Medicine: Drug Testing Essay (Essay Sample)

Drugs Testing
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Approximately 477,000 people in the state of California are on welfare out of the 37,253,956 people that live in California. How many of that number of people on welfare are active drug users? We will never know the exact number because anyone there is no one willing to admit nor comment to being a drug user. The only option left of knowing how many people are taking advantages of the welfare system and are still drug users is by starting drug testing on people who are receiving welfare benefits.
The fact that almost all jobs require drug testing while no such practice is done on persons applying for welfare is unacceptable("Should people on..," n.d.) A large number of these persons abuse such help by indulging into drugs and should, therefore, be tested. Conservatives who were in support of such testing were said to have had more support from the people. The same was supported by the Republican during the presidential campaign, with their candidate Mitt Romney, calling it "an excellent idea" (Drug abuse weekly). The Governor Rick Scott of Florida also believes this from the many times he has said so on news articles. Drug testing on such individuals in the welfare should be mandatory.
There is a lot of support and positive proposals suggesting that drug testing has affected the child well-being in a positive manner. Child well-being is decreased and undermined by certain proposals whose effect is to hinder or reduce family income. Drug testing on such applicants of welfares would deter many from drug abuse hence improving the positive effects on such children. If persons who are applying for such welfares are found to be drug users from the beginning, it will help in making sure not to avail more money to them, for their self-destruction.
There is a possibility that drug testing on welfare applicants could have saved a lot of money. This is be considering situations such as where such money spent on welfare only to be given to persons who end up wasting it on drugs is instead saved and used on the productive programs. With our states quiet huge debts, why not find ways to save money and not have to support people who use drugs. Florida estimated taxpayer savings from drug related denials for the first quarter was $1.8 Million, not what I would call a failure. Salt Lake City, Utah has a new state program requiring drug screening for welfare applicants it has saved more than $350,000 in its first year. This shoul...