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Originally Posted by nickerjones
My take on it .. I have to get drug tested to work so my taxes can fund the welfare program so why should the people receiving have to be drug tested as well.
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I'm pretty sure you meant to say "why shouldn't".
1. I really wish people would stop using that as an argument for it. Your employer chooses to drug test you, not the government. Even if you worked for the government and were required to pass drug testing, it still wouldn't matter. Drug testing is to ensure that you are in the best possible condition to perform your duties, applying it to a social program doesn't make any sense.
2. It's been tried. And it failed horribly.
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/04/18/us...ests.html?_r=0