10 Unnamed American Cities Drug Tested - How Much Can it Tell Us?

Can a whole city be drug tested without citizens knowledge or permission? The idea will have anti drug advocates jumping for joy, constitutional rights advocates protesting and potheads nervously flushing doobies down the toilet. Although now that's the last place you want to dispose of your dope because researchers have already peered into the drug habits of 10 unamed American cities using their waste water. A teaspoon of waste water was all Oregon State University researchers needed to test for 15 different drugs including caffeine, ecstasy, methamphetamines, and cocaine for the whole city. The story can be found on msn.com.

Now I have a few questions and thoughts and am eager to see what the various extremists will do if city wide drug testing becomes common place. For example, anti drug advocates will think city wide drug tests are a great idea and will not be able to wait until all U.S. cities are tested on a regular basis and the citizens of the worst abusing cities are targeted for anti drug education and heightened police scrutiny. While at the same time those who are for an individuals rights will protest city wide drug testing and call any action resulting from such tests as unconstitutional and a violation of rights.

Yeah, the government could use information from tests like these to monitor drug trafficking and identify which areas of the country have the biggest drug problems, but seriously, the general public doesn't need waste water tests to know which cities have the most drug users. Everyone knows which cities are the worst, I won't name names big cities but you know who you are too.