BILL OUTLAWING URINE TEST KITS IN WORKS

To The Editor: The Times-News editorial of Thursday hit home for me --
"State should outlaw urine kits." Readers should know that this law is
drafted for North Carolina. In mid-August I drafted a law for North Carolina
mirroring the South Carolina law. Unfortunately I learned of the problem
after it was far past the April deadline for introducing new legislation.

For the remainder of the session I along with several General Assembly
attorneys searched for an appropriate bill in process that could be amended
to include my draft. There was no such bill found available.

Today I contacted the lead bill drafting attorney and renewed the work to
pass this law in 2002. Surely every legislator will vote to make it illegal
in North Carolina to sell urine to help people cheat on drug tests.

Trudi Walend

Brevard, NC