Welfare And Drug Testing

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Welfare and Drug Testing Although a variety of people do not agree with this, I believe that welfare and drug testing is a substantial idea. Some reasons of my belief are why should the taxpayers pay for their bills and another person’s drugs? If you wouldn’t buy drugs for yourself, then why buy them for another person. These are some of the things that you should consider. I do understand that it (drug testing for welfare recipients) is exceedingly costly, but it would be rational to spend money on something that could save money. “By removing drug abusers from the welfare programs, there is the potential of being able to save millions of dollars every year” ( Crystal Lombardo ).

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