Drug testing the unemployed?

[Va Lefty]

Why not drug test anyone or anyone's company that receives federal $?

Because it's not about drug abuse, it's about scapegoating and bulling people who have no power and are without a voice

http://www.bluevirginia.us/diary/5542/will-gop-demand-drug-tests-for-coal-and-oil-subsidies

[teddy51]

1. And anyway to get them off benefits will do! That will be the next equation, if

you are on Social Security and test positive for drugs you will be exempt from benefits.

[waddirum]

2. what the hell else is there to do while unemployed?

What is wrong with smoking a little herb to ease the stress?

[JitterbugPerfume]

3. It's the republican way

Kick 'em while they're down.

The advocates for small Government, and the party that hates Government "interference" want to drug test , and force people to get a GED just because they lost their job. That is messed up in so many ways~~

[ProfessionalLeftist]

4. How about drug testing the politicians? Congress, for instance

They're public employees. Of all, they should certainly be drug-tested. I think that would turn up the worst abuses.

[sad sally]

6. Yes, yes and yes. Add judges, lawyers and cops to the list;

garbage haulers have to pass 'em - so should people in charge of other peoples lifes.

[former squid]

10. I have to take drug tests in the private sector to keep my job.

Why shouldn't people that are getting A free ride have to hold the same standards as people
who have to work to provide for themselves?

[Yavapai]

8. They would find plenty dopes,

thats for sure.

[FarCenter]

5. Requirements for Federal Contractors/Grantees

"The most important piece of legislation regulating Federal contractors/grantees is the Drug-Free Workplace Act of 1988. This Act requires any organization that receives a Federal contract worth $100,000 or more, to establish a drug-free workplace policy. It also requires all organizations receiving a Federal grant of any size to maintain such a policy."

http://workplace.samhsa.gov/WPWorkit/legal.html

[jeff47]

7. They already require that

Came out of the "Just Say NO!" crap in the 80s.

[libodem]

9. Hope they are ready to offer

Free treatment for all the addicts and alcoholics in the United States. Might give some of the rest of us jobs. Detox baby.