Since our economy is doing so well then it would be an appropriate time to really waste some of that great surplus

Fairfax County is taking part in an unusual White House drug study.

Wastewater from communities throughout the Potomac River Basin is being tested for the urinary byproducts of cocaine.

“Apparently, they’re able to ascertain how many people may be using illicit drugs, in this case cocaine, with such studies,” Board of Supervisors Chairman Gerry Connolly tells WTOP.

 Earlier this month, county workers collected five days worth of water samples at the pollution control plant in Lorton. The samples were sent to a lab in Rockville, Md., to be analyzed for the traces of the main urinary byproduct of cocaine.

So we don’t need to worry about pesty little things like re-building the gulf coast or an exit strategy for Iraq. No those problems are petty. Instead our White House is worried if someone in a county might be using cocaine. Here is something to ponder – all your waste water goes into a main sewer line. There is no way they could use this to bust people so then why do it?

White House officials believe the wastewater testing will lead to a more accurate index of how many people use drugs than traditional survey research.

AHHH thats why. Our White House doesn’t listen to things like “surveys” or “polls”. Now they can get data in that they can manipulate in whatever fashion they want. Perhaps Bush is just looking for a new place to score.