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VA wants to drug test welfare recipients

By John Wesley Hall, Jr.

In the Washington Post last week: Bill Would Require Some to Pass Drug Test to Get Aid: Some welfare applicants and beneficiaries would be required to pass a drug test and receive counseling to receive public assistance under a controversial bill being considered by the Virginia General Assembly. Under the proposal, which has been approved by the Senate, people applying for or in the state's job-training program, which is required to receive welfare, would be questioned about substance abuse. Those thought to be abusing drugs could be required to take a drug test. . . . Several states, including Arizona and Kentucky, have moved recently to restrict the benefits of those who test positive for drugs, said Elizabeth Lower-Basch, a senior policy analyst for the Center for Law and Social Policy, a Washington-based think tank...continue to full post

Full post as published by Fourth Amendment on February 28, 2008 (boomark / email).