Pubdate: Fri, 17 Nov 2000
Source: New York Times (NY)
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Author: James Brooke

CANADA: WELFARE DRUG TESTING

Drug testing will be mandatory next year for welfare recipients in 
Ontario, Canada's most populous province, the Conservative provincial 
government has announced. The testing policy, a first for a Canadian 
province, will be carried out in order to identify and treat addicts, 
with the goal of getting them into the work force, said John Baird, 
the province's community and social services minister.
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