Dana Rohrabacher: “I would like to join my fellow colleagues today in applauding our President last night for his position on drug testing…”

“I would like to join my fellow colleagues today in applauding our President last night for his position on drug testing, and I would certainly agree with what my colleagues have just said, because young people today are faced with this onslaught. First of all, we have a media around them, entertainment media, et cetera, that actually breaks down their ability to make the right decisions for their lives in the long run, and drug testing would not only go a long way in terms of just identifying a young person whose parents need to know that they are vulnerable and are perhaps making some wrong choices in their life, but drug testing also gives these young people an added incentive to say no. Without drug testing, if you are talking about your daughter going to a party or something and having a few beers, there is nothing she can say to the person proposing using drugs except, well, that is wrong and we should not do that; my parents have told me that is wrong. And that is about as neat a thing to say at a party as I guess let us listen to Bing Crosby music or something like that. But if there is drug testing in school, young people will know what to say. And what to say is I cannot take this drug because I may be tested for drugs in my school tomorrow. And if I get tested for drugs and I am positive, my parents will know about it.”