Put Down the Resume, Stoner

[jdizzle]

The scenarios you listed are fine in my book. The problem lies with the opiate addicts who are blowing through ungodly amounts of money for heroin and pills just to stave off withdrawals. These people stand less of a chance to get and hold a job and many get their habit at least partially paid for by the government. That is just wrong. If someone wants to do this with their lives, I have no problem with it as long as they use their own money. For this proposed law, I would very much support alcohol testing too. I don't think nicotine and caffeine do anything to hurt the chances of landing a job.

I'm all for helping out the poor. But if significant amounts of welfare money are being spent on drugs, that's less money for the people who actually deserve it. Welfare should be a privilege, not a right. The goal of it is to keep people fed, clothed, and sheltered, not to keep people high. And as for smoking a joint at the end of the day to calm down, that's still a luxury. Unless you are using weed for medical purposes, it is never necessary, and shouldn't be paid for by the government.

The opiate addicts would not be blowing through ungodly amounts of $ if the drugs were not illegal. That is the real problem.

 

[ATLL765]

Remove a legal route to obtain food/money and you will only force those people now cut off to find another way to find money and I guarantee many people aren't going to make the choice and/or have the luck to find a job.

Bottom line is that while a portion of these people on welfare and/or receiving food stamps are using them to obtain drugs, forcing everyone in these programs to take piss tests is going to cause more harm than good. Who's to say some of these people don't have generous friends that let them in on a joint here and there? Also this is just going to cause more harm than good because as I said earlier, these people are not going to just go "oh well, lets go get a job". They may not look for a job at all, if jobs are even available in their area, but I guarantee many will find a way to get the money to buy drugs and many will resort to illegal means just to feed their kids if they have to.