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Former Drug Czar Bob Martinez Blames Colleges for Drug Abuse


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National drug policy director Bob Martinez said that colleges haven't been sufficiently aggressive in fighting drug abuse on campus but he rejected the idea of mandatory drug tests for students. "A university is not a drug-use safehouse," he said. "Compliance with the law of the land isn't too stringent a requirement for American students."

Martinez said there were plenty of existing tools to combat drug abuse that college administrators should employ before even discussing random drug tests.

Martinez spoke to about 200 representatives of fraternities and sororities just weeks after three University of Virginia fraternity houses were raided and a dozen students there were arrested on drug charges.

He urgd schools to comply with federal drug-free schools regulations, which require universities that receive federal funds to implement drug-prevention programs and stress laws against drug abuse.

Although drug use on campuses is declining, roughly one in eight American college students used an illegal drug last month and one in three used an illegal drug at least once last year, he said.

"One out of three is nothing to be proud of," he said.

After the raid, Virginia Gov. Douglas Wilder appointed a task force to study drug abuse at state colleges and said he wouldn't object if it recommended mandatory drug testing for students.

On Friday, Wilder's press secretary, Laura F. Dillard, reiterated that the governor would support drug testing if it is recommended by his task force.

"It's on the table as far as we are concerned in Virginia," she said. "He is going to do what he feels is necessary to stop drug use, illegal drug use, on our college and university campuses."

Martinez, however, said drug testing is primarily used to identify a problem and in the Virginia case, "it seems, you didn't need a drug test to identify the problem. Everybody knew about it."

Reacting to the implied criticism, Wilder issued a statement late Friday saying Martinez "bemoans the drug use problem, but he offers no solution except to ask for voluntary compliance with existing regulations."

"Rather than offering a pro-active policy to stamp out illegal drug activity on our nation's college campuses, Mr. Martinez criticizes our forceful efforts in Virginia," Wilder declared.

Police had written to all University of Virginia fraternities last August warning them about the consequences of illegal drug use and the Department of Education wrote to all campuses earlier this year urging them to enforce drug-free school regulations, he said.

"My own view is that too many college administrators have not been sufficiently aggressive against drug use they already know they've got on their hands, and that there are any number of things they should think about doing before anyone begins discussing random drug testing," he said.

He said some schools have been nervous about applying drug-free school standards to off-campus groups, including some fraternities and sororities. And he stressed that the rules apply to any organization officially recognized by a school that receives federal funds, even if the group is off-campus.

"We have only to rigorously apply the standards and rules already in existence," Martinez said. "We have only to take preemptive action against drug use on our campuses - instead of meekly posting notices, hoping for the best, and waiting for catastrophe. There need not be more University of Virginia's."

Martinez said he did not mean to suggest drug abuse is a bigger problem within fraternities and sororities than in the general student population, crediting the Greek movement with "strong contemporary standards of self-governance."

He urged students to get involved in anti-drug programs with high-risk youth, treatment centers, police departments and other organizations.

 
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