While the government does not have the right to our personal information, they should have a right when it comes to qualifying for taxpayer benefits. Welfare recipients should not be engaged in illegal activity, and requiring drug tests will help lower the likelihood of drug abuse in the unemployed. Drug testing is a way of motivating the people that need the money to not do drugs or encourage them to get help. “Over 70 percent of welfare population reported limitations in physical functioning; over 60 percent met the criteria for a mental health disorder measured in the study; and 37 percent reported having a child with a health problem in at least one of four interviews over a 4 ½-year period” (Mary Corcoran, States Consider Drug Testing
