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Drug tests for welfare recipients could get new life
Proposed federal law would make way for change
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Plans to drug test some food stamp recipients in Georgia have been on hold since 2014, but a proposed federal law would allow the state to move forward on this initiative. The U.S. Department of Agriculture, which administers the federally funded Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, has a policy that prohibits states from imposing drug screens as an eligibility requirement to receive benefits. And an Atlanta federal appeals court ruled against similar legislation in Florida, citing the Fourth Amendment’s prohibition of unreasonable search and seizures.