Pubdate: Tue, 23 Oct 2007 Source: Honolulu Advertiser (HI) Copyright: 2007 The Honolulu Advertiser, a division of Gannett Co. Inc. Contact: http://www.honoluluadvertiser.com/ Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/195 Author: Carl L. Jacobs Testing, Searches STUDENTS HAVE RIGHT TO DRUG-FREE EDUCATION Volcanic Ash was spot on (Oct. 10) and Richard S. Miller (Oct. 12) missed the target way to the left. The teacher drug tests and student searches are not erosions of our students' freedoms. They are a return to the safe education system that we had before the ultra-liberals took control of the education system in the '70s. Our students' right to an education free of fear, alcohol and drugs is as paramount as my right to safe air travel or automobile travel free of drunken drivers. One only needs to look at the recent school shooting in Cleveland, Ohio, a student's arsenal discovered in Norristown, Penn., and the 12 ice-related arrests on Kaua'i to acknowledge the real threat to the liberty and safety they deserve. The two drug policies, one established based upon employment contract, guarantee security while ensuring equal rights for all. Carl L. Jacobs 'Aiea - --- MAP posted-by: Beth Wehrman