Welfare Recipients Drug Testing
Should it be mandatory for welfare recipients to be drug tested? This is one of the questions that is being asked all over the country. Many are concerned about whether or not it will cost more or save the government money by taking the drug addicts off welfare programs and giving them to people who really need the benefits. While many believe it is okay to drug test welfare recipients, others feel that drug testing is wrong because they consider it discrimination toward the poor people. Until recently, this drug testing has been ignored and in some cases even taken out of some states’ welfare systems. Jackie Borchardt in his article, “Welfare Drug Proposal Continues to be Debated,” says that drug testing welfare …show more content…
Applicants suspected of using drugs due to their behavior or past history of drug abuse. If you get tested positive for drugs, you would automatically lose benefits for a year. Today, teachers, doctors, nurses, and many others are required to submit to background checks and drug screenings. If people who work for a living are forced to submit to these, why should welfare recipients be excluded since they are receiving tax money, just as teachers etc. do and should be held …show more content…
Ellis Jacobs, an attorney for Advocates for Basics Legal Equality of Dayton, said, “The drug test plan distracts from the true cause of poverty. The economy has quit working for a significant portion of Ohioans.” According to the article by Health Research Funding, “Pros and Cons of Drug Testing Welfare Recipients,” in the future, they may or may not require drug testing for welfare recipients. It says the people who use SNAP (food stamps) are lazy and don’t work. SNAP helps working families with food so they can get their bills paid. Most families don’t make enough to buy food and pay bills. They are just making enough to pay their bills, but not enough for food for their
Should it be mandatory for welfare recipients to be drug tested? This is one of the questions that is being asked all over the country. Many are concerned about whether or not it will cost more or save the government money by taking the drug addicts off welfare programs and giving them to people who really need the benefits. While many believe it is okay to drug test welfare recipients, others feel that drug testing is wrong because they consider it discrimination toward the poor people. Until recently, this drug testing has been ignored and in some cases even taken out of some states’ welfare systems. Jackie Borchardt in his article, “Welfare Drug Proposal Continues to be Debated,” says that drug testing welfare …show more content…
Applicants suspected of using drugs due to their behavior or past history of drug abuse. If you get tested positive for drugs, you would automatically lose benefits for a year. Today, teachers, doctors, nurses, and many others are required to submit to background checks and drug screenings. If people who work for a living are forced to submit to these, why should welfare recipients be excluded since they are receiving tax money, just as teachers etc. do and should be held …show more content…
Ellis Jacobs, an attorney for Advocates for Basics Legal Equality of Dayton, said, “The drug test plan distracts from the true cause of poverty. The economy has quit working for a significant portion of Ohioans.” According to the article by Health Research Funding, “Pros and Cons of Drug Testing Welfare Recipients,” in the future, they may or may not require drug testing for welfare recipients. It says the people who use SNAP (food stamps) are lazy and don’t work. SNAP helps working families with food so they can get their bills paid. Most families don’t make enough to buy food and pay bills. They are just making enough to pay their bills, but not enough for food for their