Drug Testing and Assistance Programs

Legislators continue to propose drug testing for welfare recipients, By Tim Grimes, May 5, 2012, Evansville Courier and Press: “Lawmakers in Indiana and across the nation are studying whether to require drug tests of welfare and food stamp recipients, even though there are questions about the constitutionality of the move. This year, legislators in at least 25 states proposed bills to implement some sort of drug testing system for a variety of welfare programs, most commonly Temporary Assistance for Needy Families, but also Medicaid and the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance program, which used to be called food stamps…”