Comments on: Drug Dogs To Be Used Daily In Escambia Schools

By: David Huie Green

David Huie Green — Mon, 23 Aug 2010 15:41:50 +0000

REGARDING:
” lack of control law enforcement seems to have on these dogs ”

Drug dogs don’t get angry at the scent of drugs. They are trained to sniff them by having the drugs in a tennis ball they play with. Thus they associate drugs with happy play time.

Just to be safe, though, those in doubt might consider not having any.

David with sister-in-law
who used to train them
in Hinton, West Virginia

By: worriedmom

worriedmom — Mon, 23 Aug 2010 13:13:30 +0000

My biggest concern with this is the recent attacks and lack of control law enforcement seems to have on these dogs . I hope they plan on keeping them on a leash.

By: MAKO

MAKO — Mon, 23 Aug 2010 11:09:13 +0000

using the dogs is a good idea, it takes away the argument for racial profiling.
the dogs don’t look at color, they sniff for drugs. if your child doesn’t have any thats good, if they do you need to know so that they can be helped before it’s to late.

By: Parentwithabrain

Parentwithabrain — Sun, 22 Aug 2010 18:23:02 +0000

Wow! All I can say is THANK GOD I FLED ESCAMBIA COUNTY !!!

By: citizen

citizen — Sat, 21 Aug 2010 06:30:04 +0000

That 36,000 would have at least cut my school material list this year a little. We had to make three trips back to the car just to get everything in we were told we had to buy. Where does all that lottery and tax money go???

By: Just An Old Soldier

Just An Old Soldier — Sat, 21 Aug 2010 04:38:51 +0000

Once again, with emphasis – NO DRUGS IN OUR SCHOOLS.

It’s not just Right, it’s the LAW. It applies to everyone in school or on school grounds.

Hope the School Board approves random drug testing too – for everyone in school (Admin and Teachers too)

By: Darryl

Darryl — Fri, 20 Aug 2010 18:26:11 +0000

The problem is all of society is exposed to drugs, both good and bad. Alcohol, tobacco and even over the counter drugs are in everyday life. Children should be taught what is good and bad and how to respect them when appropriate. Demonizing certain drugs, such as pot, when tobacco kills far more people is part of the problem.

I’m not advocating selling or allowing drugs in schools, but think society, parents and schools should approach the subject with far more honesty and intelligence than we currently exhibit. I wouldn’t even allow sodas in school if it was left to me for health reasons.

By: Just An Old Soldier

Just An Old Soldier — Fri, 20 Aug 2010 15:51:34 +0000

It’s tough enough to teach our children in today’s society, drugs don’t need to be in that mix.

Illegal drugs in our schools is a detriment to our children, and the presence of drugs in schools is a cancer to our society.

It is not a “right” or a privilege. It is not hypocritical to say that drugs should not be in the hands of children. It is not hypocritical to say that drug possession is against the law – it IS against the LAW.

They should run those K-9s through more often than they already have planned. Our community doesn’t need its children exposed to drugs (by anyone) in an institution of Education.

By: Terrific

Terrific — Fri, 20 Aug 2010 04:29:36 +0000

I think this is great! The sooner we teach the kids that they have no rights and that the United States is a police state and not a democracy the better. If they want to be free they need to move elsewhere. Kids need to understand that in this country people love to stand on the sidelines and cheer their fellow Americans getting persecuted and locked up for pursuing their own happiness and treating their own medical ailments, and for simply using bad judgement. There is no forgiveness in our society. That’s just for church on Sunday’s.

I think soon our children will understand what a lie democracy and freedom is and what cruel, hateful hypocrites our citizens have become. Now that is an education they can use.

By: Darryl

Darryl — Thu, 19 Aug 2010 20:52:37 +0000

Wow, this is the second piece on increased measures over drugs in the schools. Is drug use up in the schools?

It is a shame that our schools will look more like juvenile detention centers in lieu of a facility of higher education. Unfortunately, the biggest measure we could take as a society to kill the illegal drug trade and the criminal activity associated with it is to legalize the more mundane drugs. The harder we try to enforce a drug law, especially on pot, which is the one with the highest arrest numbers, the higher the violent crime rate will go up. Prohibition should have taught us this lesson but we are short sighted and like to try to legislate morality, when we should be focusing on the basic laws and sound educational needs of society. But then again we’ve seen in recent times a willingness of citizens to throw their rights out the window for some sense of security or false sense of safety, and these measures in the school system are just superficial measures to make people feel good.

A good read on our drug problems and the issues it creates:
The Cult of Pharmacology: How American Became the World’s Most Troubled Drug Culture, by Richard DeGrandpre
http://www.amazon.com/Cult-Pharmacology-America-Troubled-Culture/dp/0822338815

and regarding the criminal aspects and our laws:
Drug War Crimes by Jeffrey A. Miron
http://www.amazon.com/Drug-War-Crimes-Consequences-Prohibition/dp/0945999909/ref=pd_sim_b_3