Random drug tests for people on welfare? A large amount of people on welfare do in fact work and have to get a drug test before they are employed, so they should be tested again? Remember, every retail store you shop at, a lot of those employees get some welfare guaranteed, like food stamps, because they make poverty wages. Also, you want the retired people or disabled to have random drug tests who receive welfare benefits? Lastly, you cannot get welfare when you have a criminal record, most drug users have a criminal record.