States consider drug tests for welfare recipients
By TOM BREEN – 5 hours ago
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — Want government assistance? Just say no to drugs.
Lawmakers in at least eight states want recipients of food stamps, unemployment benefits or welfare to submit to random drug testing.
The effort comes as more Americans turn to these safety nets to ride out the recession. Poverty and civil liberties advocates fear the strategy could backfire, discouraging some people from seeking financial ai…
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Posted on July 13, 2009 at 8:30am —