Florida’s welfare drug testing law — which was blocked by a judge and discovered few drug users — cost the state an extra $45,780, the New York Times reports. Only 2.6 percent of the welfare applicants failed the test.
From the Times’ report:
And the testing did not have the effect some predicted. An internal document about Temporary Assistance for Needy Families, or TANF, caseloads stated that the drug testing policy, at least from July through September, did not lead to fewer cases.
“We saw no dampening effect on the caseload,” the document said.
