Should people receiving any form of entitlement from the government be required to pass a drug test?

Yes, they should. It's disgusting to think that we (the government, the taxpayers) would fund people's drug habits.

Drug testing should be mandatory. That would pare down the welfare roles. Maybe the same should go for unemployment insurance, too.

Not a good idea in practice. Increasing the number of government employees and coming up with new regulations to run another phase of ineffective government thinking will not really solve anything. How about we drug test all employees that do any kind of government job? Sounds reasonable as an idea but as a practice it fails. How about cigarette smokers on entitlement? If they can afford to smoke or let's say drink then no more anything for them-Right? Well what about social security folks? Seems to me that if they have money enough to drive four hours to visit family then there is too much extra going on there-Right? You can start with the drug tests for welfare but trust me it will grow into bigger and more intrusive government as these programs begin to justify their own existence. Just like the programs we have now. Don't we have too much of that already.In theory it sounds reasonable in practice just more government out of control.

Interesting question and debateable.Probably should be required just to rule out the usage of non perscription drugs.If they are taking illegal drugs our tax payer money goes to the millions of people who are using illegal drugs just making the drugs problem a bigger problem by funding their habit.

I'll go for that.

As long as ALL welfare recipients are required to do it.

That means ALL bank, oil company, car company, and pro sports execs.

Mario Lemieux and Dan Rooney first.

And then YOU.

Yes, dear.

You.

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Welfare in America: Myths and Facts

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By the way, they tried that in Florida.

They quit because it cost the state more to do the testing than the money they saved because they didn't find any welfare recipients on drugs.

Yep.

Like in Florida where they spent over 20 million to catch 2 percent of people at a savings of 20, grand?

Great plan, never mind its a 4 th amendment violation

I think so .

I have a friend who's getting government help & if you go to the building they are all driving bmw's & Mercedes ! NO FAIR

I want to see Congressman pass drug tests first.