Saturday, February 13, 2010
Random Drug-Testing Debated
WEST VIRGINIA....
In a speech to the House of Delegates, Republican Craig Blair, a Berkeley County delegate, told colleagues he is looking for bipartisan support of his legislation to randomly drug-test West Virginians who receive public assistance. Blair says this year's legislation is "new and improved" from last year's version which proposed drug-testing people who receive food stamps, unemployment compensation, and other public assistance. This year's version would only impact those who receive cash assistance but would not cut off people's benefits if they were enrolled in a drug-treatment program. However, opponents still say the idea unfairly targets poor people and would likely be proven unconstitutional.
In a speech to the House of Delegates, Republican Craig Blair, a Berkeley County delegate, told colleagues he is looking for bipartisan support of his legislation to randomly drug-test West Virginians who receive public assistance. Blair says this year's legislation is "new and improved" from last year's version which proposed drug-testing people who receive food stamps, unemployment compensation, and other public assistance. This year's version would only impact those who receive cash assistance but would not cut off people's benefits if they were enrolled in a drug-treatment program. However, opponents still say the idea unfairly targets poor people and would likely be proven unconstitutional.
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