Tuesday, October 10, 2006

Grandma and Grandpa

Don't Think It's Dignified to Urinate In A Cup
BRONSON - Levy County's public libraries are struggling to get books checked out or reshelved because retirees who usually handle many of those chores have balked at a requirement that they "pee in a cup" as part of a mandatory drug test for all county volunteers."It's not like we are a high-risk group for coming in drunk or high or stoned or whatever," said one volunteer. "This is just a common-sense issue - why are we spending tax money to test 75-year-old grandmothers for marijuana? We should be using that money to buy more books and computers."The situation has gotten to the point where the pool of 55 volunteers has dwindled to two and the number of hours worked by volunteers in the county's five libraries plunged from 330 in September 2005 to 11 this September, according to county library records. None of the former volunteers contacted by The Sun wanted to be publicly identified in a story about drug-testing.
Even when government policies harm the government, they can't begin to address what problems they have brought upon themselves. Grandma and Grandpa can't even volunteer anymore without harrassment. Drug tests for Senior Citizens? The only imagination that can come up with a proposal like this one is a bureaucrat's.

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