Drug testing is a function of the medical community, be it urinalysis or blood draws. There is no percent of welfare recipients or food stamp recipients that have proven these are programs used illegitimacy.
The testing has legal implications and will result in fear and will keep people away even if not taking drugs illegally. There are issues as well with medications ordered by a physician. Will that require additional time to validate the American's answers? Food stamps can't be delayed. It is a need that is immediate.
The only way I see any type of testing being conducted is when a person or family receives Medicaid and has options for treatment if there is a problem with KNOWN drug addiction. There are all kinds of problems, including false positives. Otherwise it is pure victimization and serves no purpose to society except additional costs. Once again, the only people qualified to collect such specimens are certified labs and licensed personnel. The only place the specimens are evaluated are also certified labs.
Costs (click here) start at $30 for a simple urinalysis, but, for a drug screen it is more like $165.00. Drug screens are a special request and need more analysis than a simple chemistry test.
For as often as positives would show up, the request is a burden for society. The subject is just politics. It is amazing the money the political right wing spends on lawsuits that fail.
The costs to such testing redirects monies from food stamps and welfare programs in the pockets of the private sector. It reduces the benefits available.
July 15, 2015
Arthur Delaney
Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker, (click here) one of many Republicans seeking their party's presidential nomination, is suing the federal government over his plan to make some food stamp recipients pee in cups to prove they're not on drugs.
Federal law doesn't give states much room to impose new conditions on Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits. The program is known informally by its former name, food stamps, and in Wisconsin it's called FoodShare.
“This lawsuit seeks to provide clarity that the State of Wisconsin has the authority to require drug testing for FoodShare recipients,” Wisconsin Attorney General Brad Schimel said in a press release on Tuesday.
While federal law doesn't allow states to impose drug tests on SNAP recipients, it does allow states to drug test and in general make up their own rules for the much smaller Temporary Assistance for Needy Families program, which serves about 4 million Americans. Roughly 46 million Americans receive SNAP benefits....
The testing has legal implications and will result in fear and will keep people away even if not taking drugs illegally. There are issues as well with medications ordered by a physician. Will that require additional time to validate the American's answers? Food stamps can't be delayed. It is a need that is immediate.
The only way I see any type of testing being conducted is when a person or family receives Medicaid and has options for treatment if there is a problem with KNOWN drug addiction. There are all kinds of problems, including false positives. Otherwise it is pure victimization and serves no purpose to society except additional costs. Once again, the only people qualified to collect such specimens are certified labs and licensed personnel. The only place the specimens are evaluated are also certified labs.
Costs (click here) start at $30 for a simple urinalysis, but, for a drug screen it is more like $165.00. Drug screens are a special request and need more analysis than a simple chemistry test.
For as often as positives would show up, the request is a burden for society. The subject is just politics. It is amazing the money the political right wing spends on lawsuits that fail.
The costs to such testing redirects monies from food stamps and welfare programs in the pockets of the private sector. It reduces the benefits available.
July 15, 2015
Arthur Delaney
Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker, (click here) one of many Republicans seeking their party's presidential nomination, is suing the federal government over his plan to make some food stamp recipients pee in cups to prove they're not on drugs.
Federal law doesn't give states much room to impose new conditions on Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits. The program is known informally by its former name, food stamps, and in Wisconsin it's called FoodShare.
“This lawsuit seeks to provide clarity that the State of Wisconsin has the authority to require drug testing for FoodShare recipients,” Wisconsin Attorney General Brad Schimel said in a press release on Tuesday.
While federal law doesn't allow states to impose drug tests on SNAP recipients, it does allow states to drug test and in general make up their own rules for the much smaller Temporary Assistance for Needy Families program, which serves about 4 million Americans. Roughly 46 million Americans receive SNAP benefits....
