Stephan:   One of the nastier characteristics of the Theocratic Right is their obsession with shaming the poor. One of the ways this is done in public policy is drug testing as part of qualifying for something from the social safety network. The presumption behind such laws being that, as all Theocratic Rightists "know" the poor, particularly the poor of color, are drug fiends, and tax dollars are being recklessly spent to enable them to indulge their habit. The obvious stupidity of this position -- how can people who can't afford food for their children spend hundreds or thousands of dollars on drugs -- made little difference to legislatures in Red value states. And so 13 states set up such tests, and hundreds of thousands of dollars were spent measuring piss from the poor. Oh, did I mention that the companies doing the tests had highly questionable financial relationships with state legislators who passed these laws? No? Well you can guess.  And the outcome? Read this report.