The Push for Drug Testing of Welfare Recipients United States lawmakers face one of the most pressing issues of our time-welfare reform. New screening processes‚ often considered a direct violation of constitutional rights‚ have already been enacted in many states. Strong evidence exists‚ asserting that the practice of administering drug testing to welfare recipients will cost the U.S. taxpayers more money in the long run‚ stigmatize applicants and participants‚ and serve only the purpose of making
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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 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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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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widespread drug epidemic. Welfare is a big discussion being brought to the table in many states‚ a lot of testing is being done to find out the real pros and cons deterring welfare recipients. Reaching out to the public teen to young adult age‚ there are many positive and negative aspects to creating this law in every state. States that conduct welfare drug testing combine paper questionnaires with physical drug testing. Many of the news articles that have been written about welfare drug testing have cited
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Welfare Should people who want welfare be required to take a drug test? People say the fourth amendment protects them because it states “ unreasonable searches and seizures.” Welfare drug testing is a common way to make sure taxpayer dollars are used responsibly. People who have to pay for other people’s welfare because they can go into work disagree with people who even have to think twice about drug testing being required to receive welfare. Taxpayers who pay on welfare think the government is
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