zorro
9 Answers
ROMOS
I agree in principle, but I worry if their money disappears the crime rate may rise and innocent people will suffer, there are other solutions to this problem but that also comes with a cost.
| 9 years ago. Rating: 10 | |
clu
Bob/PKB
I t sounds like a good idea, for statistical purposes, if nothing else. What to do about it is an open can of worms.
| 9 years ago. Rating: 9 | |
Clonge
nomdeplume
Add in booze and tobacco, why not?
| 9 years ago. Rating: 9 | |
Same for marijuana. They go out to the car and smoke it, or eat their brownies.
jhharlan
Ducky
How can you test people on social assistance for drug abuse without also testing for other addictions? With the assumption being that they are wasting their government assistance on drugs, wouldn't they need other "tests"? What about alcohol? Tobacco? Gambling? The list would be endless and who decides exactly what is a waste of money and what isn't? Maybe junk food or a movie, would be considered wasteful also?
| 9 years ago. Rating: 7 | |
Whether being spent legally, illegally, carefully, or otherwise, it's impossible to monitor social assistance. There is always a way around any "system". How about monitoring other things? Proof of getting further education? Proof of looking for work every single day? How about receiving social assistance for a very specific number of months? How about social assistance being a one-time-only experience? We have people in Canada who have mothers/fathers who have never held a job, nor have their grandmothers/grandfathers! When it has become "generational" it indicates a major problem with our system of "helping". We are enabling and nothing more!
robertgrist
I'v been regularly tested for drugs several times a year and I don't use any illegal drugs. I think it ticks off some folk to know I'm clean or suspect that I'm cheating. Most of the folk who do the testing seem to judge by appearances even though they are collecting evidence. These same folks get their samples mixed-up occasionally too. When suspicion is obvious, I ask if they would like to hold the cup. No one has taken me up on the offer.
I'm sure there are many people who have been on various street drugs are getting help from the state of California. The courts actually help people stay off illegal drugs and monitor their progress regularly.
| 9 years ago. Rating: 7 | |
mycatsmom
Why not ? ........We have to get drug tested. Us common people who are not on drugs have to get drug tested to be qualified to be considered for a job that we've applied for. It's not a pleasant experience. They walk you to the bathroom , take your purse and anything else away from you . Stand there right outside an unlocked door, while you get a urine sample. Then, you open the door and give it to them.Then , they walk you back to a waiting room. Lots of companies drug test.
| 9 years ago. Rating: 4 | |
