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Originally Posted by woj
objective was not to find out what percentage of welfare recipients use drugs... but probably to reduce drug use... so one possible interpretation is that before drug testing was introduced welfare recipients had 8% drug use rate, just like everyone else...
AFTER mandatory drug testing the rate dropped to 2%... making the program a huge success... 
that's probably unlikely, but it's plausible that while most drug users cheated to continue getting welfare, some may have actually stopped or at least reduced drug use...  |
exactly. to those who supported the testing, i bet deterrance was the real goal. Repubs tend to put morality in front of fiscal prudence. But of course, libbys cant stand anything that deters government spending. So the OP & the blog are most concerned about the budget ramifications of testing. Ironic...