Drug Testing for Welfare Recipients

Drug testing for welfare recipients
An earlier version would have created a pilot drug-testing program for Ohio Works First, the state's cash assistance program. Applicants would pay for test and those who failed would be denied benefits for one year and referred for treatment. Those who … Read more on Columbus Dispatch (blog)

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WASHINGTON (AP) — Despite 75 years of federal marijuana prohibition, the Justice Department said Thursday that states can let people use the drug, license people to grow it and even allow adults to stroll into stores and buy it — as long as the weed … Read more on Gateway News

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During a recent speech to constituents in Ohio, Rep. … A recent Associated Press report found that out of 466 welfare applicants given drug tests over the past year in Utah, only 12 tested positive, a percentage far below the national average for … Read more on Chicago Tribune