The Nation : Campus Drug Bans Urged

Noting the recent drug deaths of young athletes, Education Secretary William J. Bennett said that every college president in the nation should begin a ban on drugs on campus. “Such a policy could, in fact, be enforced. It should be enforced,” Bennett said. “And no parent or taxpayer would object if such a policy were announced and carried out.” Bennett, in a lecture at the Heritage Foundation, a conservative think tank in Washington, said that colleges and universities have a responsibility to parents to take measures to protect their children from illegal drugs and drug pushers.