claim: "the studies have shown us that [drug testing for welfare recipients] will be saving us money"
author: doreen costa
evidence_1: oct 12, 2011 ... studies have also found recipients drug use is largely unrelated to ... there was  also one proposal each in the u.s. house of representatives and senate. ....  drug testing tanf applicants and recipients will save money.
evidence_2: apr 17, 2012 ... no savings are found from welfare drug tests ... miami — ushered in amid  promises that it would save taxpayers money and deter drug users, ... director for  the american civil liberties union of florida, which sued the state ...
evidence_3: sep 12, 2017 ... there is hyperbole in the way evidence for welfare drug testing is being ...  recipients for drug use have only previously appeared in the us and new  zealand. ... under this policy, so we don't know if this trial will save money. ...  some studies have found when addicts do enter rehabilitation, they can be ...
evidence_4: feb 17, 2015 ... who benefits from drug testing, besides them and their cronies? ... that such  testing will save the country vast sums, as well as make us all safer. ... similarly,  utah found 0.2 percent of the total welfare recipient population positive, vs. ...  who will argue these cases . . . but should we spend that kind of money?
evidence_5: dec 13, 2015 ... is drug testing welfare recipients (and then disqualifying those who fail ... of all  large employers in the u.s. have implemented drug testing ... hair testing, which  is rarely used, would show drug use within the ... the main premise behind drug  testing of welfare applicants is that the state will save money by ...