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Each year, billions of tax dollars are given through the welfare program to families in order to provide them financial assistance during personal economic downtime.
The question arises of whether these families use this philanthropic resource constructively or to fuel the illicit drug use that contributes to their current economic situation. The ratio of welfare recipients that are drug users is alarming high, therefore, welfare recipients should be required to undergo drug screening to receive benefits and to demonstrate employability.
The welfare system in this country places a significant burden on society. While helping people in need is a noble endevour, there is little regulation or oversight as to how the funds paid to welfare recipients are used and whether the people receiving these funds are employable.
Drug testing welfare recipients will help to make sure that these recipients are ready to enter the work force quickly and in fact are even employable. There is also the problem with the added burden of medical conditions brought on by drug abuse, the treatment of which are also covered by the working people who pay into the welfare system.
It is time that welfare recipients are held to the same standards as the people who supply their drug money.
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