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They tried it in Florida, and now they're thinking about trying it in Washington state: drug testing people who receive welfare benefits.
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I think it's a fantastic idea. Why should I have to pay for your groceries, rent, or medical care if you're spending your money on pot, meth, or cocaine? Washington will even allow you to keep your benefits if you fail the first drug test on the condition that you enter counseling and don't have another positive test.
To make it fair you could even randomize it. When you fly into Mexico and go through security, you show them your papers and then push a button. A red or green light will appear, and based on the result you may be chosen to have your bag searched.
It could be one in five, or one in ten people that are chosen at random to be tested. I think it would deter a lot of druggies from coming down to apply just knowing that there's a chance you might get selected for this type of testing.
It's high time that we start taking the steps to make sure our tax dollars aren't being wasted on people who choose to feed their addiction instead of their stomachs...
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