The Vermont Legislature is still churning out “Hate” Bills against low income Vermonters and Disabled Persons
on “Benefits”.
This constant harrassment of poor people and people with diseases is unjust and un-American.
Larry Cupoli, Dennis Devereus and Doug Gage are spouting hatred against Vermonters who need help with monthly food supplies, fuel assistance and medicaid; as if they aren’t shivering enough right now!
If there was any justice, these three legislators would be forced to suffer the humiliation and demeaning treatment they want to force upon others.
There is nothing but pure hatred for poor people and disabled people in pain in this bill.
Larry Cupoli, Dennis Devereux and Doug Gage
have a Ku Klux Klan mentality and they are
trying to force low income and disabled Vermonters
who are in pain to leave the State of Vermont.
The tricky part about bills in the State Legislature,
is that they may have stalled in progress now,
but they might come back.
If you are poor or disabled in Vermont,
you have to constantly watch your back
because people like Larry Cupoli,
Dennis Devereux and Doug Gage
are out to expunge your existence
from the State of Vermont.
Vermont is truly a “hate” state,
hating the poor, hating the disabled.
This has gone on for years in Vermont,
and it has got to stop!
House Bill 160 is intended to “Scream”
out loud that poor people and disabled people
are “different” from other people.
This is a Forced Drug Testing Bill
ONLY for the poor and disabled.
There is NO equal treatment under the law
with this bill, it is ONLY to frighten and
scare disabled and poor people,
there is NO other purpose.
It is pure hatred against the poor and disabled.
The purpose of this bill is to humiliate and
demean and insult poor people and disabled people
and call them all criminals, and deny them
their U.S. Constitutional rights to not be
deprived of their right to NOT SUFFER Warrantless Searches
and Seizures of their personal bodily fluids.
This bill charges all poor and disabled persons
of being Criminals, and they are Guilty under this
bill until they prove themselves Innocent,
and then they are automatically Guilty again
the Next Year, until they prove themselves
Innocent Again, and then they are Guilty again
the Next Year, until they prove themselves
Innocent Again. This is exhausting.
Many disabled people would have a stroke
or heart attack in constant turmoil and anxiety
because they KNOW that public officials
have already been proven, in the State of
Massachusetts, to falsify DRUG test results.
It violates many sections of the Americans
with Disabilities Act that does not allow
drug testing, EXCEPT when a person has
PREVIOUSLY been convicted of a drug crime.
Random drug testing of ONLY poor people
and disabled people on “benefits”
is clearly a form of discrimination.
Wouldn’t you like to give a Surprise Drug Test to the Entire Vermont State Legislature?
Furthermore, it has already been proven in
Massachusetts that public officials pay drug
testing laboratory employees to falsify test results, and Vermont doctors send drug tests out of state ! ! !
2012 Massachusetts drug lab falsified test results!
Vermont State legislators could pay people
at any drug lab to falsify test results.
It happened in Massachusetts,
it can happen here in Vermont!
(see new proposed Vermont drug testing bill
to drug test only the poor and disabled,
below these news results)
Mass. Lab Scandal: Nearly 200 prisoners released as result of …
www.cbsnews.com/…/mass-lab-scandal-nearly-200-prisoners-released-as-result-of-allegedly-faked-drug-test-results/
Nov 29, 2012 … State frees 195 prisoners pending review of thousands of cases involving
chemist accused of falsifying drug test results Read more by …
Nearly 200 released as result of drug lab scandal
bigstory.ap.org/article/nearly-200-released-result-drug-lab-scandal
Nov 28, 2012 … BOSTON (AP) — Nearly 200 inmates have been released from prison … on hold
as a result of a Massachusetts state drug testing lab scandal.
Boston Drug Lab Scandal Could Release 1,100 Inmates | Loop21
www.loop21.com/…/boston-drug-lab-scandal-could-release-1100-inmates
As many as 1,100 inmates in Massachusetts could be let free amid a drug lab
scandal that may have falsely imprisoned them a thousands of others over a nine …
Annie Dookhan Drug Lab Scandal: 500 Defendants Face Release …
www.huffingtonpost.com/…/annie-dookhan-drug-lab-scandal-500-released_n_1944804.html
Oct 6, 2012… of the alleged mishandling of evidence at a Massachusetts drug lab, … Annie
Dookhan Drug Lab Scandal: 500 Defendants Face Release After Faked Drug
Tests …. 3 of the 4 prisoners allegedly drove away from the jail in a Nissan …. You
think this is the ONLY testing lab dishing out false positives?
State Drug Lab Scandal: Up To 500 Inmates May Be Released From …
www.huffingtonpost.com/…/drug-lab-scandal-inmates-released-boston_n_1960949.html
Oct 11, 2012 … Boston girds for prisoners freed in drug lab scandal ….. to jail and were
incarcerated based on the false drug results this woman processed.
Massachusetts drug lab chemist charged with … – MSNBC.com
www.nbcnews.com/id/50230805/ns/us_news/
Dec 17, 2012 … Massachusetts drug lab chemist charged with falsifying evidence … She got the
job, they charge, by falsely claiming she had a master’s degree in … The release
of prisoners convicted as a result of evidence Dookhan handled …
Now a Texas Crime Lab was Busted Falsifying 5,000 Drug Case …
www.dailypaul.com/…/another-crime-lab-busted-falsifying-5000-drug-case-results-in-texas-prisoners-released-media-ignores
6 days ago … The crime lab was busted falsifying results in more than 30,000 cases! about a
scandal in a Massachusetts crime lab. Reports … The author even speculates
that “enough inmates could be released from Texas prisons as a result of this ….
the ‘right’ people into these testing spots to churn out false reports?
Daily Kos: Chemist at MA drug lab falsified thousands of tests
www.dailykos.com/…/-Chemist-at-MA-drug-lab-falsified-thousands-of-tests
Sep 29, 2012 … A former chemist at a Massachusetts drug lab was arrested yesterday ….. He was
released from prison in March 2003 and given a full pardon in 2004. …… can
show a pattern of false tests looking like reaction to pressures etc.
Massachusetts drug lab chemist charged with falsifying evidence …
articles.chicagotribune.com/…/sns-rt-us-usa-massachusetts-crimelabbre8bg1a8-20121217_1_annie-dookhan-hinton-s…
Dec 17, 2012 … Massachusetts drug lab chemist charged with falsifying evidence … She got the
job, they charge, by falsely claiming she had a master’s degree in … The release
of prisoners convicted as a result of evidence Dookhan handled …
Boston program to deal with inmates walking free due to drug lab …
www.wickedlocal.com/…/Boston-program-to-deal-with-inmates-walking-free-due-to-drug-lab
Oct 11, 2012 … The American Civil Liberties Union of Massachusetts and Families Against …
expected to be released as a result of the tainted evidence at the lab. … to
investigators to altering drug samples to produce false test results, and …
http://www.leg.state.vt.us/docs/bills.cfm?Body=H&Session=2014
The Vermont Legislative
Bill Tracking System
Current Status of a Specific Bill or Resolution
2013 – 2014 Legislative Session
General Status:
Bill: H. 160
Title:
AN ACT RELATING TO SUBSTANCE ABUSE TESTING
AND TREATMENT FOR RECIPIENTS OF PUBLIC ASSISTANCE
Sponsor(s): Cupoli, Larry
Devereux, Dennis J.
Gage, Doug
Request: 13-0336
Legal Staff: Carbee
Detailed Status:
Status Header Location Full Status
2/5/2013 HJ 14 P. 97
In Committee Read First Time and
Referred to the Committee on Human Services
BILL AS INTRODUCED H.160
2013 Page 1 of 5
H.160
Introduced by Representatives Cupoli of Rutland City, Devereux of Mount
Holly, and Gage of Rutland City
Referred to Committee on
Date:
Subject: Human services; public assistance; substance abuse; drug testing
Statement of purpose of bill as introduced:
This bill proposes to require drug
testing for recipients of public assistance
and to offer voluntary, and in some
cases mandatory,
substance abuse treatmen
for recipients whose test results
are positive.
VT LEG #285969 v.
An act relating to substance abuse testing and treatment for recipients of
public assistance
It is hereby enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Vermont:
Sec. 1. 33 V.S.A. § 145 is added to read:
§ 145. SUBSTANCE ABUSE TESTING AND TREATMENT
(a) The Department shall develop a program to test each recipient of public
aid or benefits for the illegal use of controlled substances.
(b)(1) The Department shall test each recipient within three months after
aid or benefits begin or, for current recipients, within three months after the
effective date of this section, for the illegal use of a controlled substance.
BILL AS INTRODUCED H.160
2013 Page 2 of 5
(2) If the test results indicate that the recipient has used a controlled
substance and the recipient cannot produce a valid prescription from a health
care provider for that substance in the recipient’s name or if the recipient does
produce such a prescription but the test results indicate that the recipient has
used more than a therapeutic dosage of the substance, the recipient shall be
offered substance abuse treatment as described in subsection (c) of this section.
(3) If the test results indicate that the recipient has not used a controlled
substance or has not used a controlled substance that was not prescribed for the
recipient by a licensed health care provider, the recipient shall be notified that
he or she will be subject to random drug testing at least annually.
ETC.
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Vermont State Legislators need to do their math homework.
There are around 300 million people in the USA.
There are only about 620,000 Vermonters.
The absolute majority of every dollar of federal
medicare, federal medicare plan D, federal medicaid,
federal fuel assistance and federal food stamp dollars
come from the generosity of the citizens of the
United States of America, and only about
a penny per dollar comes from Vermont.
300,000,000 Population of USA
___620,000 Population of VT
cross out four zeros
30,000
___62
For every 62 dollars paid by Vermonters,
the rest of the U.S.A. is paying $30,000.
to Vermont.
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The next time a Vermont State Legislator
complains about Food Stamps or Fuel
Assistance or Medicare Plan D that
supports pharmacies in Vermont,
GIVE THEM A DUNCE CAP !!!
Cris Ericson
http://indyVT.com
indyVT@aceweb.com
