Drug Testing for welfare recipients

[ThetaPrincess24]

Originally Posted by Educatingblue

I am all for the drug testing, but I am curious as to how many slack parents would rather stay on the drugs than feed/provide for their children...

You'd be suprised. Many, many are on drugs, but certainly not all. We had a few patients that wouldnt suprise me in the least to sell their children to perverts to get their next narcotic/meth fix or even something as small as a pack of cigarettes or a bottle of liquor to support their habits.

I am quite sure we also had a few who would litterally sell their children in an effort to get rich quick or to simply get rid of them.

There are some good people that are on welfare/government assistance that are legitimately on it and trying to better themselves to get off it. However, with my personal experience working with this population, most of what I saw was sheer laziness, stupidity, no ambition to do/get better, "the world owes me something" attitude, and in a few cases fraud. My former co-workers and I often commented to each other as to where these people got their logic from.

[SydneyK]

Originally Posted by ThetaPrincess24

However, with my personal experience working with this population, most of what I saw was sheer laziness, stupidity, no ambition to do/get better, "the world owes me something" attitude, and in a few cases fraud. My former co-workers and I often commented to each other as to where these people got their logic from.

I'm not sure where you are in KY, but my personal experience with the eastern part of the state (generalizing here - this definitely isn't the case with ALL eastern Kentuckians) suggests that another reason is an unwillingness to leave their hometown. It's difficult to find employment when the only employers in the county are a Frosty Freeze and the county school system. But it's funny - I once asked a EKY high school senior what he wanted to be "when he grew up" and he said, "A marine biologist." That's cool; where do you want to live - the east coast? west coast? His answer, "Well, I want to live here." Interesting. Just what kind of marine life can you study in a landlocked state? I've never seen such a reluctance to venture past the back yard as I did in eastern KY.

[ThetaPrincess24]

Originally Posted by SydneyK

I'm not sure where you are in KY, but my personal experience with the eastern part of the state (generalizing here - this definitely isn't the case with ALL eastern Kentuckians) suggests that another reason is an unwillingness to leave their hometown. It's difficult to find employment when the only employers in the county are a Frosty Freeze and the county school system. But it's funny - I once asked a EKY high school senior what he wanted to be "when he grew up" and he said, "A marine biologist." That's cool; where do you want to live - the east coast? west coast? His answer, "Well, I want to live here." Interesting. Just what kind of marine life can you study in a landlocked state? I've never seen such a reluctance to venture past the back yard as I did in eastern KY.

I live in Central KY now. I was raised in Eastern KY. I must agree with the hometown thing. Southcentral Kentucky is like that too. They will come to college, get a nice degree, then go home to podunk and wonder why they cant find a job---perhaps because the job you seek isnt there and would require you to go elsewhere in KY or outside the state?

The state and local governments also do a crappy job with trying to get industries/companies to come to these areas to help provide jobs for people and improve the standard of living. The I-75 interstate section that runs through this part of Kentucky is a major thoroughfare for drugs (mainly pot & meth) and human traffiking (hispanics). Meth. & narcotics are the major drug problems we have in Eastern & Southcentral KY.