Florida is the state determined to do things even when it makes no sense, like purging its voter base of "illegals" and in the process, removing hundreds of eligible voting citizens from its roles.

FYI: Rick Scott, our governor, is a Tea Party candidate who spent more of his personal wealth getting himself elected than any previous governor and every other governor in the USA. Many of his initiatives landed him in court including his attempts to purge the voter roles of "ineligible" voters; you know, guys with names like Achmed or Ramirez... Well, another of his initiatives to be challenged in court was testing welfare applicants for illegal drug use before they could receive benefits. Here is the latest on that:

TALLAHASSEE — Required drug tests for people seeking welfare benefits ended up costing taxpayers more than it saved and failed to curb the number of prospective applicants, data used against the state in an ongoing legal battle shows.
The findings — that only 108 of the 4,086 people who took a drug test failed — are additional ammunition for the American Civil Liberties Union of Florida, which sued the state and won a temporary ban on the drug-testing program in October, said ACLU spokesman Derek Newton.
Attorneys for the state immediately appealed the ban, and will face off against the ACLU again at the 11th Circuit Court in Atlanta and the U.S. District Court in Orlando in coming months.
The costs and benefits of the law — and the outcome of the court case — could reverberate nationwide. This week, Georgia passed its own drug welfare law.
Since Gov. Rick Scott signed the bill into law last year, 25 states have considered similar legislation, Newton said.
…Of the 4,086 applicants who scheduled drug tests while the law was enforced, 108 people, or 2.6 percent, failed, most often testing positive for marijuana. About 40 people scheduled tests but canceled them, according to the Department of Children and Families, which oversees Temporary Assistance for Needy Families, known as the TANF program.
The numbers, confirming previous estimates, show that taxpayers spent $118,140 to reimburse people for drug test costs, at an average of $35 per screening.
The state's net loss? $45,780.
"That's not counting attorneys and court fees and the thousands of hours of staff time it took to implement this policy," Newton said.
The law also didn't impact the number of people who applied for benefits.
The findings don't ruffle supporters of the law, who say that its primary purpose is to make sure taxpayer money doesn't supplement drug use.
"It's not about money, it's about the drug issue," said Rep. Jimmie Smith, R-Lecanto, who sponsored the legislation. "It's about using every tool we have in the toolbox to fight drugs."

So Florida insists on spending tax payer dollars to make sure a few welfare recipients don't take a toke off a joint? Let's keep spending tax payer dollars even if it's dumb!