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Originally Posted by Ferox13
The test aren't that reliable, are easy to beat and will cost money to administer.
So basically what will happen is that the government will spend more money to test welfare recipients for illegal drugs.
The response to this is that the welfare recipients who do take illegal will spend the government money they receive on kits to cheat the tests. Isn't there some sort of irony here.
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Don't get me wrong, I do not think testing welfare recipients is going to fix any kind of drug epidemic. I doubt it would even make a scratch on the surface. I don't even think this is a step in the right direction to fix the problem. The big thing for me is that if you need help I don't think its too much to ask to piss clean. I have to piss clean to have my job, the least you can do is piss clean to not have a job.
I am not anti drug at all. In my perfect world all drugs would be made legal and regulated in a manner as to keep low grade dangerous home made chemicals off of the street. If you could legally go to a store and purchase a drug that is regulated, meets FDA standards, and isn't "cut", you wouldn't buy an inferior product from the street. Its like you never hear of an alcoholic who brews all his own vodka or buys bathtub vodka from a street brewer, he goes to a store and buys it. He knows that the booze from the store isn't tainted and won't make him go blind. I also believe that if a person could legally buy their drug of choice you would see a steep decline in criminal activity. I'm not sure how the economy would be affected by thousands of drug dealers suddenly being out of business though.:confused:
I believe that is everyones personal right to ingest whatever substance they desire as long as they can do it in a responsible manner and it doesn't infringe on the rights of others. IMO, if you want to sniff glue at the end of your work day, more power to you, its your body and your decision. I don't believe it should be anyones choice but your own.
*edit* I also believe that treatment should be made readily available and free as to help those who are poor.