Fwd: [ cacklinggrackle] Florida library volunteers refuse drug testing

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Oct 11, 2006 9:25 AM

[cacklinggrackle] Florida library volunteers refuse drug testing

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" 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. "

 

Full story at:

http://www.gainesville.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=2006210070330