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[QUOTE]Originally posted by JeffKardde: [QB] I'm sorry First, I guess I misunderstood. I took it to mean that out of people tested for drugs, 15% of the results would be flawed one way or the other, but that the other 85% would be correct. Therefore, this would seem to support drug testing as a way to ascertain whether or not those out of rehab were still using drugs. Since that is how I propose using drug testing, at worse what would happen is that 15% of those out of rehab would have their results skewered. Sure it's sad if someone's kicked the habit and suddenly people think he hasn't, but it's also a better solution than any you've proposed ... ...but you know what? If you lock someone up mistakenly, you can set them free. If you execute someone by mistake, well, can't really bring them back to life, now can you? (Also, you'll notice my plan calls for being offered a second chance between rehab or jail, and I'm sure the wrongly-accused would go for rehab, where its more than likely possible the Docs would realize, "he's cured, it was a faulty test" and set him free). Now, notice we're also talking about a study ... that was done [i]13 years ago[/i]. Isn't it possible that tests have become MORE accurate? I think it is. Not to mention that there are SEVERAL kinds of tests which can be done, including urine and hair, so that might lower the odds too. [i]The cost factor doesn't include the amount of damage, monetary and otherwise, that addicts do when they're not in rehab. Some of them kill people, you know[/i] Let me respond to THAT with this: The cost factor doesn't include the amount of damage, monetary and otherwise, that addicts do when they're not in [i]jail[/i]. Some of them kill people, you know. So, on one hand, we've got the cost of rehab ($4,000) + amount of damage (monetary and otherwise) caused out of rehab. On the other, we've got the cost of jail ($20,000 per year) + amount of damage (monetary and otherwise) caused out of jail. Hmmm. Rehab's still cheaper. [/QB][/QUOTE]
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