'No one wants to be an addict' - Federal government plan to introduce drug tests for welfare recipients blasted by support services

William Vallely
Updated September 25 2017 - 4:43pm, first published 3:20pm
Bendigo Salvation Army Major Kaye Viney (left) and federal member for Bendigo Lisa Chesters believe the federal government's plan to drug test welfare recipients is the wrong approach.
Bendigo Salvation Army Major Kaye Viney (left) and federal member for Bendigo Lisa Chesters believe the federal government's plan to drug test welfare recipients is the wrong approach.

“Addiction is not a choice. People often turn to drugs and alcohol because of the pain in their life and then it becomes an addiction, no one wants to be an addict.”

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