HuffPo: Welfare Drug Testing Catches Only 12 Users In Utah

[OmahaBlueDog]

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/08/27/welfare-drug-testing_n_3822750.html

Utah's welfare drug testing scheme has yielded only a dozen positive results since the program started last year, though it may have deterred some from seeking benefits.

From August 2012 through July 2013, the state prescreened 4,730 applicants to the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families program with a written test. The state followed up with an actual drug test for the 466 of those whose written answers suggested a likelihood of drug use.

The 466 tests turned out 12 positive results, as the Associated Press first reported. The results were similar when Florida launched welfare drug testing in 2011 and just 2.6 percent of applicants tested positive. National surveys usually find that about 8 percent of respondents used drugs in the previous month.

Utah's drug screening cost the state about $31,000. But state Rep. Brad Wilson (R-Kaysville) told HuffPost he thinks the bill saved more than it cost. He said an additional 247 Utahns dropped out of the TANF application process after they were told to expect a drug test.

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[PDJane]

1. We had a conservative premier try this here,

Along with a snitch line. It cost more for the line and fruitless prosecutions than it would have for any fraud that was there. It's damn stupid. Give people enough to live; it works much better.

[BlueJazz]

2. So..I take it that the corporations that get tax breaks and ALL individuals in the state...

...that drink from the tax-trough have to also get their blood tested.....Yeah...right....