It would be nice, but it would be very expensive.

Yes I think they should. But like you said, they're probably too expensive to have done regularly.

That would be a very good way to make sure the money isn't wasted (on drugs). But its expensive blah blah blah.

Yes, that way you could know they are spending it on drugs.

some should

Most of the people I've met on public assistance are on multiple prescription drugs,which is part of the reason they are on public assistance! Medical care is priced way beyond the means of a large portion of the American populace, including me! I have gone without my ADHD medicine for a year and a half now, because I have no medical coverage, and my bad cholesteral is at 500 because I can't afford to eat right on the paltry wages I recieve. I used to get 11.57 an hour for similar work, but now I'm making eight, and part time at that!!!
If I didn't care about right and wrong,I could make ten times that selling drugs, but I won't let big brother drive me to it. the state of our country is despicable with honest hard working people reduced to poverty because of corporate greed.

If by "public assistance" you're referring to welfare and the such, then yes, I think it would be a good idea.

yes they should. there is no reason to support someone when they can not even keep themselves clean.

Yeah, that's a good idea.

of course not. being in drugs in no way effects whether someone should be entitled to "public assistance" which i assume is the same as welfare.

on* drugs

No. If a person happens to do drugs does that mean their children stop needing to eat?

Yeah and if they are tested positive and they have children the people in charge should take the money they were going to give them and actually go buy food for their children and them.

No, a person on drugs children still need to eat, but they also need someone mature and responsible to raise them.

Nope, it's an invasion of privacy..Sometimes you have to look at the bigger picture, that being the children if they're involved!

Regular drug tests could be part of the reason they're getting aid-they failed a test required by work, for example.

I think it's a good, though likely very expensive idea. Could be a random thing though, like many employers are. The food stamps program shouldn't be affected, only the monetary assistance. That way, the kids could still eat, too.

Only if you agree that anybody who recieves taxpayer dollars should also take the tests. As in: Officers of corporations that recieve tax breaks, any public office holder, law enforcement, military...well you get the idea

It would be a great idea if it wasn't so expensive, because I know alot of people do it and it really is a waste of taxpayers money to support drug dealers. And if they are found to be positive of serious drugs, their children should probably be taken away from them anyway.