good article. makes some fair and valid points.
i would like to see the overall standards for welfare tightened. i think that would have far more savings and benefits. (as the GOP congress did under Clinton.)
this would save little, have little positive effect, and bad unintended consequences.
will they stop using drugs? no. absolutely not.
so, if you take away their welfare, what will they do?
begin mugging and stealing from honest citizens, if they are not already.
(which is one of the MANY good reasons why i support legalization. make drugs cheap, so they won’t steal from functional citizens.)
also, in MANY cases, there might be a mother on drugs, and this money actually does help her children.
this will not accomplish anything except saving a small amount of tax money, which will be used up 10 fold in extra costs in police and family services.
not to mention, the HUGE amount of money it will cost, for the drug testing.
that cost ALONE, will probably almost equal any savings.
(and if you are really sincere about this, how about stopping welfare users from buying and drinking alcohol, which is a far far far bigger problem.)