States Consider Drug Tests for Welfare Recipients


	States Consider Drug Tests for Welfare Recipients

wiccantexan

3-28-2009 11:13 PM

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welfare, government, drugs, financial

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3-29-2009 1:43 AM

chestnut501

Hey, I'm all for it as long as the lawmakers have to take the test too.

3-29-2009 10:59 AM

Satchamo

I don't have a problem with drug tests for welfare recipients, I have to take one to keep my job, random drug tests are now a fact of life--so how about them to keep getting their welfare checks, having to pass them.

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