Why Laws Mandating Drug Tests for Welfare Recipients Are Doomed to Fail.

Why laws mandating drug tests for welfare recipients are doomed to fail.

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Further, the focus on substance abuse serves as a convenient distraction from the many confounding variables that can also hinder success for welfare recipients. A policy brief from the National Poverty Center at the University of Michigan's Gerald R …
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Weekly Washington healthcare update

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On Thursday, Energy and Commerce Chairman Upton (R-MI), Health Subcommittee Chairman Pitts (R-PA) and Health Subcommittee Vice-Chairman Burgess (R-TX) released an outline of an agenda they say will "breathe new life" into America's life sciences …
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"Zero-Tolerance" on Trafficking Must Mean What It Says

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These include the elimination of recruitment fees, which place workers in a situation of debt bondage and make them more vulnerable to abuse by their employers; provision of written contracts to workers and use only of licensed recruitment agencies …
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