I don't think that someone in a vehicle with someone who has drugs should be arrested though. I mean, in so many situations, they could have no idea, and there whole life gets fucked up because they got in the wrong car. I know it doesn't matter what I think because that's the law. It's just irritating. On a small-scale example, I have two friends who've gotten in trouble that way. One got an MIP for being in the car with someone who had alcohol in her purse, and another friend was arrested for distributing to a minor, because she was over 21 in the same car. Neither of them had any idea the other girl had alcohol on her.

I realize that that's part of the guards job, and that it has to be done. It's sad, to me, that they can't get a same sex person to do it, like they do in a school or an airport. I mean, these people are still human beings, who shouldn't be made to feel like they have absolutely no worth, no privacy, and no control over themselves whatsoever. The big thing that I was trying to focus on, though, were the guards doing more than "their job." This article, among others, talks about the numerous women who ~are~ raped/assaulted by guards.

I know you believe in the system, but it's got problems just like everything else.