If they refused or fail to become sober, their benefits will be taken away.

A law that would require welfare recipients to undergo random drug testing. What made the essay persuasive to the point of it being instrumental to the drafting of a law was that its The law has been dubbed as € RJ € Law €. The essay, entitled € There Ought to be a Law € , was written by then 16 year-old high school student RJ Field. RJ Field grew up with adoptive parents Jacquette Marthe and Sarge Field, but his biological mother was a heroin addict on welfare who left him in the hospital immediately after giving birth. He was born addicted to heroin and had meth, alcohol and cocaine in his.

Should RJ € Law Ought to be a Law.

Young RJ Field was clear about what he wanted. It won an essay competition sponsored by former state Assemblyman € now Republican California State Senator € Gradeigh Benoit. Leave a reply A year ago, an essay written by a young lad born with cerebral palsy became the basis for a proposed legislation that called for conducting random drug testing for welfare beneficiaries.

If they tested positive, they were to be offered assistance.