“Utah’s welfare drug testing scheme has yielded only a dozen positive results since the program started last year, though it may have deterred some from seeking benefits. The 466 tests turned out 12 positive results, as the Associated Press first reported. The results were similar when Florida launched welfare drug testing in 2011 and just 2.6 percent of applicants tested positive. National surveys usually find that about 8 percent of respondents used drugs in the previous month. Utah’s law differs from Florida’s in that it first subjects TANF applicants to a questionnaire and only tests those whose answers give the state a reasonable suspicion of drug use.”
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/08/27/welfare-drug-testing_n_3822750.html
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