Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder signed a one-year pilot program into law on Friday that tests welfare recipients and applicants suspected of substance abuse.
Those suspected of using drugs will be tested using an “empirically validated substance abuse screening tool.” If the results come back positive, they’ll be referred to a treatment program and will have to continue submitting periodic drug tests. When those tests come back negative, their benefits can be restored. Those who refuse to comply will be suspended from receiving benefits for a six-month period.
The program will initially start in three yet-to-be-determined counties.
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Maryland new gov do the same please.
ReplyDeleteThe dem obama lovers that work in the dss office will Never do this to there PEEPS.
ReplyDeleteWith their current system,this will be logistically impossible.Truly a great idea,but not feasible in a time of cutbacks.However,if the additional manpower funding necessary could be offset by a major reduction in entitlement payoffs this could actually fly.Keeping the payments the same and increasing state employees cannot BOTH happen at the same time.
ReplyDeleteExcellent!
ReplyDeleteNext they need to look at possession of tobacco, alcohol, iPhones, and vehicle value. These represent a use of funds that should be dedicated to survival and show either an excess of funds or an inappropriate use of funds.
This should be done in every State.
ReplyDeleteGood kuck enforcing it with obama people running it ???
Delete10:52 I agree with you.
ReplyDeleteTesting can be done for tobacco use, too. If the states can ban tobacco in state prisons (counties,too), then it can ban its use by welfare recipients. There is no law on the books that says tobacco use by individuals is a right, or that the government has to subsidize it with welfare money.
ReplyDeleteWill never get enforced by obama welfare people in charge?
ReplyDeleteStart with those living in subsidized housing (including the White House).
ReplyDeleteYou can bet before the 1st. test the NAACP will find a judge to strike it down as discriminatory.
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