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Take Drugs? No Welfare!

Tue, 15 Jan 2008 08:25:05 -0500 by Bull

Is it possible? Could it be? Is there any chance of the ‘People’s Republic of Kalifornia‘ actually getting something right for a change?

IF, (and its a big ‘if’), this bill is passed it should then sweep through every state in the Union! At least The Bull hopes so…

From Fox News Online this morning…

California lawmakers will weigh a bill that will require welfare applicants to be screened for drugs after a teen — disabled by his own mother’s prenatal drug use — won a contest sponsored by his local assemblyman, The Desert Sun reports.

R.J. Feild, a sophomore with spastic triplegic cerebral palsy, won Assemblyman John J. Benoit’s “There Ought to Be a Law” contest with a 500-word essay about his own life — born at 2 pounds, 2 ounces with traces of heroin, methamphetamine, marijuana, cocaine and alcohol in his body, the paper reports.

Click here to read more at MyDesert.com.

“R.J.’s captivating story provided a clear reason why we need his law,” Benoit, R-64th Dist., told The Desert Sun. “”I look forward to introducing ‘R.J.’s Law’ in this legislative session.”

Feild’s mother used alcohol and drugs while she was pregnant and on public assistance, the paper said.

The Jurupa Valley High School student, who uses a wheelchair to get around, will fly to Sacramento to formally introduce the bill on the Assembly floor, MyDesert.com reports.

Feild won the contest, in part, because his was the most compelling and feasible, the paper said.

Great idea, eh?

Bull, out!  End of Article

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  • 1 Angela Feb 21, 2008 at 1815

    I think this is the most reasonable bill I have ever heard of. Beyond the personal reasons that R.J. clearly has for wanting to pass this bill, it is completely reasonable for those of us contributing to welfare to expect the recipients to be clean. Otherwise are we not just contributing to their drug problems? There should be a line for urinalysis right before the line for the welfare checks. If you don’t pass, no check. I don’t have a problem temporarily helping someone get back on their feet but clearly someone who is spending their money on drugs instead of trying to improve their lives permanently doesn’t need that monetary boost. Their share of the welfare can go to rehab and if they want the money they can go to rehab too.

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