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ACLU awaits challenge of a Florida law that requires welfare applicants to take a drug test listen

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Tags: Louis Lebron, ACLU, Rick Scott, DCF, welfare

The American Civil Liberties Union of Florida is awaiting ruling on whether or not drug testing welfare recipients is constitutional. The law that took effect in July is being challenged by a single father who refused to subject himself to an unwarranted drug test.

Louis Lebron is a 35-year-old UCF student and single father. He is also the sole caregiver to his mother who has a disability. And he’s a veteran of the Navy. When he was told he would have to take ...