How Come People on Government Assistance Are Not Subject to a Drug Test Before and While Receiving Benefits?

Published November 28, 2013

Question by FAITH: How come people on government assistance are not subject to a drug test before and while receiving benefits?
Our tax dollars are paying for a lot of people’s drug addictions. I know here in California, most people on welfare are also on some type of drug abuse. They will take the General Relief money and Food Stamps and feed their drug habit instead of the kids. I believe they should all be subject to drug testing to receive benefits from our tax money and continue with unannounced drug testing to continue to receive payments. We the tax payers have a right to where the money is going.

Best answer:

Answer by TheOrange Evil
I think it’d be a lot cheaper and easier to 1) get rid of welfare, especially long-term welfare, and 2) make drugs legal.

Add your own answer in the comments!

Brandon Browner's appeal hearing concludes, now we wait; Perrish Cox …

Filed under: drug abuse statistics

According to PFT, the substance-abuse policy requires that a decision be reached "[w]ithin a reasonable time." My best guess is that Browner's most rational hope is that his suspension will be reduced to four games, which would make him eligible again …
Read more on Field Gulls

Nigella Lawson breaks silence after drug use accusations: ''#TeamNigella''

Filed under: drug abuse statistics

A judge at Isleworth crown court in West London had previously ruled that the sisters – described as "kitchen confidantes" in the TV chef 's 2011 cookbook – could not use her alleged drug use in their defence. But in a dramatic U-turn, it was decided …
Read more on Mirror.co.uk

Litchfield Prevention Council Appointed to Combat Drug Use

Filed under: drug abuse statistics

LITCHFIELD—The board of selectmen appointed seven regular members and four alternates Tuesday to the Litchfield Prevention Council, a previously dormant group charged with helping prevent drug use in the community. Litchfield High School vice …
Read more on Litchfield County Times