Test Legislators for Drug Use
In a recent issue of the Honolulu Star-Bulletin were two letters to the editor which caught my eye. In the first, Robin Uyeshiro bemoaned the drug testing for teachers while noting that other important groups are not tested. The second, by attorney William Fenton Sink, discussed the generally low quality of legislators.
Both make good points. Why don’t we put them together and see what results? Obviously, all legislators should be frequently drug-tested and results made public. To do otherwise is to say their duties are less important than teachers, they are self-serving to exclusion of all else, or they are too dumb to get the connection. Perhaps all are true for many of them. We should demand better and replace most as soon as possible.
Dick Rowland is president of the Grassroot Institute of Hawaii.