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US KY: OPED: 'Drugs Are Everywhere'

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URL: http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v07/n1073/a03.html
Newshawk: Educators For Sensible Drug Policy: http://www.efsdp.org
Pubdate: Mon, 17 Sep 2007
Source: Courier-Journal, The (Louisville, KY)
Copyright: 2007 The Courier-Journal
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Website: http://www.courier-journal.com/
Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/97
Note: Only publishes local LTEs
Author: Stephanie Harris
Bookmark: http://www.mapinc.org/testing.htm (Drug Testing)

'DRUGS ARE EVERYWHERE'

Should all Kentucky counties and all Kentucky schools test their student athletes for drugs?

Well, can't we agree that drugs are found more commonly in schools today then they were 30 years ago?

And can't we also agree that probably most of those consuming narcotics today are teens between the ages of 15 and 18 years old? On any given day, I could have walked the hallways of my high school and spied two people standing off to the side and trading something in their hands while classes were changing.

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MAP posted-by: Richard Lake

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