CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) – Conservatives who say welfare recipients should have to pass a drug test to receive government assistance have momentum on their side. The issue has come up in the Republican ...

A bill moving in the Legislature would allow the state Department of Human Services to continue drug testing welfare ...

A Republican-led push in the West Virginia Senate again, for drug testing for some welfare recipients. But things are different now, than when drug testing was first proposed. Now with Republicans are ...

In 2020, a foster care supervisor in Montcalm County, Michigan, messaged her boss with concerns about drug testing. A father who was working to reunite with his children had tested positive for ...

We collected child welfare data in 21 states to report on the consequences of faulty drug tests for pregnant women, including referrals to law enforcement.

After spending more than $1 million drug testing welfare recipients, seven states have learned that it doesn’t work. A report released by ThinkProgress shows that welfare applicants actually test ...

The idea of random drug testing for welfare recipients is nothing new. Discussions along these lines have played in the background for quite some time. But now at least eight states -- including ...

Drug testing in family dependency cases can serve a legitimate safety function, but the way it is demanded, administered, and ...

For the past two years, The Marshall Project has reported on faulty drug testing of patients during childbirth that can lead ...

Hospitals routinely use unreliable drug tests at childbirth, and many parents are reported to child welfare agencies and the police. Here’s what you can do.