Georgia Welfare Drug Test

Georgia Gov. Nathan Deal has passed a controversial law mandating a $17 drug test for every resident applying for welfare assistance, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution's Kristina Torres reports.

Deal joins a growing roster of state leaders looking for new ways to weed out unworthy candidates for government assistance. Nearly half the country's already pushing some sort of drug test legislation, and Florida was the first to pass the law in July. As a result, the state's welfare enrollment tanked to pre-recession levels.

A Florida judge blocked the law last year after the American Civil Liberties Union challenged it on grounds that it violates the Fourth amendment. Now it's only a matter of time before Georgia faces the same scrutiny as it's neighbor.

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