Drugs Testing for Benefits

[chem1st]

It's not an Americanism. Especially the way it's spelled. Cheque? No, here we call it "welfare". (On the west coast, anyway)

 

A few years ago, someone tried to offer an incentive for Norplant implants (the contraceptive). I believe it was $500 to any woman of child bearing age receiving welfare benefits. Oh boy. Did that open up a can of worms. Naturally it was called racist. (despite an equal number of blacks and whites on welfare)

 

They did it over here too, for drug addicts (of illegal drugs).

 

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-11545519

 

Barbara Harris?

[Sierra]

They did it over here too, for drug addicts (of illegal drugs).

 

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-11545519

 

Barbara Harris?

 

Barbara Harris? What the heck is she doing over there? I'm assuming she must have the permission of the authorities?

[Phanerothyme]

Barbara Harris? What the heck is she doing over there? I'm assuming she must have the permission of the authorities?

 

I think she has the permission of, if not the blessing of, and a first class ticket from, the US authorities.

 

Now we seem to be stuck with her!

[Halibut]

It's a ridiculous suggestion, designed by the rich to exploit the poor.

[Bassman62]

I do wish people would get off the backs of benefit recipients and place their anger where it is deserved, ie with successive governments who have ruined this country through bad management and self agrandisement.

Billions have been wasted on a lot less worthy causes than benefits, and yet nothing is said or done about it.

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Foreign Aid is the best example of £Billions wasted.

[Conrod]

It's a ridiculous suggestion, designed by the rich to exploit the poor.

How does trying to stop the poor from spending their money on drugs exploit them?

[Olive]

Seems like a lot of people are assuming all benefits claimers are scrounging substance abusers. What about the decent, hard-working folk who have paid dues and find themselves out of work for short periods? Isn't this happening more and more in this economic climate? So let's say your mum or dad, worked for 20 years, liked a tipple on a weekend, never touched drugs in their life, was asked to provide a urine sample every time they signed on (just to add to the humiliation of being out of work and having to join the dole queue). How would it make them feel? How would it make you feel?

 

Not to mention the logisics.

[Bassman62]

It's a ridiculous suggestion, designed by the rich to exploit the poor.

So as my first reply has been deleted please tell us how drug testing exploits the poor?

[Bassman62]

Seems like a lot of people are assuming all benefits claimers are scrounging substance abusers.

Nobody is assuming that all benefit claimers are scroungers and subsatnce abusers but it is quite fair to assume that an awful lot are.

And the tax payer is paying for that abuse.

[Bassman62]

So let's say your mum or dad, worked for 20 years, liked a tipple on a weekend, never touched drugs in their life, was asked to provide a urine sample every time they signed on (just to add to the humiliation of being out of work and having to join the dole queue). How would it make them feel? How would it make you feel?

 

If they were decent upstanding people and weren't substance abusers/druggies it should make them feel good to know that substance abusers/druggies were being targeted for wasting public money.