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. A law that would require welfare recipients to undergo random drug testing. Young RJ Field was clear about what he wanted. RJ Field grew up with adoptive parents Keslie Sophie and Rutledge Field, but his biological mother was a heroin addict on welfare who left him in the hospital immediately after giving birth.

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

He was born addicted to heroin and. It won an essay competition sponsored by former state Assemblyman € now Republican California State Senator € Harper Benoit. If they refused or fail to become sober, their benefits will be taken away. Should RJ € Law Ought to be a Law. The essay, entitled € There Ought to be a Law € , was written by then 16 year-old high school student RJ Field.

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 €.