A day after Governor Rick Scott signed into law a bill that requires people applying for welfare benefits to undergo a drug test, the ACLU of Florida is fighting back, announcing this morning that they have filed a lawsuit on behalf of a research scientist, Richard Flamm, who works in Saint Petersburg, Florida, as a
research scientist for the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission.
Although the bill targets those on welfare, the ACLU is taking the more expansive approach that the state will subject all state workers to such tests.
This article appears in May 26 – Jun 1, 2011.