I never understood the benefit of drug testing, for anybody, for any reason.

I would think the behavior of somebody is a better indicator of a drug issue than urine in a cup.

I used to work for a Homeland Security contractor for immigration, and naturally they required a urine test for every employee. If they had to fire everybody that cheated on that drug test, the whole facility would be nearly empty. The favorite way to cheat was to get a little brother or sister to pee in a ziplock bag, then hold it close to the body to keep the temperature warm. It is pretty easy to open the bag, pour it into the cup, then pocket the bag and bring the cup out. It passes the temperature test, and of course the drug test.

I didn't cheat on the test, but my co-workers later laughed their butts off as they detailed their various means of going around the test. Most of them were hiding marijuana use. It didn't affect their performance on the job one bit.

Ever since V.P. Bush pushed the drug testing, made easy by Eli Lilly Pharmaceuticals in the 1980s, a company in which the Bush family was the primary stockholder, this has gotten more expensive, more invasive, and more pointless. Needless to say, the Bushes made millions from this, which to me is a huge conflict of interest, and another example of the cancerous effect of greed and violations of privacy.

As far as drug testing for welfare, I agree with the other poster who stated that they are just trying to make this benefits program harder to obtain. Welfare pays very poorly, most people cannot survive on the cash benefits. As somebody who was been a welfare case worker, it isn't drugs that is the problem, it is the people who have jobs on the side and collect welfare. The drug issue is a red herring....as usual.