Welfare recipients in Florida must take drug tests under new law.

DRUG use testing laws; LEGAL status of welfare recipients; CIVIL service policy; SCOTT, Rick, 1952-; CONSTITUTIONAL law

FLORIDA; UNITED States

The article discusses a Florida law which will require recipients of public welfare assistance to be tested for drugs. A positive test will cause the welfare recipient to lose benefits for one year. Recipients are also required to pay for their testing. A complaint by Florida public employee unions that an executive order by Governor Rick Scott requiring them to be tested for drugs is unconstitutional is considered.