People support mandatory drug tests for welfare recipients
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Absolutely! I really detest giving my hard earned money to a welfare recipient who spends it on drugs, cigarettes and alcohol! It is unbelievable that the ACLU and other liberal groups are opposed to this. In reality, if we get the druggies off welfare, there will be more money for those who truly need the temporary support welfare can provide. I'm a Registered Nurse, who works in Labor & Delivery. More than 50% of the welfare recipients also smoke. Let me ask this of the welfare recipients...if you have $10 extra each day to support your smoke habit, why do you need welfare? That $300 month that currently goes up in smoke would buy a lot of groceries and gas. Welfare recipients should first have to do something to help themselves, before they stick their hand out for the taxpayers money.
It's on you to proove they actually SPENT MONEY on the drugs, if that is the ultimate reason you are for drug testing them.
Drugs like marijuana can be FREELY grown.
And, many times peolpe smoke on a occasion, from OTHER peoples stashes..
I don't see how adding additonal misery to their lives solves ANYTHING.
Be truthful, you hate the idea of someone smoking a plant you disagree with, therefore you want to be able to bash them ANYWAY you can.
What's next, make it against the law for them to go see a movie, because that is a "Unwise way to spend our tax payer money"?
If I have to take a drug test to pay for thier welfare, F yes they should also have to take a drug test to receive my money!
What about the people that are on a LEGAL Medical Marijuana prescription ? Will this law try and tamper with those legal rights ? The shame of this country is people like Bush who enjoyed prying on other peoples lives. I do agree with the law, but only if Medical Marijuana patients are left alone. In many states it is a legal right to use Marijuana for medical purposes.
My worries with this law is that a lot of good people's lives could be turned up side down.
People that are disabled ARE DISABLED ! I think this law should also leave disabled people on SSI Alone !
Trying to reform Disabled people is disrespectful, interfering with their lives is completely unexceptable.
Welfare recipients should be required to take a drug test, and if they meet the requirements, go through the appropriate treatment needed on an individual bases. being a recovering, recovered addict myself, i have witnessed welfare recipients on drugs supporting their habits by using their cash assistance or by selling there foodstamps to others, even some stores accept them for 50cents on the dollar. granted your marijuana user more than likely is not going to be doing these things, this type of behavior is more prone to a more heavy substance user such as herion or crack/cocaine. not only will government money be regulated against being spent on drugs, the addicted individual will be able to get the help they need, which in turn cuts down on other social issues that an addict can cause.
I do not agree with mandatory testing for all recipients, but if it appears that there is abuse of the system happening then yes they should be tested. For instance, if a family is receiving assistance and the children do not appear tp be better fed and clothed, etc. than before something is wrong and it needs to be investigated. Many times parents are using that money to buy alcohol, tobacco, and drugs instead of providing for the children which is what welfare is supposed to do. All recipients should have to sign a form when they apply agreeing to the testing. The fact that most people have to sign such an agreement and also pass a test prior to being employed, means to me that the testing is not discriminatory nor a violation of any personal rights and if welfare recipients can be excluded from testing based on the idea that it is a violation of their rights and/or is discriminatory then random drug testing by employers should be stopped for the same reasons.
I agree to do mandatory drug tests for welfare recipients. For many types of employment people are drug tested. This would set a level field for everyone. It would save money in the long run because a great deal of users would be excluded from benefits. It would show who actually is procrastinating from drug use and who is really motivated to contribute to society. To the prior posting: If medical marijuana is legal then that would be treated like a prescription drug and would be okay as long as the person has prescription in their name.
I think welfare recipients should have to submit to drug testing. Working tax payers should not have to pay in taxes for these people to sit around getting high mooching off the goverment. As far as SS/SSI people go thats a whole different subject. To those people collecting SS/SSI due to past drug abuse i feel they should not be allowed to collect any money from the goverment until they are made to take random drug tests proving they are keeping clean. They will never get off the drugs if the goverment keeps giving them the money to supply their habits, cut off their money you cut off their means for supplies. To those SS/SSI people who are older that do not use drugs, remember they were once tax payers to. They are collecting off the money they've paid in to SS all those years of working, it is not their fault something happened to them leaving the person handy capped. If these SS/SSI recipients prove through drug testing that they are clean they should be allowed to keep collecting the money that is rightfully theirs. I do not think alcohol should be included in the testing because even goverment officials drink alcoholic beverages which tells me they should not be allowed to collect SS/SSI if something happens to them or when they are old, if you cant pass the test you cant collect. Whats fair is fair.
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