Quote Originally Posted by bandaidwoman View Post
Most physicians are against the welfare drug testing due to scientific reasons. According to a 1996 study by the National Institute of Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, differences between the proportion of welfare and non-welfare recipients using illegal drugs are statistically insignificant.

Before the Michigan policy was halted, only 10% of recipients tested positive for illicit drugs. Only 3% tested positive for hard drugs, such as cocaine and amphetamines – rates that are in line with the drug use rates of the general population.
Seventy percent of all illicit drug users (and presumably a much higher percentage of alcohol users), ages 18-49, are employed full-time.

Regarding the latter, I don't drug test my employees, if they can do their work, fine, if they can't, I fire them. If I have a pot head that can do her job very well, who cares. Plain and simple.

I'm a dual citizen of China and USA ( long story). Once the government can violate what is the 4th amendment with "illegal searches" using drug testing, it opens the door for other searches. I know, because this is what they do back home. We chinese understand that drug abuse will always be rampant in a free market system. Mao , successfully eradicated my home country's addiction to Opium (3/4 of us were addicted) with ruthless drug testing, home searches and totalitarian efficiency. Now that free market capitalism is making it's way throughout after Deng's "Reaganization" of our economy, drug addiction is making a comeback. It is the price of a relatively free market economy.

I disagree about the amount of welfare recipients on drugs due to as you have yourself stated,in-sufficient testing proceedures among other reasons.I state this only due to dealing with many people who are on welfare and believe me,the large majority of them are on some form of drugs.

As for what you are stating about Mao eradicaating drug addiction there,you have just re-itterated what I have stated,it can be done but we have to go at it 100%.Whether you feel its right or not how it got done in China,it DID get done and thats the point.The only way to stop it is going complete N A Z I gov't and taking away everyone's freedom's.Of course this is not what I believe should happen but thats irrelevant.If we are truly about eliminating all drug use/abuse than this would be the only way.Once again,I mean starting with tobacco and alcohol and working our way down.Just because the gov't decided that tobacco and alcohol make them too much money and should be legal does not change the proven facts that they are our TOP KILLERS! So if its all about "SAVING US" than we have to start with those do we not?

So once again,its time to re-think this war on drugs and start doing whats really best for us,ur gov't and our world.