IntroductionRandom drug screening involves experimental testing using samples such as saliva, hair, blood or urine to determine the presence of certain drugs or their metabolites. These tests are usually performed to ascertain the presence or absence of prohibited drugs or steroids. On the other hand, state welfare/government assistance is a government-funded program started in 1930, a time when US citizens and the rest of the world were facing the Great Depression (Welfare Information, par.1). This program was intended to assist those who had low income or no income at all. For a person to qualify for U.S. welfare aid, program managers must determine a number of factors such as an individual's gross and net income, family size, medical emergencies, and unemployment among other factors (Information on welfare par.2). These social benefits range from food stamps, child support, healthcare aid, cash aid, among others. The federal government avails these services to its citizens in need through the TANF (Temporary Assistance for Needy Families) program. On the one hand, the federal government obtains TANF funds from the central government to administer the program. The only restriction currently imposed on those receiving social assistance is that those who are unemployed must be able to secure a job within the next two years of starting the assistance program. This also affects single parents who are expected to work at least thirty hours a week (Information on welfare par.4). After sixty-one years of existence, many Americans have begun to raise concerns about the eligibility conditions in place for those who receive ...... half of the document ...... patients as a condition of eligibility. New York: American Civil Liberties Union, 2008. July 26, 2010 Associated Press. Do you want to go on welfare? Just say no to drugs: Lawmakers in some states want people who take them to undergo random testing, 2009. July 26, 2010Canham, Matt. Hatch wants drug tests for people receiving care. Canada: Cannabisculture magazine, 2010. July 26, 2010The Lectric Law Library. ACLU Briefing Paper Number 5. Lectlaw.com, 1995. July 26, 2010 “Wellness Information.” American welfare system: help for American citizens. WelfareInfo.org, July 26 2010. 2010