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By Bull on 11-14-08
Time to say NO to this invasion of our Bill of Rights. Obviously the corrupt gov seeks to get everyone into the system to better control them and of course bleed their pocketbook. We used to teach individual responsibility and liberty. Now we teach bogus environmental tax for world government and destruction of America. Take a hike you dumbed down do gooder administrators. You are just ushering in tyranny. Shame on you for being so ignorant.
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By didjaknow on 11-15-08
I don’t recall where in the Bill of Rights it states the protected freedom of using drugs/alcohol when while in High School. The proposed random drug testing is to teach individual responsibility and liberty. The responsibility when faced with a decision whether or not to come to high or while at school to engage in any drug activity. Then the liberty to fully engage in the opportunities of being educated while in the class room or to enjoy participation in activities such as sports, clubs, music etc. And also the liberty to be able to not have one of your classmates be high, needing to get high, or coming down from being high.
Thank you Flathead Beacon for continuing to focus on the efforts of committed educators and community in keeping our children safe. Call me a ‘do gooder’ any day.
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By Paul the truth teller on 11-20-08
I know a few kids going to Whitefish school district. Because of these random drug test that mostly only identifies cannabis (due to it staying in the body for about a month) have told me that they are now more interested in alcohol, cocaine, meth or heroin since it flushes from the body in just a few days. Why wouldn’t they think like this… the Feds (and many others) teach pot is as dangerous as those hard/addictive drugs so when kids try/use pot and find that the catastrophic harm propaganda about pot was a lie they also think the dangers of the hard drugs must be exaggerated also. What should we due about this issue; tell our kids the truth and reject scare tactics that distort it.
Parents; Drug testers flaunt that their programs will slow drug use when in reality it pushes kid that want to experiment to hard drugs that don’t stay in the body but a few days. The school drug test pushers are interested only in the tax money they get from your pocket to punish and put a label on your kids for what a good percentage of you did yourself while growing up. Why don’t you parents that like the idea of drug testing just tell your kids outright that you don’t trust them to make decisions in life, alienate them from adults and forget about teaching them the unexaggerated truth about mind altering drugs. Buy the way, why don’t you also tell them that alcohol and tobacco (which kill thousands per year) are safer then pot because they are legal (that was sarcasm if you didn’t get it).
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Let’s be civil. The Flathead Beacon encourages vigorous discussion and lively debate, but we will delete comments that attack other readers, make accusations we can’t verify, stray too far off topic, criticize local businesses (call them if you have a problem), convict someone of a crime, use profanity or are simply judged to be in bad taste. We don’t always have someone moderating comments, so we ask for your help: If you see a comment that violates these ground rules, or you simply deem it offensive, please e-mail editor [at] flatheadbeacon.com. The views expressed in the comments section do not reflect those of the Beacon.
By Bull on 11-14-08
Time to say NO to this invasion of our Bill of Rights. Obviously the corrupt gov seeks to get everyone into the system to better control them and of course bleed their pocketbook. We used to teach individual responsibility and liberty. Now we teach bogus environmental tax for world government and destruction of America. Take a hike you dumbed down do gooder administrators. You are just ushering in tyranny. Shame on you for being so ignorant.
By didjaknow on 11-15-08
I don’t recall where in the Bill of Rights it states the protected freedom of using drugs/alcohol when while in High School. The proposed random drug testing is to teach individual responsibility and liberty. The responsibility when faced with a decision whether or not to come to high or while at school to engage in any drug activity. Then the liberty to fully engage in the opportunities of being educated while in the class room or to enjoy participation in activities such as sports, clubs, music etc. And also the liberty to be able to not have one of your classmates be high, needing to get high, or coming down from being high.
Thank you Flathead Beacon for continuing to focus on the efforts of committed educators and community in keeping our children safe. Call me a ‘do gooder’ any day.
By Paul the truth teller on 11-20-08
I know a few kids going to Whitefish school district. Because of these random drug test that mostly only identifies cannabis (due to it staying in the body for about a month) have told me that they are now more interested in alcohol, cocaine, meth or heroin since it flushes from the body in just a few days. Why wouldn’t they think like this… the Feds (and many others) teach pot is as dangerous as those hard/addictive drugs so when kids try/use pot and find that the catastrophic harm propaganda about pot was a lie they also think the dangers of the hard drugs must be exaggerated also. What should we due about this issue; tell our kids the truth and reject scare tactics that distort it.
Parents; Drug testers flaunt that their programs will slow drug use when in reality it pushes kid that want to experiment to hard drugs that don’t stay in the body but a few days. The school drug test pushers are interested only in the tax money they get from your pocket to punish and put a label on your kids for what a good percentage of you did yourself while growing up. Why don’t you parents that like the idea of drug testing just tell your kids outright that you don’t trust them to make decisions in life, alienate them from adults and forget about teaching them the unexaggerated truth about mind altering drugs. Buy the way, why don’t you also tell them that alcohol and tobacco (which kill thousands per year) are safer then pot because they are legal (that was sarcasm if you didn’t get it).