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Should the city drug test public housing residents? The ACLU says it's not legal, and residents are challenging the move.
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The CHA has long pre-qualified applicants for admission to some of the renovated public housing projects by applying a financial needs test.
More recently, tenants were paired with mentors so that tenants might learn requisite housekeeping skills.
With all due respect to my cousin--Caroline Fredrickson-- who heads the ACLU legislative initiative in Washington, the CHA might justify tenant drug screening as a safety concern. The manufacture & use of many illicit drugs requires the use of hazardous chemistry & flames.
Essentially, drug screening proponents might argue that while it's okay to have drugs in their bloostream, it's verboten to consume said drugs without jeopardizing the personal safety of fellow tenants & CHA property.
Call it my Merchant of Venice argument.
I welcome opposing counsel's arguments.
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