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Flint MI proposes drug testing public housing tenants

By John Wesley Hall, Jr.

Flint eyes drug tests for public housing; Effort aimed at curbing crime, but ACLU says plan unconstitutional, by Kim Kozlowski in the Detroit News: Flint's public housing authority, in an effort to fight crime in the projects, is considering a requirement for all current and prospective residents to take a drug test to keep their federally subsidized apartments. Flint Housing Commission Executive Rodney Slaughter said he wants a drug-testing program modeled after the city of Indianapolis, where public housing residents are required to take annual drug tests. If a resident tests positive, they would have 30 days to test negative or seek help. "We're trying to change the mindset," Slaughter said. "There is a reasonable amount of negative events that take place ...continue to full post

Full post as published by Fourth Amendment on September 13, 2010 (boomark / email).