Welfare and Drug testing; Unconstitutional?
Jesse Fortiz
Wrt 101
Drug Testing for welfare; unconstitutional?
Should welfare recipients be drug tested in order for them to receive their food stamps or government assisted checks? With hopefully your answer being yes, many people in the United states believe the thought of forcing a drug test on a person applying for welfare to be completely unconstitutional. There are currently 12,800, 000 Americans on welfare in the United States today. The United States of America currently spends 131.9 billion dollars a year annually on welfare recipients. Yes, those are actual numbers based on a study of the department of commerce. With numbers like that, it’s no surprise the government financial system is the way it is today. The question is, should welfare recipients be randomly drug tested on order for them to receive their government assisted checks and food stamps? And is the thought of random drug testing unconstitutional? My answer and my honest opinion about the subject is that I believe it is perfectly fine to drug test welfare recipients in order for them to receive their government assisted checks. Do I believe that this is constitutional? Yes, yes I do. The reason being is that why should any other hard working American go through a drug screening in order to work and receive his or her hard earned check. As of today in 48 states, there is no law stating that welfare recipients should be subject to drug testing. It’s plain and simple, if a person can afford drugs on a regular basis, why should that person get free money? Some people feel that drug testing recipients is unconstitutional, and that is strips people of their rights. I believe in order for people to get help, they should comply with the rules and regulations to get the benefits of welfare. If that’s a problem for some people, there is no one forcing them to apply and get help. Florida and Utah are the first states to actually test recipients to see if those who are
Wrt 101
Drug Testing for welfare; unconstitutional?
Should welfare recipients be drug tested in order for them to receive their food stamps or government assisted checks? With hopefully your answer being yes, many people in the United states believe the thought of forcing a drug test on a person applying for welfare to be completely unconstitutional. There are currently 12,800, 000 Americans on welfare in the United States today. The United States of America currently spends 131.9 billion dollars a year annually on welfare recipients. Yes, those are actual numbers based on a study of the department of commerce. With numbers like that, it’s no surprise the government financial system is the way it is today. The question is, should welfare recipients be randomly drug tested on order for them to receive their government assisted checks and food stamps? And is the thought of random drug testing unconstitutional? My answer and my honest opinion about the subject is that I believe it is perfectly fine to drug test welfare recipients in order for them to receive their government assisted checks. Do I believe that this is constitutional? Yes, yes I do. The reason being is that why should any other hard working American go through a drug screening in order to work and receive his or her hard earned check. As of today in 48 states, there is no law stating that welfare recipients should be subject to drug testing. It’s plain and simple, if a person can afford drugs on a regular basis, why should that person get free money? Some people feel that drug testing recipients is unconstitutional, and that is strips people of their rights. I believe in order for people to get help, they should comply with the rules and regulations to get the benefits of welfare. If that’s a problem for some people, there is no one forcing them to apply and get help. Florida and Utah are the first states to actually test recipients to see if those who are