Drug Screening

In Reply.— The writers raise a number of issues involving process, fact, and ethics. We can only respond to a few of the main points. Regarding process, a major impetus for the statement was requests from private practitioners seeking the Academy's support to help them resist demands, from school districts and parents, that they screen athletes and patients surreptitiously. There was extensive involvement by private practitioners in the writing, review, and approval of the statement by three committees, the Council on Child and Adolescent health, and the Executive Board, which is comprised predominantly of private practitioners.