Drug Testing for Welfare Health care‚ food stamps‚ child care assistance‚ unemployment‚ cash aid‚ and housing assistance are all forms of welfare in the United States. “In fiscal year 1995‚ federal‚ state‚ and local governments spent about $1.5 trillion on social welfare programs‚ an increase of $69.4 billion (5 percent) from 1994” (Joseph 1). Substance abuse is a major financial burden which “In 1998… cost Americans an estimated $110 billion in expenses and lost revenue” (Lyman and Potter 8)
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Drug Testing Welfare Recipients Many people are constantly discussing the issue of welfare recipients abusing the system and spending their money on drugs while receiving government assistance. This issue has brought forward a possible solution of states passing legislation that will require welfare applicants to submit to a drug test before receiving any sort of government assistance. Drug testing welfare applicants before allowing them to receive assistance is a positive idea because most employers
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There is still debate on whether or not welfare recipients should be drug tested if positive is not receive aid from the government. Before our tax payers/ society opinions can be affected‚ they must be presented background information on the issue and a composing of a few different arguments. One view is that by the recipients knowing they will be drug tested may prevent them from using drugs for the sake of their family. Another view is with testing positive may help that individual seek guidance
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Controversy over welfare recipients Learning Team D BCOM/275 Patricia Inman 2/25/2013 Family services‚ adult services‚ and adult and family services are the different names to which each state calls families who are in need. Since the 1930s‚ and the great depression families have needed assistance with many forms of need. Most had little or no income‚ this creating the welfare assistance program‚ which was federally government‚ ran until the mid-1990s. Jobs come and go‚ and families could
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Introduction a.i) Government assistance‚ or welfare‚ is a very broad term. There are many different welfare programs available in the United States e.g.‚ food stamps‚ cash assistance‚ and government housing. Currently there is mass debate‚ in courtrooms across the U.S.‚ regarding the legality and morality of pre-assistance drug testing. This report is intended to familiarize the reader with the history of welfare reform; the histories of drug testing in regards to assistance eligibility; and persuade
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Drug Testing for Welfare Recipients The question at hand is‚ should recipients of welfare undergo drug testing for use of illegal drugs in order to receive their welfare checks? This is one of the issues that the US Congress and the US citizens have been debating for years. Author‚ Arthur Delany explains the concern of both sides of this question in his article‚ “Welfare Drug Testing Bill Introduced In Congress”‚ published in The Huffington Post. Like many social issues‚ there are opposing
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Burns Composition I December 3‚ 2012 One of the major debates going on in states all over the United States today is whether people receiving welfare benefits should undergo drug testing to qualify. Critics argue that it is discrimination and unconstitutional‚ but it is requiring no more than almost any job that you apply for that requires you to pass a drug test in order to qualify for that job and benefits. As of now‚ the only thing that you must show in order to qualify for government assistance
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Is Drug Testing Welfare Recipients Constitutional? OVERVIEW Recently Floridas governor Rick Scott put a new drug testing law into action. This law calls for the drug testing of welfare recipients‚ simply because taxpayers do not want to support drug addictions‚ but would rather the money go toward necessities like children and food. What do we as Americans do about this? Are there options to reform the welfare system? Other states have attempted laws similar to this but none have succeeded
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Mandatory drug testing for welfare recipients is right and reasonable in order to stop the habitual offenders of misusing this benefit. Are the hard working drug tested tax payers ready to support this law since it’s the hard earned tax dollars that fund these benefits? The argument stands to reason that we need to take control as employers to stop the misuse of benefits that pay for illegal drugs. Mandatory Drug Testing for Welfare Recipients Did you know that as a tax payer‚ you are
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Wasting Billions My name is frank a couple of years ago I was on welfare drug testing. While I was on it I never did any kind of drugs. I was clean for the 2 years I received help. I had a friend that would always do drugs‚ he wouldn’t care about what his consequences would be. One day he got tested and he was in big trouble. People from the government think it is great to do drug tests‚ but what they are really doing is wasting billions on drug tests. Out of those billions only a few tests come out dirty
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