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Florida Governor Wrong About Welfare and Drugs

Thu, Aug 25, 2011 2:15 pm

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Earlier this year Florida Governor Rick Scott signed a bill into law that would require welfare applicants to pass a drug test before receiving benefits from the state. Scott was adamant that people receiving welfare use drugs at a higher rate than the rest of the population. The governor attempted to make this case in an interview with CNN’s T.J. Holmes:

 

Holmes: “What evidence do you have that [Florida subsidizes drug addiction through welfare]?

 

Scott: “Studies show that people that are on welfare are higher users of drugs than people not on welfare…”

 

Holmes: “To that point, that would stop people in their tracks, and I don’t have whatever study you are referring to but you’re saying that people out there who need this assistance, lost jobs, are on welfare, have a higher tendency to use drugs.”

 

Scott: “Absolutely. The studies show that people on welfare are using drugs much higher than the population.”

 

Of course Scott didn’t offer up which “studies” show this to be true. Apparently the viewers, and the people of Florida, were to take his word for it.

 

This bit of sophistry was met with public outcry – the ACLU is threatening a lawsuit challenging the law’s constitutionality – but Scott was undeterred, insisting that rooting out all the drug addicts from the welfare application pool would save the state money.

 

Well, the law took effect July 1, and while it is a small sample size, Florida’s new lets-drug-test-welfare-applicants program has actually provided some statistics (unlike Scott). And the statistics show Scott to have been dead wrong.

 

At least 1,000 welfare applicants have been drug tested thus far. Of that group, 2 percent failed the drug test, 2 percent withdrew from the application process for unspecified reasons and 96 – yes 96 – percent were drug free.

 

Because the law requires the state to reimburse applicants the cost of the test if they pass (each test costs $30), the program is will cost Florida $28,800 - $43,2000 a month, according to The Tampa Tribune. The Tribune places the state’s savings (from rejecting applicants) between $32,200 and $48,2000 monthly – making the program a wash.

 

More importantly, the results of the program dismantle Scott’s insensitive and idiotic assumption that welfare recipients are more likely to use drugs than anyone else.

 

For the ACLU’s Derek Newton, the reasoning behind the program is pretty clear: “This is just punishing people for being poor, which is one of our main points … We're not testing the population at-large that receives government money; we're not testing people on scholarships, or state contractors. So why these people? It's obvious – because they're poor.”

 
More @ tbo.com
 


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alanofsac

Nov 19 2011, 5:51 pm

When do I gotta take that test ? Next Tuesday. Cool plenty of time to do some meth or coke or heroin or shrooms .... Good thing I don't smoke pot I would have to stop for a month and you know how addictive that stuff is. Ought to be a test for lawmakers, an intelligence test

supporter

Oct 22 2011, 7:10 pm

I cannot wait for it to go into affect. I don't care about the drug users. What I find offensive are the parents that take their benefits and sell them to receive drugs. I am sure we will save alot more than the cost to administer the actual tests. I have witnessed people that use drug and ust sit and wait for the day that they get their benefits to get get drugs instead of taking care of their own kids and it makes me sick to my stomch.

anonymous

Sep 12 2011, 9:33 pm

nutzo's funny I get it. LOL

hmm

Sep 12 2011, 9:13 pm

who let the nutzo's out of their cages?

anonymous

Sep 12 2011, 7:49 pm

DOUGH! Good one Dope I get it, funny one. LOL

Square

Sep 11 2011, 9:04 pm

After reading this whole blog, well I guess thats why they call it DOPE.

anonymous

Sep 5 2011, 3:30 pm

You sound like a DOPE

freevibed

Sep 4 2011, 12:30 pm

Oh yes it is!! Pot is considered to be DOPE! Any drug that produces a high is considered to be DOPE.

Look past the doper rhetoric that youve read on these pro-pot sites and learn the cold hard facts on freevibed.com

You'll thank me in the end. :)

Unbieveable

Sep 3 2011, 6:43 pm

umm makes sense, most people on welfare are following the rules and are going through tough times and many feel down on their luck and are having a hard time excepting welfare in the first place. It is sad for them but their kids need to eat.
So why make them feel worse and run down the little self esteem they have left, thus making it harder for them to look for work as they are made to feel unworthy of respect.
2 people out of 100 failed 2 found work or left the state or were to proud to pee in a cup for a little food. Or maybe the last 2 just feel it is easier to kill you and take your money instead.
So 96 innocent people are made to pay $30 and submit to the shame of others watching them pee so the rest of the Floridian fuck heads can feel superior.
I have an idea let's just steal their souls and leave them with no hope, then we can feel better about ourselves.
If you need to be in control, try being in control of your own life and feel better about yourself through love and understanding of the 96 people who follow the rules and who your respect can help by building their self esteem to the point where they feel enabled to get off welfare. Or just set a length of time for welfare to last and then everyone has a target date to improve their lives and offer extensions for those in need like the mentally ill and Mothers of disabled children that need full time care. Oh! say what, some people actually have a valid need?
Or just kill them and solve the problem all together, then when the government finishes running our society into the ground and you loose you job and are hungry and need some food, you can be killed as well.

umm

Sep 3 2011, 1:07 am

Just was scanning the radio, and dennis miller was talking about how people should work or be hit on the head by cop and sent to jail.

He reminds me of groucho marx sometimes, only not as funny, but he too has a caustic toungue like groucho, but i guess the reason i bring it up is due to crohns disease, and arthritis, it is hard to keep a job due to the problems associated with it.

People judge others on the outside, not knowing or giving a damn how others are feeling on the inside, and i know this first hand from people around me all my life. You can not look at me and see inside inflammation, or pain. I choose not to talk about it cause i dont want to look like a complainer, and pot makes me feel normal till it wears off, or i run out, but what i was trying to say was that dennis gives me the opinion that if you dont work you should have no say in society, and i think that is just creepy.

Dennis. If you ever get this, and you doubt my credibility, and lots do, thus another reason i choose to be a loner, then please feel free to bring on the dogs. You know who i am, as i have written you, and told you who i am. I stand behind everything i say.

I don't know what brought up his rant, but i had to shut off the radio. I am not into war like you dennis, so if you hate me for that, again, call the coppers with all speed brother. I kid you not.

I will sue you though for doubting my honesty if you do doubt it, that i guarantee.

BIG WEED SMOKE

Sep 1 2011, 6:19 pm

PEOPLE LOVE TO HATE ITS EASY TO HATE "YOUR CHILD DIED BECAUSE SOMEONE WAS SMOKING MARIJUANA= I HATE MARIJUANA." WAKE UP AMERICA THE DEVIL IS HATE. IF A CHILD DIES AND MARIJUANA IS AROUND THE DEVIL SAYS MARIJUANA KILLED THE CHILD...THE PROBLEM IS THE LAWS AGAINST MARIJUANA. WHAT KILLS MORE PEOPLE ? MARIJUANA, OR THE LAW AGAINST MARIJUANA? ANSWER=LAWS AGAINST MARIJUANA

porker

Sep 1 2011, 11:37 am

Face it, the hair is out of the bag. As a hair tester for the government. I took this job so I can smell pubic hair and anal hair..the smellier and nastier...the better. Saweeeeet. Thanks to all the prohibitionist, I have all the hair samples I want. I get tons of request from prohibiionist...wanting to smell the pubic and anal hair...sick puppies...it's all mine...all mine.

shroom

Sep 1 2011, 8:58 am

Byrantxboy, I too like hitting the bong. But why penalize me when I grow my own. If you feel serious about people receiving benefits and then selling them for drugs. Then call the hotline and become a rat. I'll throw the cheese for you.

byrantxboy

Sep 1 2011, 7:04 am

I love me some pot but if your getting free money then you need fallow the rules. I for one dont like paying for a crackheads crack when they sell there foodstamps for less then what it's worth to get there fix. Besides there are a lot of people on foodstamps and there's nothing wrong with them they just want to be lazy or they got a job and are still getting it thats not right.

maybe

Sep 1 2011, 12:41 am

Do you suppose he was looking at a pro cannabis person in this picture?

http://t2.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcTQwazYkaylllrZUzT_3C3TvRcKu_LCyYkaVgelupU2YZ45bPcZtg

Flash!

It has come to our attention that ricky forged his birth papers, and that he in fact came from goonland

http://t3.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcRR7AEdw-G18HbG6E-KCs62JsH9eJgEkTVTK6oelpoLkiujn169Fg6MgBA

poe kat

Sep 1 2011, 12:03 am

Come and listen to a story about a gov named Rick
being an ignorant hater, he just can't stand the sick,
Then one day he saw indigents scourging for food,
and just the sight of them put ole rick in a real bad mood

Cannabis tokers, his parents taught him to hate em'

Well the first thing you know ol Ricky then declared,
he'l do away with poor folks after all its only fair
Said the prison industry is where they all should be
So they loaded up the indigent’s and through them in the sea

Swamp, that is. Crocodiles , boas and pythons.

(ENDING)
Well now it’s time to say good bye to Rick and all his hate
And we would like to thank you God for locking up your gate
You're all invited back again and don't stay gone so long
To have a heapin helpin of a Florida bud packed bong
pot that is. Texas tea

Y'all come back now, y'hear?.

Hempbilly

Aug 31 2011, 9:54 pm

Come and listen to a story about a governor named Rick
A ignorant fucker, to obsessed with drugs to care,
Then one day he saw indigents scourging for food,
And you would of thought they were asking for money from his own checking account.

Cannabis tokers, lazy fuckers, Florida’s forte.

Well the first thing you know ol Rick’s declared,
Kinfolk said "Rick move away from here"
Said "Florida’s is not the place you ought to be"
So they loaded up the indigent’s and they threw them in the swamp.

Swamp, that is. Crocodiles , boas and pythons.

(ENDING)
Well now it’s time to say good bye to Rick and all his crazy schemes.
And we would like to thank you folks fer kindly voting his crazy ass out.
You're all invited back again to this locality
To have a heapin helpin of Florida hospitality

Hospitality that is. Set a spell, Take your shoes off.

Y'all come back now, y'hear?.

anonymous

Aug 31 2011, 8:36 pm

Learn to read and do math before posting again you redneckfuck tard. It is obvious you are a joker or an actual asshole, no one could believe the stupid hatred you spew all around you.

If you are serious I feel sorry for your corrupted soul. God may take piety on you, I on the other hand hope you get a disease that Marijuana could help and that you are in a situation that prevents you from getting it and that you suffer to death. Then you will realize what an asshole you actually are. At the end as you draw your last breath in pain you will realize the truth. And it will set you free.

You are a dickhead

Aug 31 2011, 8:27 pm

You are an asshole, you want to steal the freedom 96 people to catch 2 people. You are an asshole.

not fed nelson

Aug 31 2011, 6:12 pm

..."qwertybin

Aug 29 2011, 7:53 pm
I agree fully on the Florida law that mandates drug testing for welfare recipients, AND THE POSTER COULD CARE LESS IF OTHER MEDICATIONS ARE POISONOUS OR NOT WHICH MAKES ME REALIZE THE SICKNESS OF PROHIBITION, AS IT BREEDS A HATEFULL SPECIES OF HUMAN. IF PEOPLE WERE TO BE ON A PRESCRIPTION DRUG FROM THE FEDS, THAT WOULD BE OK THOUGH I ASSUME.

There should be a Federal law making ALL 50 states do the same..and if the states wont cooperate, their funding should be cut off. HEARTLESS PERSON THAT POSTER.

Potheads and other druggies have no business collecting welfare. WHY NOT?

Why should decent? "INSINUATING THAT A PERSON WHO MEDICATE WITH CANNABIS IS SOMEHOW INDECENT" taxpaying citizens continue to subsidize "drug addicts" i NOTICE THAT HATERS DONT LOOK AT THEIR PILL ADICTED WAYS AS ANY SORT OF AN ADDICTION, AS THAT WORD IS RESERVED FOR THOSE WHO THEY HATE AND THEY WERE TRAINED THAT RETARDED THOUGH AT CHILDHOOD, SO YOU JUST HAVE TO IGNORE THEM when they will just use the money to anesthetize themselves with dope? MARIJUANA IS NOT DOPE- PAIN PILLS IS DOPE, HEROIN IS DOPE, BUT POT IS NOT DOPE, ITS ONLY USELESS TO USELESS WARMONGERS Id bet the farm that the welfare checks arent exactly going towards feeding and clothing the children like it should. THE POSTER WOULD BET WRONG These dope addicts need to make an effort to get a job HOW? WHEN WE ARE BANNED FROM WORKING DUE TO OUR PISS instead of sponging SPONGING? IT LOOKS TO ME THAT THE POSTER AND HIS MOB GOVERNMENT IS SPONGING OFF CANNABIS USERS, AS THEY CONFISCATE PROPERTIES, STEAL MONIES, AND ALL KINDS OF CORRUPTION AND WARS off the Government and the taxpayers.

I just disagree with the method of testing that Florida utilizes: urine testing. Urine testing is largely ineffectual and lends itself too much to cheating. Anyone can cheat a urine test by drinking an abundant amount of fluids, or even using a urine sample from a drug-free acquaintance. Hair testing is the only way to go. Its far more accurate, it has the ability to detect drug abuse? ANY USE OF CANNABIS IS ABUSE TO THE LOSER ISNT IT for a much longer period of time than urine tests, and its virtually cheat-proof. THE POSTER IS RIGHT THOUGH ABOUT HAIR TESTING, NOT THAT I AM FOR IT
For this reason, the Florida Government (as well as the rest of the 49 states) should switch to hair drug tests. And if a person (welfare or not) cannot pass them, then they should simply be thrown in jail. NOT REHAB! JAIL! The Feds and the states have been slack on the dopers for far too long. Its time to toughen up. I THINK POSTER WANTS AN ALL OUT UNCIVIL WAR Drug abuse is a bad thing. TOO BAD PEOPLE DIE FROM THE ABUSE OF THE PROHIBS STOMACH ADICTED WAYS ISNT IT It kills. POT DOES NOT KILL, THE POSTER IS CLEARLY A LIAR NOW It destroys minds. AGAIN, A TOTAL LIE SAID BY A BIND IDIOT And it breeds other criminal activites such as impaired driving, gangsterism, robberies, kleptomania, sexual assaults, and murder. DUE TO THE LAWS AGAINST IT, SOME PEOPLE DO KILL
People like me that pay taxes and live clean, INDECENT, ISNT CLEAN LIVING, decent, and INCORRECT HATEFULL correct lives have a right to worry about such things and should never ever have to be crowded in by a bunch of burned-out zombies and their lack of self-control. Mandatory hair drug testing and lengthy incarceration is the way to go."...
I SAY WE AS A COUNTRY NEED TO TAKE OUR COUNTRY BACK FROM THE PROHIBS. THEY HAVE RAN THE COUNTRY INTO THE GROUND WITH THEIR PROHIBITION ON LIFE AND LIES AND THEIR HATEFUL WARS, AND MANDATORY PILL TAKING OR NOTHING KNOWING FULL WELL, THAT PILLS DO KILL, AND POT DOES NOT, AND THEY ARE THE ONES DESERVING PRISON, THEM AND THE ONES WHO COVER UP THE LIES WITH ALL THE UFO BS TALK

barfaroni

Aug 31 2011, 4:55 pm

To make matters worse, as long as high times groups cannabis with other chemicals...because it gets you high...cannabis will never be legalized. I for one am canceling my high times subscription, and jumping into cannabis world. I support cannabis...and cannabis only. I will never support mushrooms, K2, or other dangers chemicals to man...just because it gets you high.

Think about it, you paranoid freeks...do you really think the cops care. They might try to entrap you...cause their are some individuals that are missing a screw and will gladly oblidge the cops.

We are protected by free speech and when I say let's legalize marijuanna...it's just an opinion.

"Fuck the police" is also protected by free speech.

barfaroni

Aug 31 2011, 4:47 pm

Anyone who takes what they mention in this site seriously is sick in the head. I for one do it to pass the time. That goes for the cops too.

Shut up

Aug 31 2011, 9:46 am

I have an idea, why not give away all our secrets right here right now. Explain to the whole fucking world the exact methods we use to get by in life. I know my life will be easier if you tell my oppressors exactly how I might try to pass a piss test.

You have the right to remain silent. Stop telling the cops shit they will use against you.

perspective spliff

Aug 31 2011, 1:49 am

It's ironic that fellow cannabis activist can't have their own support site to talk the bull without being conned into breaking the law by cops so they can bust them.

Do we go into your police chat site to shoot the bull and dare you to break the law? I think not.

Grow some balls and show respect. Next time you want to be a hero...volunteer for a tour to afganistan so you can learn first hand what a true enemy is.

Like yourself, we are patriotic americans. It's too bad that america considers cannabis a drug instead of an herb.

As an american, I have nothing against the law officials...but I do have a beef when police use trickery to bust my fellow cannabis brother.

Hopefully, one day we can sit together in a table of cannabis brotherhood. Hence, you cops can drink a beer...and I can smoke my cannabis.

undercover cop

Aug 31 2011, 12:56 am

I am not a cop. Would a cop be too busy giving blow jobs to the Captain cause I'm bored and tired of finger banging my ass. In addition, would a cop give a reach around while also porking my fellow cop. So hook me up with some stash...and after I bust your ass for being ignorant...I'll use vasoline to cut you a break.

god

Aug 31 2011, 12:30 am

96% pass the test.....hahahaha.... lol so you say 96% of them dont use drugs...... do you know how easy it is to pass a test? this is just too funny...

Not a cop

Aug 31 2011, 12:20 am

Can someone send drugs directly to me at 145 Police Station Rd. Address to Officer Bustyourass. Be sure to give your return address so I can send you the money. Don't worry I am cool.

gstlab3

Aug 30 2011, 11:50 pm

QWERTYBIN IS A COMMUNIST THAT'S FOR SURE.

DIVIDE AND CONQUERE AND THROW THEM INTO THE PRISONS BREAK THEIR MINDS AND SOULS AND STARVE THEM OF THEIR MOTIVATIONS AND DESIRES TO BE FREE.

YEAH THAT WILL ALLWAYS WORK WONT IT KIDS?!?!!?

I'M TELLING YOU.

WE ARE BEING SET UP LIKE BOWLING PINS.

QWERTYBIN IS AN AGENT PROVACATUERE.

BE CAREFULL "OUT THERE" MY FREEDOM FIGHTERS WAR IS HELL.


SIC SEMPTER TYRANOUS!!!!!!!!!!!


GROW YOUR OWN, FREE YOUR MIND, FREE THE PLANET!!!!!!!!!

perspective spliff

Aug 30 2011, 9:30 pm

Hi five double...the only way to get rid of undercover cops...is to tell them off from the get go.

double ha

Aug 30 2011, 9:05 pm

If you take it personal...go ahead and help right on...after you come out of jail...let us know you experience...right on sounds like an undercover cop...no one ask to assist anyone on how to score...it's a no brainer.

........

Aug 30 2011, 8:38 pm

personal experience can attest to that. doesnt it, 'double ha'?

double ha

Aug 30 2011, 7:30 pm

Right on, you can't handle bud or anything else...your better bending over and invite all your homo friends for a party..all are invited to cum in your ass.

Unbieveable

Aug 30 2011, 6:41 pm

Who is stupid enough to contact an unknown guy and turn in connect. Don't be stupid and put yourself out there over someone you don't know. You would become an instant accessory to mail fraud.

right on

Aug 30 2011, 5:02 pm

hey does anyone know where i can buy good bud shipping please ctdm007@comcast.net

chilkon

Aug 30 2011, 2:50 pm

Find girls and guys in your town that like to smoke pot, chill and then make a lil "Whoopie".
Go to http://www.DoMePlz.com/gethigh.html

Unbelievable

Aug 30 2011, 10:07 am

I already read your post under the Michigan article.

You are a closet Communist and your statements there are proof of it. You are the one who wishes to create a cast class system of Government testing that you yourself would fail. You are the one who desires to force people into service against their there will. YOU ARE A COMMUNIST OF THE HIGHEST ORDER.

It is now apparent you have no idea of what a communist is as you now describe your ideal Government and it is a Communist Government.

I never thought I would say it, but you are an idiot and everything you have ever claimed to stand for is a lie.

No need to respond as there is nothing more to be said. I refuse to read your Communist rants any longer and you are a complete poser and have lost all support from the TRUE FREEDOM FIGHTERS.

The rest of us will miss what we thought you were.

gstlab3

Aug 29 2011, 11:31 pm

I HOPE THE WORDS AND THE THINGS I PROPOSE NEVER HAVE TO COME FORTH BUT THE WAY THINGS ARE GOING I THINK IT IS INEVITABLE THAT THINGS GO BAD.,REAL BAD.

PEOPLE ARE FED UP AND KNOW BULLSHIT WHEN THE HEAR IT AND SEE IT COMING FROM THE GOVERNMENT ON ANY LEVEL.

SO YEAH IT'S TERRIBLE AND IT IS NOT PRETTY.

REMEMBER IT IS THEY WHO DECLARED WAR ON THEIR OWN CITIZENS.

THE CREATED PROHIBITION LAWS TO CONTROL AND TO MAKE MONEY AND TO SCARE PEOPLE INTO A SUBMISSIVE AND PASSIVE LIFESTYLE.

OH YEAH THE THING IS TO CREATE A THUG CLASS.,
AN INSTANT SCAPE GOAT FOR ALL OF SOCIETIES ILLS WICH CAN BE TRACED BACK TO CRIMINAL GOVERNMENT BEHAVOUR.,
AND TO CREATE MORE CRIME AND VIOLENCE THEY COULD FEED THE PIGS WITH AND ALL THEIR LAWYER AND JUDGE ASS SERFING BUDDIES YEAH ITS ALL A BIG PLAY A GAME TO THESE DICKS IN POWER.

SPIN SPIN SPIN GOES THE POLITICO CONTROLL FREAKS AND THE NEWS CYCLE KEEPS IT GOING WITH LIES AND MORE SPIN.

WHEN COMMON SENSE IS IGNORED FOR LONG ENOUGH THE SHIT WILL START TO STINK AND IT WILL EVENTUALLY FIND THE FAN TO HIT AND WA LA INSTANT CRISIS FOR THE GOVERNMENT TO USE AGAINST THE CITIZENS OF AMERICA.

MOST OF WHAT WE SEE AND HEAR IS MADE UP BULLSHIT TO CONTROLL US AND TO INTIMIDATE US INTO SUBSERVIANCE AND SERVITUDE TO THE CONTROLL FREAKS WISHES.

WAR IS HELL AND THE RIGHTIOUS WILL PREVAIL AND THE EVIL AMONGST US WILL PAY WITH THEIR LIVES AND THEIR FORTUNES.

IT HAS BEEN SO SINCE THE START OF CIVILIZATION.

GOOD LUCK FLORIDA THE ILLEGAL AND NON ENGLISH SPEAKING AMONGST YOU ARE BEING TRAINED WITH LIES AND SPIN AND THEY WILL VOTE AND DO THINGS AS THEY ARE TRAINED TO DO.

FLORIDA IS DIVIDED INTO TWO CAMPS ONE SIDE IS WEALTHY AND THE OTHER IS ILLEGAL IMMIGRANT AND SEPARATE FROM THE REST OF THE SOCIETY.
IT'S ALL ON PURPOSE FOR USE LATER.,
MAY BE EVEN FOR CANNON FODDER BY THE VERY GOVERNMENT THAT PERMITS THEM TO BE THERE IN FLORIDA IN THE FIRST PLACE.

IF THE GOVERNMENT WAS TRUE AND JUST THE IMMIGRANTS WOULD BE WELCOME HERE AND WOULD TRULEY WANT TO LEARN TO BE AN AMERICAN AND LEARN ENGLISH.
BUT THE TRUTH IS THEY FEEL ISOLATED AND SEPARATE AND UNWELCOME HERE AND IT IS SHAMEFULL THE ARE HERE ILLEGALLY THEY SHOULD HAVE IT BETTER BUT THE CRIME IT CREATES IS TO MUCH FOR THE GREEDY SONS OF BITCH IN GOVERNMENT TO PASS UP!!

CAN YOU TELL ME WHY THAT IS THE CASE IN AMERICA??

GIVE ME YOUR POOR HUDDLED MASSES..,etc..,etc..,

YOU ALL KNOW THE PLIGHT OF THE IMMIGRANT AND IT'S NOT EASY AS IT IS BUT THERE IS SOMETHING WRONG REALLY WRONG HERE.,
TERRIBLY WRONG!!!
WE ARE KEPT DIVIDED AND SEPARATE FOR NEFARRIOUS PURPOSES AND IT'S NOT JUST IN FLORIDA.

THE MELTING POT HAS BECOME A BUNCH OF SEPARATE LITTLE POTS ALL BOILING OVER ONTO THE STOVE TOP AND IT'S ALL BROKE UNEMPLOYED AND SCARED AND THE POTS ARE SMOLDERING NOW TO BE USED BY THE EVIL THAT HAS TAKEN OVER THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA TODAY.

UNITED WE STAND DIVIDED WE FALL.

THE NEXT BIG THING IS COMING.,
I CAN SMELL IT COMING DOWN THE PIKE AS WE SIT AND CHAT HERE OFF AND ON.
I SEE THE WRITING ON THE WALL SO TO SPEAK.

GROW YOUR OWN, FREE YOUR MIND, FREE THE PLANET!!!!!!!!!!!

FLA is a asshole state anyway

Aug 29 2011, 9:44 pm

Florida is filled with backwater jerk offs who can't read or do math. The article said no money is saved and the Dumboner could not quote a report or study to back this up as none exist.
This is not 1938 and he is not going to get any with Anslinger tactics. The rest of us can read and do math and the ACLU is going to sue the shit out of Fla. Once changed by the courts they own it and FLA can never have an opinion again. Once Judges get involved it is Roe VS Wade type shit. FLA assholes will have this shoved up their ass where it should be. I can't wait.

can't toke

Aug 29 2011, 8:58 pm

Typical Government bullshit. So tired of people who don't get it. Israel just legalized medical, but they are just a bunch of dumb sand turds right! No, there military can kick ass, including ours. I think its funny how Florida, which has a huge number of illegals, is spending money on drug testing instead of putting that money toward something worthy. Just another politician like that fucker who got it oulawed back in the day. He and all that have followed seek and destroy to get what they want. Anyway, thats my 2 cents. Later.

perspective spliff

Aug 29 2011, 8:52 pm

First of all, cannabis is not a drug...it's an herb...Some consider it a medicine. If you want to test others for chemicals...go ahead...but leave cannabis out of it.

Second, if Florida does not want to take care of its indegent...just come out and say so. Why put stipulations.
There is no need to put more salt in the wounds when people are down and out.

It's time to get rid of all ignorant politicans that have no clue about life, and polticial figures that are only in there for their own personal interest...instead of its citizens.

anon

Aug 29 2011, 8:49 pm

to oldagesmoker: take your K2 spam shit, shove it up your ass sideways and fuck yourself with it you no-life lump of shit!

CMT33

Aug 29 2011, 8:38 pm

Qwertybin just might be the biggest idiot on the planet. The idea here was to save money n u support these actions...thats fine. But to throw people who fail these drug tests into jail, yeah, that will help save money n help the person who has the drug problem. Notice that last sentence is dripping with sarcasm. Morons never cease to amaze me.

qwertybin

Aug 29 2011, 7:53 pm

I agree fully on the Florida law that mandates drug testing for welfare recipients.
There should be a Federal law making ALL 50 states do the same..and if the states wont cooperate, their funding should be cut off.

Potheads and other druggies have no business collecting welfare. Why should decent taxpaying citizens continue to subsidize drug addicts when they will just use the money to anesthetize themselves with dope? Id bet the farm that the welfare checks arent exactly going towards feeding and clothing the children like it should. These dope addicts need to make an effort to get a job instead of sponging off the Government and the taxpayers.

I just disagree with the method of testing that Florida utilizes: urine testing. Urine testing is largely ineffectual and lends itself too much to cheating. Anyone can cheat a urine test by drinking an abundant amount of fluids, or even using a urine sample from a drug-free acquaintance. Hair testing is the only way to go. Its far more accurate, it has the ability to detect drug abuse for a much longer period of time than urine tests, and its virtually cheat-proof.
For this reason, the Florida Government (as well as the rest of the 49 states) should switch to hair drug tests. And if a person (welfare or not) cannot pass them, then they should simply be thrown in jail. NOT REHAB! JAIL! The Feds and the states have been slack on the dopers for far too long. Its time to toughen up. Drug abuse is a bad thing. It kills. It destroys minds. And it breeds other criminal activites such as impaired driving, gangsterism, robberies, kleptomania, sexual assaults, and murder.
People like me that pay taxes and live clean, decent, and correct lives have a right to worry about such things and should never ever have to be crowded in by a bunch of burned-out zombies and their lack of self-control. Mandatory hair drug testing and lengthy incarceration is the way to go.

Think First, Vote Second

Aug 29 2011, 6:19 pm

Who were the idiots that voted for the guy in the first place?

Did they go to sowhempeverywhere.wordpress.com first? Your spot for top candidates in 2012.

scott

Aug 29 2011, 5:42 pm

if he lied recall him,who could trust him now...

Sowhwmpeverywhere.wordpress.com

Aug 29 2011, 5:35 pm

Go Johnny, Go Johnny....

Johnny Hemp Seed

Aug 29 2011, 4:52 pm

Stop the hate and join Johnny Hemp Seed in spreading happiness and mirth where ever you go. Works the same as Johnny Apply seed. Just spread and plant your hemp seeds where ever you go.

toker2

Aug 28 2011, 10:15 pm

960 out of 1000 passed at 30.00 each for test=$28,8000
20 people flunked
20 people got a job OR just refused to take test
so if we figure 30 people who flunked or refused than they would have to be getting at least 1000.oo a month to see any kind of savings from this testing crap
if all 40 were actually flunked or refused and none of them had actually gotten jobs than at least 720.00 each a month to see any kind savings
i know a couple families of 3 or 4 people in each family here in my state on welfare and they get between 300-450 a month so exactly where is the savings going to come from???

Anonymous

Aug 28 2011, 12:40 am

Roughly 20 percent of adults in Florida lack basic literacy skills like being able to read a newspaper article, according to data.While the national "illiteracy" rate improved slightly, in Florida it got worse.

That is why you are a redneck fucktard and have no math skills or common sense.

Out of 1000 people 2% FAILed AND 2% withdrew for unspecified reasons. So 20 people failed and 20 people withdrew, the 20 people that withdrew could have moved out of fuckville and or found work.

So 960 people passed and had to be reimburst for the test after having to pay out $30 they didn't have in the first place as they are poor. This caused them hardship to some extent for no reason as no money is saved. DO YOU UNDERSTAND NO MONEY WAS SAVED AND YOUR DUMB FUCK GOVERNOR MADE THE WHOLE THING UP TO START WITH. THERE ARE NO REPORTS JUST MADE UP SHIT BECAUSE HE CAN'T READ EITHER.

So get your head out of your ass and think for a change, the more you do it the less it hurts.

You are just a fucktard bully like the rest of the inbred assholes around you.

ok retards...

Aug 27 2011, 9:22 pm

The people of Florida called for this and that is why Governor Scott promoted it. This has been a hot topic in Floirda for years and when you blame Scott, you just show how much you don't know. The people of Florida are happy with this and we don't really care what any of you think. Enough of you fucking tourist and outsiders have moved here as it is...I hope you hate Florida, get everyone you know to hate it too and stay the fuck out.

Anonymous

Aug 27 2011, 6:25 pm

Toker is correct the liberty of one American is only bound by the liberty of the Americans around him. Each man is a Sovereign to the point that it affects other Sovereigns in a negative manner, that is where rule of law starts, not before.

anonymous

Aug 27 2011, 6:16 pm

No one I know on welfare drives a nice a car and some may own the car from the old days when they still had a job. Welfare has been around for years and does need to be reformed, but this is not the way.

hooligan

Aug 27 2011, 4:58 pm

The governor is out of control....I'm gonna have to fart in the same elevator that he gets on...considering 2nd hand smoke is toxic. Serves him right.

wheresurhead

Aug 27 2011, 4:21 pm

how about cutting off the welfare people that drive better vehicles than 75% of working people, do you really think they can afford escalades when living on welfare,maybe next thing would be for the police to stake out the welfare office and investigate everyone who pulls up in a vehicle that they shouldn't be able to afford

anonymous

Aug 27 2011, 4:21 pm

You have 2 choices pay the welfare or have your car broken into and an increased police presents. It all works out in the end and one way you don't have to deal with more cops and you get to keep your stereo.

Simple math.

headache

Aug 27 2011, 4:16 pm

if they drug test folks for welfare than i think that they should also ban them from using cigarettes and alcohol, as those are probably alot larger waste of welfare handout cash than the things most people consider drugs.
when it comes to weed some of those people might be growing their own and not even spending cash on it.
if it's really only about what welfare cash is spent on than why not take away their cig's and alcohol too?

niggas

Aug 27 2011, 2:50 pm

im glad to see a wanna be know it all guy against marijuana is proven wrong! he doesnt know a thing like all these politicians and people lying they never tell the truth! I would like to meet this guy myself and give him a piece of my mind

anonymous

Aug 27 2011, 2:11 pm

i smoke and i don't think drug testing for welfare takes away your freedoms-- if your depending on the hard working peoples $ to pay your bills and buy you food don't spend it on drugs -- if you got the extra $ pay your own bills and by your own food -- so that the child and elderly can get more help... and about the article - did they drug test every one in the family over 18 or just one and clean out can pass drug test- wonder how much $ the comp that sell clean out and organic pee made that week-- where i live i think govenor's assumption would have been correct

pothead

Aug 27 2011, 1:33 pm

this scott guy doesn't own or have money invested or have any friends or relatives that run drug testing facilities does he?

toker

Aug 27 2011, 1:26 pm

the folks who think because they are drug tested for work that people on welfare should be tested are likely just pissed off that they themselves get tested, and i'm here to remind you of that old saying "2 wrongs don't make a right"
if you believe in personal freedoms than you can not believe that anyone should be drug tested-the only exceptions i can see it being ok to drugtest folks would be if you work with someone that is actually putting peoples safety at risk while at work, or driving, but it shouldn't be a given that everyone gets tested, only if someone is apparently high while driving and or working, and could actually cause someone else to be hurt because of it, which also means that they would need to have a better test for thc since it stays in your system for so long after partaking. i work for a living and partake everyday after work, but i do not agree with drug testing people on welfare just because i work and may get randomed at anytime.
unless it becomes apparent that someone is high at work and even then if they are not doing some type of work that would endanger other people around them then they also should not be tested.

anonymous

Aug 27 2011, 10:13 am

umm the world is already there haven't you been watching?

anonymous

Aug 27 2011, 10:12 am

Obama wants to put the UN small arms ban into affect here in the USA. All governments planning to oppress the people take their guns first.

Place your gun in a container of gear oil with some bullets in a zip lock bag and bury it in your yard. When you need it dig it up. And you will need it.

umm

Aug 27 2011, 4:45 am

wing waggle to gstlab, you here that?

umm

Aug 27 2011, 3:05 am

Is that what the world is coming to?

gstlab those are terrible thoughts

gstlab3

Aug 27 2011, 12:20 am

DEAR FLORIDIANS..,

IF YOU ARE DYING AND HAVE SOME STRENGTH LEFT IN YOU PLEASE TRY TO TAKE SOME OF THESE SONS OF A BITCH WITH YOU BEFORE YOU GO!!!!

FREEDOMS ARE DYING TOO!!!!!

WHY LET IT DIE WITHOUT A FIGHT???

gstlab3

Aug 27 2011, 12:17 am

FEAR THE GOVERNMENT THAT FEARS YOUR FREEDOMS AND LIBERTIES!!!

FEAR THE GOVERNMENT THAT FEARS YOUR RIGHT TO DEFEND YOURSELF!!

FEAR THE GOVERNMENT THAT ALLOWS FOR REALLY DANGEROUS DRUGS WICH ARE BASICALLY UNTESTED AND FOR THOSE SAME DEADLY POISONS TO BE FREELY MARKETED TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC AS SAFE AND EFFECTIVE DRUGS ALL COMING OUT OF THE SAME PLACE THE FDA!!!!!!

WHO'S THE BIGGER THREAT?????
A GOVERNMENT THAT BOWS TO BIG BANKING AND CORPORATE MONEY OR A PEOPLE WHO SEEK THE TRUTH AND FREEDOMS???

THE STATE OF FLORIDA HAS MORE BLOOD ON ITS HANDS FROM PRESCRIPTION PAIN PILL DOCTORS AND CLINICS THAN ILLEGAL DRUGS INCLUDING ALL OF THE MADNESS OF THE COCAINE GANG BANGER VIOLENCE!!!!!

SCREW THESE ASSHOLES IN FLORIDAS GOVERNMENT.

HIRE A MOBSTER HIT MAN TO DO YOUR ELECTING FOR YOU NEXT TIME!!!!

JUST AS SIMPLE AS PIE!!!!
BY WAY OF SELECTIVE AND CAREFULLY PLANNED POLITICAL ELIMINATION OF REAL CRIMINALS IN GOVERNMENT AND IN THE ELIMINATION OF CERTAIN SECTIONS AND PERSONS OF THE MILITARIZED POLICE FORCES.

YOU HAVE TO PLAY HARD BALL WITH CRIMINAL GANGS AND THUGS!! IT'S WHAT THEY UNDERSTAND JUST LIKE THE TERRORISTS IN THE MIDDLE EAST THEY UNDERSTAND COMPLETE AND TOTAL POWER AND DEATH AND NOTHING ELSE!!!!!!!!!!

SIC SEMPTER TYRANOUS!!!!!!!!!!!!

GROW YOUR OWN, FREE YOUR MIND, FREE THE PLANET!!!!!!!!

cigs

Aug 26 2011, 9:22 pm

umm: if they do legalize pot in every 50 states i guarantee it wont be safe marijuana they will put poison in it like they do in cigarettes what would you wanna bet

cigs

Aug 26 2011, 9:15 pm

i payed $50.00 for 3grams of k2 and got sick like hell off the shit i new i shouldn't have bought it from 420

Alabama Kush

Aug 26 2011, 8:44 pm

No wonder the fucked up government is broke $ fuck'em.

tom jones

Aug 26 2011, 7:58 pm

I understand these people not wanting to pay welfare to some one taking drugs. but when it cost's more than you save, isn't that dumb? If it was a business you would go broke. but since it is just tax payers paying the bill, it's Ok.

anonymous

Aug 26 2011, 7:07 pm

I just want you to shut up

umm

Aug 26 2011, 5:46 pm

and although i enjoy retro tv and pre 70 cartoons myself, i see no connection with tv and pot other than its fun to watch it when high, so is it that you dont understand? or are you hired to shut people like me up through humiliation.

and what evidence do you have that i am wrong?

umm

Aug 26 2011, 5:44 pm

Don't you get the connection?

The so-called space ships are just pot seeds.

and it is all a cover, and at our expense as we are not to be recognized
get a clue

umm

Aug 26 2011, 5:40 pm

k2 there is a need.

when prohibs refuse to recognize us to the point of dehumanizing us to the point of calling us aliens then yes it is time for a discussion on the subject fellow alien.

stinkybeef

Aug 26 2011, 5:10 pm

that's because they do crack and you can get that stuff out of you in two days not thirty like pot

K2 radio

Aug 26 2011, 3:13 pm

There are re runs of the Jeffersons on TV tonight and Cartoon network is showing Dexter's lab where K2 is made. umm you are the K2 of coast to coast. Got it you like Coast, no need for a blow by blow.

umm

Aug 26 2011, 2:26 pm

tonite marks another nite of discussion on ufo's on coast, and remember aliens that they may be talking about us as we are aliens in the 3rd definition of the word.

stupid world we live in isnt it

umm

Aug 26 2011, 11:16 am

k2 hasn't the chemical ability to get anyone high.

it does have the ability to make you cough up blood and make you feel sleepy, not high and angry that you blew 25.00 listening to a kid peddling poison.

only danger while driving on the poison would be that you may fall asleep and kill someone including yourself.

i stress the word sleep.
which has nothing to do with being high.
k2 goes straight to your cb1 receptors, and doesn't even touch cb2.

whoever thought of k2 is an idiot, cause it has absolutely no benefit whatsoever, and i should sue for a refund and lung damage, and for false advertising, cause coughing up blood and feeling irritable, and sleepy wasn't what i expected i expected to feel high like the liars promised, except it did say on the package not to be smoked, but it is to be used as an incense. if you don't smoke it though, you will not feel even sleepy at all.
a complete rip off
go away k2 poison peddler, i know what sell it to prohibs, cause they don't like to get "high" either you faker

Stay Healthy

Aug 26 2011, 9:25 am

Oh! boy if I smoke K2 it will make it hard to type and blur my vision, just what I am looking for.
Herb makes me see more clearly and makes it more fun to type on line as my mind wonders down the corridors of creativity.
If I want to get stupid and have a car wreak I will order K2, until then I will stick to Herb and keep control of my faculties and the dents out of my car.
Not that I drive while using herb, but K2 just sounds a little dangerous and there are no Ingredients listed so it is just huffing a mystery substance.

truth man

Aug 26 2011, 9:24 am

So what they will still fund there cancer full tobacco & alcohol use. Stupid government hustler...

umm

Aug 26 2011, 3:00 am

Yeah florida, toke k2, and cough up blood instead of safe marijuana

oldsagesmoker

Aug 26 2011, 12:29 am

Live in Florida? Quit risking marijuana and switch to a legal hight through www.kindvapors.com

I've been buying from them ever since January...that is when I can make out the keys on my laptop good enough to place an order. Get dazed!

Bluesmoke

Aug 26 2011, 12:25 am

Scott is a criminal who is motivated by greed and the control of those who disagree with his position. He is perhaps the only elected official in the history of the USA who has pleaded the fifth amendment during public hearings, and he did so 75 times.

Rick Scott would gladly put everyone who disagrees with him in prison. His assumption is that welfare recipients are drug users is based on arrogance and a view of these individuals as basically inferior. He is nothing more than a deceitful and arrogant millionaire who, along with the rest of the tea baggers, is more interested in a specific status quo, rather than an open minded dialogue.

In American politics, more and more, ignorance is becoming bliss for those in power. Not THEIR ignorance, the ignorance of citizens. WAKE UP America! Millionaires, billionaires, and criminals in power is NOT a recipe for long term success of a democracy!!

anonymous

Aug 25 2011, 11:40 pm

Damn dude sorry to here you are on welfare times are tough for sure. I have some friends that are on food stamps and they had to give up their house to get on them. The Government is so stupid, if you have a house you can't get food stamps and with the market the way it is you can't sell your house so in order to eat you have to loose your home and ruin your credit.
This troubles me as my friends worked and paid taxes until they were laid off and as both are older they are not able to find jobs. Did I mention they both used to work at good jobs and were generous and kind.
Life is tough and the government is making it worse. What does congress care they still get paid and have great insurance, it is we the people who suffer.
Good luck I hope things get better for you.

cigs

Aug 25 2011, 11:17 pm

its wwgd one thing you got wrong it that we can't buy BEER&CIGS with WELFARE

WTF

Aug 25 2011, 6:07 pm

Here is the truth people need to eat and people have kids so you slap the sandwich out of the mouth of a baby because his Dad smoked a little weed with his employed friends.
The Dad wants the kid to eat so he robs a store and kills a clerk over $20 to buy a sandwich for the kid and know the other guys family is on welfare as Dad is dead. Then as there is now more crime extra money is spent on cops and security systems. The first guy cleans up and passes the UA and now 2 families are on welfare and more cops are being paid.

That will save a lot of money in Bizzaro land. If you agree with this shit you are retarded.

bad_aron

Aug 25 2011, 5:52 pm

More stupidity...."where's the #'s",,duh..they were stated in the article,,didn't you read it? I believe in equality,,so anyone who receives ANY government funding should be tested,,I.E. bail-outs,,scholarships,,& all politicians,, since that"s where their paycheck originates. Funny thing is that those #'s would be astronomical..I don't think I know a college freshman that could pass a drug test & most politicians MUST be high to come up with these crazy idea's.
Then test for all drugs,,alcohol,,prescriptions,,the works.
Just because it was prescribed doesn't change the fact that your getting high,,just that your more likely to be high on the job ( which it seems Florida's Gov is).

kathy

Aug 25 2011, 5:29 pm

Florida Governor wrong about EVERYTHING!

lazy bum

Aug 25 2011, 4:54 pm

I'm madder than a homo who did not receive a free hotdog during free hotdog night at the ball park. It really sets my tizzy. If I dont' get my welfare check, how am I suppose to participate in the food for marijuanna program with the local pimp. Boo hoo, boo hoo.

gstlab3

Aug 25 2011, 4:23 pm

THE REASON FOR THIS FLORIDA WELLFARE STATE LAW IS THE SAME FOR ALL THE OTHER LAWS THAT RESTRICT WICH DRUGS AND OR HOW MUCH AND WHO SELLS THEM TO YOU OR WHO CAN PRESCRIBE THEM AND HOW OFTEN THEY CAN.

IT IS ENTIRELY ABOUT WHAT YOU ARE THINKING AND WHAT YOU BELIEVE ABOUT THE DRUGS AND THE GOVERNMENT AND THE PROGRAMS IT OFFERS TO THE CITIZENS.

IT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH HELPING PEOPLE BUT KEEPING THEM IN LINE WITH THE HAND THAT FEEDS THEM AND MAKING MONEY AND KILLING OFF POOR PEOPLE AS FAST AS THEY CAN.

I HAVE DELT WITH FREE CLINICS AND THEY HAVE MISSED TWO ABSCESSED TEETH ONE CASE OF LUNG DISEASE AND ONE MAJOR CASE OF CANCER.

ALL OF WICH WERE PUT OFF TO ME OVER REACTING AND SEEKING DRUGS WHEN I WAS YOUNGER A LOT YOUNGER!!!!

LIKE TWENTY YEARS AGO YOUNGER!!!!

EVERY TIME I ENDED UP IN PAIN AND BORROWING THE MONEY TO PAY A REAL DOCTOR AND FOUND THAT THE MONEY YOU HAVE DOES MATTER TO THESE SONS OF BITCH.

I WAS SPARED MY LIFE BECAUSE I WENT TO A DOCTOR WHO WAS MOTIVATED BY PROFITS AND HIS OATH TO HELP AND HEAL AND TO DO NO HARM UNLIKE THE FREE CLINICS AND THE WELLFARE CLINICS THAT HAVE A MISSION TO KILL OFF THE POOR AS FAST AS THEY CAN BY IGNORING MAJOR WARNING SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS IN THE PEOPLE THEY quote., "TREAT."

IT SHOWS THE PEOPLE THAT CAN STILL THINK FOR THEMSELVES LIKE A FEW OF US IN HERE AT THE HIGH TIMES COMMENT PAGES THAT THE GOVERNMENT REALLY FEARS PEOPLE WHO CAN TREAT AND MEDICATE THEMSELVES AND WHO CAN THINK FOR THEMSELVES ABOVE ALL ELSE.

IF THE PEOPLE CAN THINK OUTSIDE THE GOVERNMENT CONTROLS AND THE MATRIX AND THE EVIL GRID OF 24/7/365 TELEVISION AND THE NON STOP BIG PHARMA DRUG ADDS THE GOVERNMENT WOULD BE SCREWED AND WOULD LOSE ALL CREDIBILITY.,

WHEN YOU PEOPLE SMOKE SOME MARIJUANA OR GET AN INSANELY GOOD STREET DEAL ON THOSE OPIATE PRESCRIPTION PAIN KILLERS "THE ONES THAT ACTUALLY WORK FOR SEVERE PAIN.,"
AT LESS THAN HALF THE COST OF THOSE GOVERNMENT FDA SANCTIONED VISITS TO A HIGH PRICED PAIN SPECIALIST OR OTHER PILL PRESCRIBING DOCTOR YOU TAKE FROM THE MOUTH OF GOVERNMENT LAKIES AND THEIR FRIENDS IN BIG PHARMA!!!!!!!!

SHIT MAN.,
THE COSTS THESE DAYS!!! AND OR LACK OF AVAILABILITY OF ANY INSURRANCE THESE PEOPLE WOULD HAVE TO ENDURE ANOTHER HUGE ASS PREMIUM DUE EACH MONTH!!!!
WTF?!?!?!?

SO YEAH POOR PEOPLE ARE SMART AND PAY LESS FOR MEDICATION AND STILL HUSTLE THE GOVERNMENT PROGRAMS FOR ALL ITS WORTH.

THEY SHOULD BE GIVEN CREDIT.,
THEY'RE PAYING LESS FOR LIVING AND THEIR HEALTH CARE THAN THE REST OF US!!!

I SAW THIS REPLAY ONCE ON THE NOW FAMOUS OPRAH WHINFREY SHOW.,
"THE CAUSE OF MORE DIVORCES THAN DONIHUE!!!!
AN ENTIRE FAMILY WAS FEATURED THAT WAS SPENDING LESS ON HERION TO TREAT CHRONIC PAIN AND SUBSEQUENT ADDICTIONS THAN THEY WERE WHEN THEY HAD INSURRANCE AND WENT TO THE DOCTORS AND YEAH MAN IT WAS CHEAPER THAN THE METHADONE CLINIC TO TREAT THEIR ADDICTION ONCE THEIR DOCTORS CUT THEM OFF!!!!

SO YEAH MAN.,
FUCK FLORIDA AND THE NEW WELLFARE LAW.

THE BIG SECRETE IS YOU DO NOT NEED THE GOVERNMENT.

WE CAN AND ALLWAYS HAVE FENDED FOR OURSELVES WITHOUT COMMUNISTS AND BIG BROTHER TRYING TO CONTROLL AND KILL US WITH OVERLY HIGH PRICED AND FAKE DRUGS FROM TEST TUBES.

BUY ORGANIC NATURAL DRUGS INCLUDING YOUR FAVORITE MARIJUANA TO TREAT YOURSELVES FOR WHATEVER IT HELPS YOU WITH AND THINK FOR YOURSELF!!!!

THINKING.,
THE BIGGEST THREAT TO COMMUNISM AND THE BIG BROTHER GOVERNMENT IN WASHINGTON D.C.!!!!

PAIN WILL DRIVE A PERSON TO DO CRAZY SHIT AND SO DOES BEING SICK AND KNOWING THAT THE MEDICINES ARE JUST OUT OF REACH!!

BECAUSE YOU ARE POOR AND OR SICK OR BOTH OR JUST UNLUCKY NOT TO HAVE A GOOD ENOUGH JOB TO PAY OFF THESE DOCTORS TO GET YOUR FIX OR A CURE YOU ARE MARKED FOR EXTERMINATION AND A SHORTENED LIFE.
IT'S THE TATTERED CONSTITUTION AND THE FAILED "ON PURPOSE" ECONOMY PEOPLE!!!!
IT'S OUR COMMUNIST RUN GOVERNMENT THAT HAS RUINED EVERYTHING WITH GREED AND SHORTSIGHTED BULLSHIT AND ALL OUT LIES!!!!!!

ANYONE WITH HALF A BRAIN LEFT CAN SEE THE REASONS FOR THE MESS WE'RE IN!!!!

DRUGS ARE NOT THE PROBLEM.,
LACK OF SOUND PUBLIC EDUCATION AND AN ILLEGAL TREASONOUS BIG COMMUNIST GOVERNMENT IS.

GROW YOUR OWN, FREE YOUR MIND, FREE THE PLANET!!!!!!!!!

FUCK FLORIDAS GOVERNOR!!!!!!!!

Aj

Aug 25 2011, 4:21 pm

It saves money because if you were on drugs then obviously you aren't going to go take the test. Only 2 percent were stupid enough to take it. There's no way to tell how many people were going to take the test but didn't because they were on drugs. Not untill some time goes by will you be able to compare the numbers of applicants compared to before the law. Fl is not the first state to pass this either

joe somebody

Aug 25 2011, 3:27 pm

i think the law is a great idea they say its unconstitutional what is unconstitutional giving away my hard earned money to crack heads and im the one that gets drug tested i think if a person wants my tax dollars they should have to pass a drug test

someone

Aug 25 2011, 3:06 pm

sounds like you know scott.. :) lol

...

Aug 25 2011, 3:05 pm

The law was passed to save money... the legislators assumed that so many welfare recipients would fail the test that the state would save millions of dollars in benefits that they would no longer have to pay out.

The state of Florida doesn't give a shit about babies in welfare households - the law would never have passed if those racist assholes didn't assume that most welfare recipients are drug users.

This program will end up costing the state millions because the state will have to pay back thousands of drug test fees that they didn't count on because they probably thought half the people being tested would fail.

From Cali

Aug 25 2011, 3:04 pm

So basically you're saying that the program doesn't work too. Good argument lol. Basically this failed program is going to cost Florida money because people are smart enough to get around it and it makes no sense. Also if it is not class warfare then why not apply it to scholarships and government contracts as well? Hightimes was correct in the fact that the numbers don't lie. Fake studies aside there is no support for his argument based on his own program.

reality 88

Aug 25 2011, 3:04 pm

i agree wiyh high times. How much of my money are you going to spend testing these people? how much of it is going to be paid back? I thought the government had no money? Isn't this the job of department of children and families responsibility? Isn't this there job I mean what are they being paid for? Have they ever considered the just maybe the loss of jobs, and the poor economy is what have people doing drugs? How about poor leadership.No then maybe it's from people like you that agree with the things that stupid people do. If we don't have money how are we spending money? Put this is your pipe and smoke it I know i do ! BBBlllllllaaaaaaaaazzzzzzzzzzeeeeeeeee and puff, puff pass!

rocktonpoden@aol.com

Aug 25 2011, 3:00 pm

I think while they are drug testing for pot maybe a drug test for Drinking as well .knowing that more lives have been lost because of this legal drug that all Illigal combined and the fact my tax money pays for this Cigerettes and Gambling also well we need the Kastapo to go in and control these Poor people... no rights They get health insurance no smoking allowed to get the medical card or reasonably priced health insurance~~~~ you see how stupid this shit sounds .people they just want to control you .and the poor is a great scape goat for the rich corporate republican sitting in his marble bathroom in his office doing Coke off the back of the tolite.... HYPOCROCY!

WHAT IF

Aug 25 2011, 2:57 pm

WHAT IF THE SKY FALLS ON US ,WHAT IF YOU DIE FROM CAR CRASH.WHAT IF WHAT IF..THIS AMERICA NOT WHAT IF... THE POOR MAKES ALL THE LAW THAT HELP FUCK THIS COUNTRY UP .... OH YA YOU CAN STILL BUY YOUR BEER/CIGS ON WALFARE BUT THATS OK... WWJD? HELP THE POOR OUT...

kansas

Aug 25 2011, 2:56 pm

Florida you are a fucking retard.

From Florida

Aug 25 2011, 2:33 pm

I agree this should be done and shouldn't be only considered successful if a large amount of people fail their tests, what about all the people who went and bought a cleanser before the test? What about all the people who were using welfare money to buy drugs when they should have been spending it on their kids and this changed that? Is this not a positive thing to MAKE SURE that drug users are not getting funds intended to help people survive? Unless you live here, in Florida and you have been offered "groceries for product" or "lemme get you right with my benefit card" I truthfully think you are talking out of your ass Hightimes. I live here, I see the people trading the money on their benefit cards for mainly pills, should this not be stopped? Even it was 2%, how many people is that actually out of all the people on Welfare in Florida? Where are those numbers? Lets see the ammount of people who actually failed? Lets add up there money and see how much money was saved? I bet yearly its easily over 500k...Where are the fact hightimes? Where are the figures? How do you know the other people in the household aren't using the money to buy/sell/use drugs? You don't yet you want to blast the program, based on what? Based on nothing. Get with the program hightimes, the only good thing about this site anymore is the pictures.

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