You think Snyder's law to drug test welfare recipients is a good idea? Well, they already did it in Tennessee, and only 1 in 812 welfare recipients used drugs. To be perfectly clear, that's less than .05% of welfare recipients. Now, according to several studies done throughout the last 20 years, college students between the ages of 18 and 25 are one of the demographics most likely to use drugs (and one of the groups least likely to be on welfare), with around 20-30% using illicit drugs. So according to the facts, shouldn't we be testing college students before allowing them loan assistance? Since they are literally WAY more likely to be using drugs? Honestly, it is a HUGE waste of taxpayer money to be drug testing people on welfare, and I'm not even totally sure what the point of doing it is. It's going to cost way more money than it saves, and it actually hurts drug users more than it helps them. Sure, they'll be referred to "treatment programs", but there's no guarantee that those programs will be free or even affordable. Snyder said "We want to remove the barriers that are keeping people from getting good jobs, supporting their families and living independently," but he completely ignores that the biggest barrier isn't drug abuse, it's the lack of resources for the poor, the lack of low income housing, lack of affordable child care, stigma against poor people - it's hard to look good at an interview if you're too poor to afford nice shoes, nice clothes, makeup, or haircuts. It's hard to get a job when you can't afford a car, thanks to Michigan's ridiculously high car insurance rates (and it cost me over half my paycheck just to renew my tabs this year), and in most places public transport is either extremely expensive or unavailable. There are not enough job opportunities for people without enough education or training, there are not enough resources for adults trying to go to college. If he really wanted to help the poor, he'd be spending the money on that, instead of wasting it on drug testing one of the groups least likely to use drugs.