Since the days of his candidacy, Florida Gov. Rick Scott has been obsessed with the idea that the indolent ranks of society’s parasites (a group which, to him, includes both welfare applicants and state workers) are rife with drug addicts.
I’m not sure what constituency he’s trying to impress, but he’s tried mightily to have both parties randomly tested for illegal drug use. Maybe if he could prove that the welfare recipients used taxpayer funds to buy drugs, he could justify cutting their subsidies. Unfortunately, empirical evidence proved that their rate of drug use is less than that of the public at large, presumably because what little money they have they use to buy food.