“Georgia lawmakers estimate that 800 of the 19,000 TANF recipients will fail their drug tests.”
too small
That gotta' be way too low . . . missing a comma and a zero somewhere.
But, isn't it a shame that we're asking welfare recipients to stay away from drugs (they must be buying them with the welfare money) and keeping clean. Must be a tall order.
While my Dad was in college, he didn't know anyone who had even *tried* illegal drugs. Never mind did them on a regular basis.
While I was in college, I was one of four people that I know of who *hadn't* tried illegal drugs. And most of the kids smoked pot (or other things) regularly. I still work with a large-ish number of people who do, though, as I get older, it's more pills than pot.
You're darn right this estimate is too small.
Wonder if those 800 people will just quit their drug use or if we will have 800 new thieves and killers running around trying to get drug money...