Mandatory drug testing of welfare recipients would be a money saving action if more of the recipient population actually used drugs. Drug testing can make recipients turn away from drugs to get approve for assistance, but it can also have harming effects. Drug testing could have recipients turn away from assistance, punish children for their parent’s actions, and can lose money.
Welfare is the financial help for families in need of finances. Welfare includes programs such as unemployment, social security, health care, and more. Welfare was not created for a permanent solution to families in need of financial help. Welfare was created to help needy families get back on their feet though hard times.
One main reason for mandatory drug testing is that taxpayers believe recipients should be drug tested to receive their money if they get drug tested to get a job. Drug testing could save money by removing drug users from receiving unnecessary financial help. The underlining pro of mandatory drug testing is it will potentially terminate the families who abuse the system. Drug testing could influence the lower class to stay off drugs.
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Drug testing is discriminating and testing could punish children for their parent’s choices. The cons of drug testing are that it will create additional cost to test recipients, violate a person’s privacy, and take money from other programs to pay for the tests. Drug testing could do more harm than good. By making recipients feel humiliated to use assistance, testing could push these people to reject the help they need. Testing could also keep users from disclosing information that would take them out of the system.
Because the main basis for drug testing is suspicion, lawmakers are not able to have mandatory drug testing passed. Drug testing is also not passed because individuals are protected by the Fourth