Essay On Drug Testing For Welfare

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Have you ever thought that possibly our tax dollars we pay every year, to go to welfare recipients may be abusing or even buying drugs with OUR money? More states need to be doing drug tests for people who try to apply for welfare. I believe that they should be able to pass a supervised drug test and a criminal/ drug related background check, to ensure that they are trustable to be given our hard earned money. They need to make it to where not just anyone can get food stamps, etc.
There are so many drug addicts in today’s generation, but one thing about them is that if a person is that badly addicted they will do anything to chase that high. They will not care about anything else, such as working. There could be so many people applying for …show more content…

But yet almost every time I go into a gas station I see for my own eyes people, especially young adults using their food stamp cards to buy sodas, chip, etc. Being given a food stamp card is meant for necessities, such as milk, eggs, or bread. It is not meant for wants and cravings like sodas and junk food. In my opinion gas stations should not accept food stamps. It should be limited to grocery stores only! The employment rate can drop at anytime leaving many people without jobs. The people who are left with no jobs are going to need assistance financially taking care of their family. That help would be the government welfare. If a bunch of people are coming to apply for welfare, not just everyone should be able to get it. They should be found 100% trustable before given approval. The whole entire point of welfare is people that have it are suppose to be needing assistance from the government. It would not make sense to me for them to not be drug tested! Why would the government pay someone money, that they don’t even know if they are on drugs, and that could be going towards drugs. People are freaking out now about welfare because so many people abuse it. It pretty much is almost a proven fact, that most people on welfare are abusing it in some way, shape, or

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