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In reply to the discussion: Drug testing for people on welfare? [View all]Viva_La_Revolution
(28,791 posts)7. that worked out so well for Florida..
Required drug tests for people seeking welfare benefits ended up costing taxpayers more than it saved and failed to curb the number of prospective applicants, data used against the state in an ongoing legal battle shows.
The findings that only 108 of the 4,086 people who took a drug test failed are additional ammunition for the American Civil Liberties Union of Florida, which sued the state and won a temporary ban on the drug-testing program in October, said ACLU spokesman Derek Newton.
http://www.miamiherald.com/2012/04/20/2758871/floridas-welfare-drug-tests-cost.html
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I've been in the same boat, and I would have definitely found it deameaning!
GreenPartyVoter
Jul 2012
#57
Plenty of jobs that require a drug test have nothing to do with hazardous conditions..
Fumesucker
Jul 2012
#25
I always tell them that members of Congress should be drug tested also. I've never had
Booster
Jul 2012
#28
We are living in a culture that deeply believes in guilt until innocence proven.
Trillo
Jul 2012
#33
It's just an opportunity for someone to make money at the testing company.
limpyhobbler
Jul 2012
#51
This also assumes that drug tests are infallible. Actually, there is a 5 to 10% false positive
Arkansas Granny
Jul 2012
#52