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I agree with the drug testing. I am looking at applying for tanf this week while I go back to votech to learn a new job skill. I am not a drug user nor am I worried about being suspected of using drugs. I feel that if I am expected to pass a drug test to work for a company, then I should also pass a drug test to goto school or to receive tanf. I have been in some of the larger DHS offices many times in the past for either food benefits or day care assistance, and too often I have seen people who are in there for getting tanf who are obviously using drugs. If a drug test causes those people to loose their cash benefits then that is the best thing for the kids. The kids of users or more at risk from getting hurt then if their parents weren't using. Maybe getting denied tanf will finally be their wakeup call to get clean.

And for those who feel its a violation of our privacy rights, they aren't testing for alcohol, they are testing for ILLEGAL DRUGS. If it was against our privacy rights, then officers wouldn't be allowed to search our vehicles if they suspect the driver of using drugs.