What a crock.  Unless they are ready to drug test every corporation, church, school and politician who recieves tax breaks, subsidies, and other government benifits this is outrageous.

This is simply a kick in the face to anyone poor who needs temporairy help.  It has nothing to do with making the welfare system legitimate or less abused. It is another way to deny to those most in need.

Now add the face that it will cost Missouri an additional 2.5 million in 2011 for what benifit?

http://www.moga.mo.gov/Oversight/OVER10/fishtm/3411-01N.ORG.htm

Did you even read the information. It is going to cost us more moeny than it saves and it singles out one section of people who recieve government assistance.  What it hurts is when the next law comes out that anyone not earning X dollars has to submitt body fluids to be allowed on the street after 5pm.  So many people like you look at this as a who cares. I care! I care about my rights! I care about my privacy!  If it is no big deal than why not require everyone who benifits from the government to be tested? Why single out the poor?

I will never submit to a drug test and I don't use drugs.  I will never submit to invasions of my privacy.  Kind of like old Nancy said, JUST SAY NO!

If we as a society wish to limit assistance by our Government based on private activities like drug use then we should do so fairly across the board.  Every commercial and private business or group that receives any financial benefit ( our tax dollars ) from our Government should be tested and punished accordingly.  IE: School teachers, College Professors, Grant recipients, companies executive staff that receive tax breaks........ Why would we only test food stamp recipients?  Why would we set a different standard for the poor over the wealthy?