not sure why people would oppose this. also not sure what disillusioned world people live in that think people on public assistance are somehow using the money to get treatment. if they fail the test, this mysterious treatment opponents think all drug users are going through obviously isn't working...
all these systems have serious flaws, and nobody ever wants to try something different or more radical... they just want to keep the status quo and not rock the boat while our resources are slowly drained...
oh but liam thinks if we don't feed the addictions their children will starve and they'll go on a mass crime spree robbing liquor stores and pharmacies. more than likely they'll just move to your state.
The people who wrote that bill and the people who are supporting it don't understand addiction very well. It's nearly impossible to use those kinds of incentives to ween someone off a drug habit. Liam will rob a store before his family starves. Many addicts would too I'm sure. But I'm willing to bet that they'll rob that store to cover their addiction first.
When I was volunteering at Institute of Human Services, they had a policy where they won't house people who are actively using drugs. That's fine policy I guess, although it does nothing to help the people who are addicted. I noticed that the addicts we turned away would rather starve and sleep in the streets than quit and receive IHS shelter and food. That's insane, but that's how addictions work.