Federal judge overturns Florida law requiring drug testing welfare recipients

[Riot]

(Newser) – Florida’s controversial new program to drug test welfare recipients isn’t exactly catching droves of addicts.

So far only 2% of those tests have come up positive, the Tampa Tribune reports, with 96% testing clean and 2% declining to complete the application process.

That rate of failure may still be enough to save Florida a tiny bit of money, but it undermines Gov. Rick Scott's argument that welfare recipients are more likely to use illegal drugs.

Applicants must pay for their own drug tests, but Florida will have to reimburse everyone who tested drug-free. At least 1,000 applicants have taken the test since the program started July 1; at least 1,500 are expected to take it each month.

At this rate, that will amount to $28,800 to $43,200 in reimbursements a month.

http://www.newser.com/story/127011/o...rug-tests.html

Why should welfare recipients be reimbursed? I am sick of having to pay my own way and those god-damned motherf.uckers do NOTHING to survive. Nothing. You're telling me there are that many people in this country who are unable to work?

They're depressed you say? Well here's a gun and two bullets in case you miss. We'll reimburse your family the cost of the second bullet if you miss on the first shot.

This country is beyond gone.

[clyde]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rgxYUR1uTMA

[dellinger63]

Since July, 7,030 passed, 32 failed and 1,597 did not provide results, according to the state. The state said it does not track what drugs caused failures, but elsewhere the vast majority of cases involved marijuana.

So if the original plan had been followed 1,629 would have been cut off for failing or not testing (almost 1 in 5 or 18%). Seems to me the plan would have worked.

BTW What’s the difference between testing welfare recipients and DUI roadblocks? Driving is a privilege and receiving welfare is not?