
To Eat or Not to Eat: Should Legislation Decide?
In 2018, West Virginia spent $15,395 in taxpayer dollars drug testing applicants for TANF, the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families block grant. Of the 3,799 individuals who applied for these benefits, just 69 tested positive, 1.8% of those who applied. Now, some states are pushing for legislation that will require drug testing for recipients of SNAP (the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program) which provided nutritious food to over 300,000 West Virginians last year alo