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2011

Drug Rehab Is Critical With Mandatory Welfare Drug Testing

Affordable drug rehab is an important issue that has received extra attention as of late because of a law that recently passed in Florida and Missouri. Florida Governor, Rick Scott, signed a bill requiring all welfare applicants to personally pay for drug testing prior to receiving benefits. If the applicant passes the drug test, he or she will be refunded the money for the test and is eligible to receive the welfare benefits. The governor of Missouri, Jay Nixon, signed a bill into law that requires welfare recipients who are suspected of abusing drugs to have mandatory drug testing. The new law authorizes the state to withhold federal welfare funds from those who test positive and would leave them ineligible for three years unless they seek substance abuse treatment. Currently several other states are considering the mandatory drug testing, including Kentucky, Illinois, and West Virginia.

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