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Drug testing of welfare recipients has been proposed but not implemented in Canada, the UK, [2] and Australia. [3] In New Zealand, recipients of some payments may be required to take a drug test if this is a requirement of a potential employer or trainer. [2]
Three years after the program was initiated in Arizona, over 87,000 welfare recipients have been tested: One test came up as positive which ended up saving the state only $560, according to USA Today.
San Francisco voters showed strong support for a ballot measure that requires welfare recipients who receive aid from the city and are “reasonably” suspected of using drugs to be screened and ...
Of 7,600 applicants to the program, roughly 2 percent were referred for testing. Of those, less than 0.3 percent of those screened tested positive.
Drug testing in order for potential recipients to receive welfare has become an increasingly controversial topic. Richard Hudson, a Republican from North Carolina claims he pushes for drug screening as a matter of "moral obligation" and that testing should be enforced as a way for the United States government to discourage drug usage. [64 ...
Withhold welfare from mothers whose children do not attend school without an explanation; Sanction households with adults younger than fifty-one who do not have and are not actively working to receive a high school diploma; Require drug tests of recipients; Enforce welfare regulations of former states for new state residents
About a dozen states, mostly deep-red, require drug testing for welfare recipients. Skip to main content. 24/7 Help. For premium support please call: 800-290-4726 more ways to ...
A drug test (also often toxicology screen or tox screen) is a technical analysis of a biological specimen, for example urine, hair, blood, breath, sweat, or oral fluid/saliva—to determine the presence or absence of specified parent drugs or their metabolites.