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Originally posted by Kirk Wiscombe:
Hovpen, I'm not sure which side of the fence your standing on. What Kansas schools test? I'm just curious. And I'm not sure I would in favor of it. And by the way, I appreciate your web site!
Lets just say that I am against testing kids in high schools for drugs. The purpose of high schools is to teach, not to punish or condem and they have gotten way away from that purpose, having to be parent, teacher, policeman, baby-sitter and all the other stuff we have piled on people who only want to teach.
I see drug testing as a continuation of this country moving towards a police state and I am totally against that. What ever happened to the old method of a coach seeing a kid drinking and punishing him. I just think schools have too much to do now that have been tossed on them.
I do remember when I was with the Courier, that Caldwell had testing. They lost several athletes due to smoking for a few games. And I believe this was challanged, but I'm not sure how the results came out. Foggy memory due to age and just fed up with the system and don't give a darn anymore.