faces test in court," (March 19): As a high
school student, I can understand that administrator's wish to keep schools
drug-free - this is certainly their responsibility. However, invading
students' privacy by drug testing those who participate in school
activities will not discourage drug use. These invasions foment
anti-administration sentiment among students, and will only discourage them
from participating in extracurricular activities.

In this age of rocky relations between students and faculty, the last thing
high schools need is for students to cast a distrustful eye toward
administrations. Invading the privacy of students, most of whom do not use
drugs, is an unnecessary and unjust act.

Justin Weitz,
Englewood, N.J.