Xref: utzoo talk.politics.misc:41376 talk.politics.guns:5983 alt.activism:2438 misc.headlines:13601 misc.legal:13531 Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!apple!usc!venera.isi.edu!ipser From: ipser@vaxa.isi.edu (Ed Ipser) Newsgroups: talk.politics.misc,talk.politics.guns,alt.conspiracy,alt.activism,misc.headlines,misc.legal Subject: The Bill of Rights: A luxury of simpler times? Message-ID: <11450@venera.isi.edu> Date: 18 Jan 90 05:58:15 GMT Sender: news@venera.isi.edu Reply-To: ipser@vaxa.isi.edu.UUCP (Ed Ipser) Distribution: usa Organization: USC-Information Sciences Institute Lines: 39 Last September, a Washington Post-ABC News Poll discovered: 62 percent of those questioned said they would be willing to give up "a few of the freedoms we have in this country" to significantly reduce illegal drug use. 55 percent said they favored mandatory drug tests for all Americans, and an even larger majority--67 percent--said all high school students should be regularly tested for drugs. 82 percent favored using the military to control illegal drugs within the United States. 52 percent said they would agree to let police search homes of suspected drug dealers without a court order, even if the houses "of people like you were sometimes searched by mistake." 67 percent favored allowing the police to stop cars at random to search for drugs, "even if it means that cars of people like you are sometimes stopped and searched." 83 percent favored encouraging people to report drug users to police "even if it means telling police about a family member who uses drugs." ---------- You can get 50 FREE pocket copies of the US Constitution by sending a request to: Commission on the Bicentennial of the United States Constitution 808 17th St., N.W. Washington, DC 20006-3999 Ask for 50 (maximum allowed) copies of the Constitution. Distribute them to your friends and associates. The more people who have a copy, the more secure is our liberty. PASS THIS MESSAGE ON TO OTHERS!