WELFARE DRUG TESTING

POLITICS
West Virginia Lawmakers Want Welfare Drug Testing
By Arthur Delaney
Civil liberties advocates say this kind of legislation perpetuates harmful stereotypes about poor people.
POLITICS
Food Stamp Drug Testing Could Become A Thing
By Arthur Delaney
A senior Republican says it's the compassionate thing to do.
POLITICS
States Continue Welfare Drug Tests Despite Underwhelming Results
By Arthur Delaney
Few welfare recipients test positive for drug use.
POLITICS
Maine's Welfare Drug Tests Caught Just One Person, And That's Typical
By Arthur Delaney
Yet the concept remains as popular as ever.
POLITICS
GOP's Big Government Welfare Reforms
By Arthur Delaney
"Giving people something for nothing harms the recipient," the Heritage Foundation's Robert Rector told the Kansas City Star
POLITICS
Wisconsin GOP Advances Bills Controlling How People On Welfare Eat And Pee
By Arthur Delaney
Walker himself proposed the drug testing measures, initially suggesting he would push ahead with testing SNAP recipients
POLITICS
12 More States Are Considering Drug Testing Welfare Applicants
By Arthur Delaney
"These latest reports that less than one quarter of one percent of Tennessee TANF applicants tested positive for drugs underscore
POLITICS
Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker Backing Down From Food Stamp Fight
By Arthur Delaney
Elizabeth Lower-Basch, a welfare expert with the liberal Center for Law and Social Policy in Washington, D.C., said it's
VIDEOS
Welfare Drug Testing Moving Forward In Maine
Maine Gov. Paul LePage (R) is moving forward with a plan to make some welfare recipients take drug tests if they want cash benefits, The Associated Press reported this week.
POLITICS
Welfare Drug Testing Moving Forward In Maine
By Arthur Delaney
In Florida and other places were testing has been implemented, very few applicants' results have turned up positive for drug
POLITICS
Michigan's Welfare Drug-Testing Program Will Ultimately Harm Kids, Critics Say
By Kate Abbey-Lambertz
The legislation, originally introduced by Republicans in the state House and Senate, was roundly condemned by Democratic
DETROIT
Maybe We Shouldn't Waste Money on Drug Testing Michigan Welfare Recipients
By Nick Norton, Contributor
Law Student, Yogi, Writer
Instead of going on a witch hunt to find welfare queens, that by in large do not exist -- Representative Farrington might want to consider spending our money on strengthening our social safety net. Maybe we can spend half a million dollars helping them instead of stigmatizing the poor. Just food for thought.
POLITICS
Federal Court Thwarts Rick Scott Once Again On Drug Testing
By Arthur Delaney
A key factor in the court's decision is that the state has failed to demonstrate "a more prevalent, unique, or different
POLITICS
Scott Walker Wants To Fight Feds Over Welfare Drug Tests
By Arthur Delaney
Popular as it is, federal law doesn't allow states to require drug tests for food stamps or unemployment insurance. (States
POLITICS
This Week In Making Poor People Pee
By Arthur Delaney
"This new law has been on the books for years, yet LePage hasn't enforced it," Eves said, according to the Bangor Daily News
POLITICS
Welfare Drug Testing Takes Effect In Tennessee
By Arthur Delaney
If Families First applicants answer "yes" on a three-question form about potential drug use, they'll be referred for urine
POLITICS
Rick Scott's Drug Testing Schemes Have Cost Florida Taxpayers Nearly $400,000
By Arthur Delaney
"It’s become a costly and embarrassing boondoggle for Floridians," Agarwal added. Republicans in many other states have also
POLITICS
Florida Governor Rick Scott Is STILL Trying To Drug Test Poor People With Children
By Janie Campbell
The new brief argues that there is a "demonstrated problem with drug use” among people receiving public assistance, according
POLITICS
Florida Law Mandating Drug Tests For Welfare Struck Down By Federal Judge
By Reuters, Reuters
Scott and other supporters of the law argued that welfare recipients needed to be drug-free to prepare them for jobs. They
POLITICS
11 Imaginary Republican Enemies That Could Give Bigfoot A Run For Its Money
By Nick Wing
There is no hard evidence that Bigfoot exists, but that hasn't kept cable television networks from feeding the American public shows happy to pretend it does.
VIDEOS
Americans Want To Drug Test Congress
While most Americans like the idea of drug testing for welfare recipients, they LOVE the idea of drug testing for members of Congress.
POLITICS
Americans Want Congress Members To Pee In Cups To Prove They're Not On Drugs
By Emily Swanson and Arthur Delaney
Americans consider drug testing to be a no-brainer under a variety of circumstances, according to the survey. Seventy-two
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