Court Upholds Temporary Ban on Florida Welfare Drug Testing

Earlier today, the 11^th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals upheld a lower court ruling that temporarily halted the enforcement of a Florida law requiring that all welfare recipients be drug tested in order to receive benefits.

We have addressed this issue in the past on this blog, and it is good to see the 11^th Circuit supporting the lower court’s decision. Drug testing in this fashion is an invasion of privacy, and in most cases ends up costing the taxpayers far more than is saved by denying benefits to the very few people who test positive.