TweetWe both agree the only way to eradicate drug problem is to **** our government, but it will never happen. The government is bloated with DEA agents who spend so much of their time chasing low level marijuana dealers, so they have a vested interest in keeping things illegal, even though studies now show marijuana is not a gateway drug. As someone who deals with drug users at Grady hospital in Atlanta, I agree. New Research Suggests Marijuana is NOT Gateway Drug as Believed | Addicts NOT Anonymous. I still disagree about welfare recipients, since we were one of those families. When my dad was rescued from 5 years of torture in a Vietnamese P.O.W camp, I am pretty sure he hit some pot to deal with his PTSD. If they had take away our welfare, my two siblings and I probably never would have made it to college....

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Originally Posted by bandaidwoman

We both agree the only way to eradicate drug problem is to **** our government, but it will never happen. The government is bloated with DEA agents who spend so much of their time chasing low level marijuana dealers, so they have a vested interest in keeping things illegal, even though studies now show marijuana is not a gateway drug. As someone who deals with drug users at Grady hospital in Atlanta, I agree. New Research Suggests Marijuana is NOT Gateway Drug as Believed | Addicts NOT Anonymous. I still disagree about welfare recipients, since we were one of those families. When my dad was rescued from 5 years of torture in a Vietnamese P.O.W camp, I am pretty sure he hit some pot to deal with his PTSD. If they had take away our welfare, my two siblings and I probably never would have made it to college....

God bless your father for what he has gone through and the utmost respect goes out to him.But this is my point,its not about not testing welfare recipients,its about testing anyone.If we were to go all out,yes many people would be hurt,inconvenienced and freedoms taken away but that would be the only way to make it happen.Since we all can agree that that would never happen especially when it came time to investigate the so called "powers that be" then it should be needless to say that legalizing,taxing and better monitoring of who uses would be the best way to solve the drug problems of the world.Most importantly educating everyone on them and stop trying to HIDE everyone from them.

TweetOh yea,one last thing as for your family being on welfare which helped you go to college.Your case would seem warranted for help and was in fact a good thing.Which actually is an entirely different problem with our gov't----TAKING BETTER CARE OF OUR VETERANS.If they had more funds available to veterans than "welfare" per say would not be needed.Veterans,especially war time Veterans should not need a hand out.They EARNED their money and the right to have money for them and their families once back home.

That being a different topic for another thread though,back to your case.I can say that IMO your's is the minority of cases.Most welfare families are not there because they have only this as an option to survive but because they CHOOSE to have this option.Families that claim to "need" welfare to survive continue to have more and more kids,meaning more and more mouths to feed on OUR dime! If you dont have money to feed what kids you have why on earth would you have more? Also have you ever wondered why so many welfare recipients are driving new vehicles? Or wearing tons of gold?? Or have the best cell phones?? Ot have the best and latest electronics for their homes?

If they were truly needy,they would not have such things.Many of these families are collecting in different names and taking advantage of a system that has failed.

With a job they risk being drug tested.With welfare they do not.Whats easier,sitting on their asses getting high all day or having to bust their asses working like us?

Im sorry,but you may have been on welfare because your family truly needed it and made good from its use but the vast majority of welfare recipients do not.If my tax dollars have to support these people than we need better control of how and what they use it for.