Arizona Drug Tested Welfare Recipients — Here Are the Shocking Results

[Hydra]

13. I don't remember the details offhand

But something similar, yes. Lots of millions spent, .5% or less found to be using.

It's the oldest and stupidest meme in the book. Welfare itself is almost non-existant, been stripped to the bone and getting smaller, and the people on it are usually working poor, not happily doping.

lemme find the article for numbers...

Edit:
FL Numbers: 2.6 percent of the state’s cash assistance applicants failed the drug test, or 108 of 4,086, Net loss of $45,000 in 4 months

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/04/18/us/no-savings-found-in-florida-welfare-drug-tests.html

Everyone else:
http://thinkprogress.org/economy/2015/02/26/3624447/tanf-drug-testing-states/

I thought I heard the FL numbers were much higher, both numbers tested and money spent, but my bad there. I think this still sums it up though:

the rate of positive drug tests to total welfare applicants ranges from 0.002 percent to 8.3 percent, but all except one(currently testing state) have a rate below 1 percent. Meanwhile, they’ve collectively spent nearly $1 million on the effort, and millions more may have to be spent in coming years.