Many of the news articles that have been written about welfare drug testing have cited extremely low rates of positive test results as evidence showing the ineffectiveness of drug testing programs. There are numerous ways applicants can game the system. The main premise behind drug testing of welfare applicants is that the state will save money by kicking drug addicts off of welfare and thereby deny benefits. My reasoning behind the support for this law stems from being a parent that has to work a full time job in order to pay for childcare fees, while others receiving public assistance get discounts. The fairness is key, why should I have to work a full time job and pay a lot of money for health insurance and childcare all while some receiving public assistance get free health care and childcare covered by the state. Why shouldn’t they be tested if we are paying for their family to be taken care of? I believe if we the state are helping fund your expenses why shouldn’t we be able to have you pass a drug test letting us know that our money was well spent. This will always be a hard subject because some support and some do not but all in all we need to come to a result that will help today’s society. Fear is that applicants can easily game the
Many of the news articles that have been written about welfare drug testing have cited extremely low rates of positive test results as evidence showing the ineffectiveness of drug testing programs. There are numerous ways applicants can game the system. The main premise behind drug testing of welfare applicants is that the state will save money by kicking drug addicts off of welfare and thereby deny benefits. My reasoning behind the support for this law stems from being a parent that has to work a full time job in order to pay for childcare fees, while others receiving public assistance get discounts. The fairness is key, why should I have to work a full time job and pay a lot of money for health insurance and childcare all while some receiving public assistance get free health care and childcare covered by the state. Why shouldn’t they be tested if we are paying for their family to be taken care of? I believe if we the state are helping fund your expenses why shouldn’t we be able to have you pass a drug test letting us know that our money was well spent. This will always be a hard subject because some support and some do not but all in all we need to come to a result that will help today’s society. Fear is that applicants can easily game the