Rejected petition Drug testing for people claiming benefits

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Those people claiming benefits them using it to buy drugs, they must be receiving too much in benefits. They should submit to compulsory drug testing in order to claim benefits. The armed forces are drug tested and pay tax, shouldn't the people claiming the benefits that others are paying for be spending it on goods and services that the benefit is intended for?

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Date submitted 23 January 2012
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