|
Newsbrief:
Illinois
Bill
Would
Require
Drug
Tests
for
Teen
Drivers,
Touted
as
Anti-Methamphetamine
Measure
2/18/05
https://stopthedrugwar.org/chronicle-old/375/illinoisbill.shtml
Illinois state Rep. Roger
Eddy (R-Hutsonville) this
week introduced a bill that would require all Illinois high school
students to pass a drug test before they could receive their drivers' permits.
While Eddy touted the measure as a means of squelching methamphetamine
use among teens, any such measure is much more likely to ensnare teenager
marijuana smokers.
According to the Monitoring
The Future annual surveys of teenage drug use, 45% of high school seniors
reported having used marijuana, while only 6% reported having used methamphetamines.
Similarly, given marijuana's tendency to stay in the blood system for a
long period, a kid who smoked a joint two weeks before a drug test is more
likely to come up positive than one who spent the weekend tweaking.
But for Eddy, that is not
the issue. Instead, he said, requiring drivers' license drug tests would
give teens a "peer-acceptable" reason not to do speed. "There's a real
methamphetamine problem in rural Illinois... at that age when they're getting
their learners permits," said Eddy, who is also a school superintendent
in a rural area near the
Indiana border. "This could
give a reason to give to counter the pressure -- 'No, I want to be able
to get my permit,'" he explained to the St. Louis Post-Dispatch.
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Issue #375
-- 2/18/05
Souder
Circus:
Committee
Head
Attacks
Harm
Reduction
and
Its
Advocates
in
Hearing,
Hints
at
International
Funding
Crackdown
--
Reformers
Make
Strong
Showing
During
Circus-Like
Proceeding
|
Bush
Drug
Budget
Places
Drug
Czar
in
Hot
Seat
Before
Congress
|
Illinois
Medical
Marijuana
Bill
Stymied
by
Drug
Czar
Appearance
--
for
Now
|
Baseball
on
Drugs:
Battered
by
Scandal,
the
Major
Leagues
Embrace
Drug
Testing
|
Blogging:
Reuters
Piece
Questions
Validity
of
Mexican
Drug
War
but
Fails
to
Point
out
the
Logical
Conclusion
of
Legalization
|
Newsbrief:
This
Week's
Corrupt
Cop
Stories
|
Newsbrief:
Bush
Administration
Appeals
Ruling
Allowing
Religious
Ayahuasca
Use
|
Newsbrief:
California
Medical
Marijuana
Patients
Sue
Schwarzenegger,
Highway
Patrol
Over
Pot
Seizures
|
Newsbrief:
Medical
Marijuana
Bills
DOA
in
Iowa,
South
Dakota
--
Iowa
Supreme
Court
Adds
Insult
to
Injury
|
Newsbrief:
Illinois
Bill
Would
Require
Drug
Tests
for
Teen
Drivers,
Touted
as
Anti-Methamphetamine
Measure
|
Newsbrief:
DEA
Head
Urges
Fatwas
Against
Drugs
in
Pakistan
|
Newsbrief:
New
Research
Suggests
Student
Drug
Use
Surveys
Miss
the
Mark
|
Newsbrief:
Heartland
Hysteria
--
Bag
of
Dirt
Gets
First
Grader
Punished
as
Doper
|
This
Week
in
History
|
SSDP
Seeking
Contacts
in
Maine
for
March
Campaign
|
The
Reformer's
Calendar
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