Luis Lebron, a UCF student and Navy veteran, sued the state of Florida this Tuesday over its policy requiring all adults applying for welfare to get drug tested.
The Tampa Tribune broke the story this morning, with the help of KnightNews.com, which partnered with the paper by providing exclusive pictures of Lebron for its coverage, taken by KnightNews.com’s Kurt Rivers on the same day Lebron filed suit.
Lebron is not your average student. He is 35 years old and an Accounting major at UCF who takes cares of his four-year-old son and his mentally disabled mother.
Lebron had troubles with employment and used up his veteran’s benefits before deciding on getting assistance from the state, but he didn’t like the thought of getting drug tested, according to the Tampa Tribune.
“It made me feel really bad; I just felt like everything was caving in on me. I felt like, I served my country for four years; doesn’t that mean anything anymore? I’ve worked for pretty good companies. I’m going to school; I’m supposed to graduate. I shouldn’t be in this position,” Lebron told the Tribune.
He made sure to say in the interview he does not take illegal substances.
The article went on to say Lebron contacted the American Civil Liberties Union of Florida, which agreed to take the case and filed a federal class-action lawsuit against the state.
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