Drug Testing Catches Shocking Number Welfare Recipients

Published February 25, 2014

Drug Testing Catches Shocking Number Welfare Recipients – “From August 2012 through July 2013, the state prescreened 4730 applicants to the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families program with a written test. The s…

This week from Capital News Service
Monday, Feb. 24 — Each week, City Pulse runs a series of stories produced by Capital News Service correspondents at Michigan State University's School of Journalism. This week's topics include a pilot program for specialty courts for the mentally that …
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Federal drug policies do little to end abuse
In parts of Michigan, the prescription drug overdose death rate was eight and a half times higher in 2010 than in 1999, according to state data. As prescriptions for painkillers rise, so does heroin abuse – and death from both. One explanation is that …
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