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What's with people not being able to include a friggin link???In Utah, 12 tested positive, but 250 withdrew their applications when they found out they would be tested. In Michigan, in 5 weeks, before the law was halted, just under 10% tested positive, 3% of those for hard drugs.. How many didn't apply, due to knowing the law? In Florida, approximately 3% tested positive in 4 months. How many didn't apply, due to the well publicized fact testing was being done? These are just a few examples for you.
You do realize that only progressives will take anything thinkprogress puts out seriously right, or should that be left wingers posing as rightwingers?Those drug tests make conservatives feel good but they yield painfully few violators
A waste of taxpayer dollars
Lets put it to the test and find out
-Geaux
What 7 States Discovered After Spending More Than 1 Million Drug Testing Welfare Recipients ThinkProgress
According to state data gathered by ThinkProgress, the seven states with existing programs — Arizona, Kansas, Mississippi, Missouri, Oklahoma, Tennessee, and Utah — are spending hundreds of thousands of dollars to ferret out very few drug users. The statistics show that applicants actually test positive at a lower rate than the drug use of the general population. The national drug use rate is 9.4 percent. In these states, however, the rate of positive drug tests to total welfare applicants ranges from 0.002 percent to 8.3 percent, but all except one have a rate below 1 percent. Meanwhile, they’ve collectively spent nearly $1 million on the effort, and millions more may have to be spent in coming years.
Feel free to show any data that shows these drug tests are making a difference