Welfare drug testing in Florida may be repealed

back in May of this year, Governor Rick Scott and the Florida Senate approved a measure that requires all recipients of the state program Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) to pass a drug test before receiving benefits. Four months later, and the law has had a very bumpy ride. The criticism has remained vivid…

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Welfare drug testing to be introduced in Oklahoma

welfare drug testing. Following in the steps of others like Florida, Missouri and Arkansas, Oklahoma representative Guy Liebmann wants mandatory drug testing for welfare recipients, and will introduce the bill in the 2012 legislative session. Applicants who test positive for controlled substances will have to get treatment or give up their benefits for a year.…

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Welfare drug testing bill passed

Missouri state senators on Thursday voted to give final approval to a bill allowing the state to drug test certain welfare recipients, according to the Missouri News Horizon. This is a huge decision in what has been a much-debated topic, and could have a massive effect on social welfare in the future. The bill, which…

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Drug testing for welfare recipients

There has been a lot of talk recently regarding drug testing for welfare recipients, and whether this would be a valuable way of reducing our social welfare costs, while also ensuring that those who are on welfare won’t be using the money on drugs. With the current spending on welfare believed to be in the…

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