Pubdate: Sat, 1 Feb 2003 Source: Honolulu Star-Bulletin (HI) Contact: 2003 Honolulu Star-Bulletin Website: http://www.starbulletin.com/ Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/196 Author: Pauline Arellano Related: http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v03/n077/a06.html Bookmark: http://www.mapinc.org/testing.htm (Drug Testing) Bookmark: http://www.mapinc.org/youth.htm (Youth) DRUG TESTS WILL TEACH STUDENTS RESPONSIBILITY The Makanis are blowing. Change already has begun. The Department of Human Services and the Department of Health now are working together. A new mental-health court has begun in Hilo. It's nice to see positive changes so soon after the election. We should demand that our schools be drug free. The ice epidemic is so huge that no family is immune. There is nothing wrong with expecting our children to obey the law and to learn early that illegal behavior has serious consequences. Only when you admit and identify the problem can you begin to search for an answer, and get them the help they need. Our kids deserve no less. Pauline Arellano Mililani - --- MAP posted-by: Doc-Hawk