San Francisco Considers Proposal to Pay Welfare Recipients Who Stay Sober

Homeless Person

The far-left city of San Francisco, California is considering a measure to give payments to welfare recipients who test negative for various drugs, in order to combat the city’s rise in drug use.

As the Daily Caller reports, the “Cash Not Drugs” program was jointly introduced by Mayor London Breed (D-Calif.) and Board of Supervisors member Matt Dorsey (D-Calif.). The program would issue payments of $100 a week to residents whose drug tests come back negative. In order to be eligible, residents must be on a form of welfare such as the County Adult Assistance Program (CAAP), must have a form of substance abuse disorder, and must voluntarily submit to weekly drug tests.

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