Nebraska County considers requiring drug testing for welfare recipients.(Trends & Innovations)

A Nebraska County supervisor has asked his colleagues to consider requiring general assistance recipients to undergo drug testing as a requirement for receiving aid. "If they can afford to buy illegal drugs, they don't need our assistance," Dodge County Supervisor Robert George said.

George noted that Dodge County has seen a substantial increase over the past year in the amount of general assistance provided. Under Nebraska law, general assistance is provided to individuals to help them pay for rent, food staples, and "things like that. ... It's not welfare," he report