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Students Volunteer for
Drug Testing
Wednesday, February
5, 2003 Posted: 9:42 AM EST (1442 GMT)
OJAI, California
(AP) -- Students at two Southern California high schools volunteered
to be placed on a list to be drug-tested, giving them an excuse to
say no if offered drugs.
"We're not
interested in catching kids," explained James Berube, the school
district's assistant superintendent of Business Services. "We're
interested in helping kids in our community."
The district will
assemble a list of volunteers and randomly pick an as-yet-undecided
number of students to test each month.
The program gives
students "a magic card they can pull out of their sleeve," according
to the Nordhoff Parent Association. They can say no to those who try
to persuade them to take drugs, telling them that they might be
tested and their parents will be informed if they test positive.
Testing will be
done by staff from Ojai Valley Community Hospital. Students will be
tested for eight substances, including alcohol, marijuana and
cocaine.
Ojai is 70 miles
northwest of Los Angeles in Ventura County.
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