Michigan drug tests group of welfare recipients, finds no violations

‘The Michigan Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) has concluded a yearlong pilot test of welfare recipients for substance abuse, and the results may not have been what the legislature expected. Only one out of 14 people tested positive for drugs.
Michigan’s year-long pilot project to drug test welfare recipients has come to an end, and the results are in: out of 14 people tested, only one failed the test, but their case was closed for unrelated reasons before action was taken. The program began in the counties of Allegan, Clinton and Marquette on October 1, 2015 and concluded September 30, 2016.
Out of the 443 people in these counties who received or applied for assistance during that time, only 27 were eligible to participate in the program due to a court ruling that limited testing to individuals who had failed drug tests in the past.’
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