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Proposal to drug-test welfare recipients faces financial, constitutional hurdles

Caitlin Coakley Beckner//September 16, 2011//[read_meter]

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Proposal to drug-test welfare recipients faces financial, constitutional hurdles

Proposal to drug-test welfare recipients faces financial, constitutional hurdles

Caitlin Coakley Beckner//September 16, 2011//[read_meter]

A bill to require random drug testing for recipients of two welfare programs is expected to be revived next year, but opponents argue that based on similar laws in other...

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Tags: Rick Scott, Florida, Fourth Amendment to the United States Constitution, Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, Temporary Assistance for Needy Families, American Civil Liberties Union, Drug test, United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit

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