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Drug test question
deerhntr
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First off let me say i am 100% anti-drug and i work for a state
government and always get random tested,Last night i went to see a local metal band play at a Bar and as the band was playing there
were a few dirt bags smoking weed in the tight crowd, i was wondering if the second hand smoke would show up in my next drug screening.
I was told that for you to fail a drug test you had to actualy
use the junk to get it into your system and some time around people doing it would not get you in trouble. do i have to worry? because if i get in trouble i will have to find and deal with these dopers[:(!]
government and always get random tested,Last night i went to see a local metal band play at a Bar and as the band was playing there
were a few dirt bags smoking weed in the tight crowd, i was wondering if the second hand smoke would show up in my next drug screening.
I was told that for you to fail a drug test you had to actualy
use the junk to get it into your system and some time around people doing it would not get you in trouble. do i have to worry? because if i get in trouble i will have to find and deal with these dopers[:(!]
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SALLY
Committee member-Ducks Unlimited
Ben
Who'd ya go see?
You know I've pondered that question many times myself. I used to do quite a bit of concert going and used to run into this all the time. It's a good question.
Greg
Former
USMC
ANGLICO
"Waiting tables is what you know, making cheese is what I know-lets stick with what we know!"
-Jimmy the cheese man
ace of spades[:D], as for my question it was just in the air
and i caught no effects from it, But i have a lot at stake and am concern.The bars and clubs here in new York are For the most part
Drug free but there are always a few nuckle heads that slip through.
Be responsible
Be intelligent
Be REPUBLICAN
For urine test the cutoff for pot is 50nanograms per mililiter on drug testing.
I doubt that limited casual 2nd hand pot smoke will hit the cutoff point after a couple of days, unless you were in a small area with them for a prolonged period of time or smoked any.
Now if the test comes back over 51ng, your in trouble, but I doubt it from your statement.
Blood & hair falicule testing is differant story, but again I see any problems with passing any of these test either with limited casual exposure.
Walte
it is good that we meet in the struggle of life or death.. .....it shall be life!
Hair follicle test usually average 3-4 months. Any test of value will not show positives for only trace amounts, although it is still measurable.
Mateomasfeo
"I am what I am!" - Popeye
The reasons being basically, and now this applies to my thinking about random drug tests at work, IF I AM NOT PERCEIVED TO BE DOING ANYTHING WRONG, LEAVE ME THE HE!! ALONE!
Quote "When guns were invented everything changed. For the first time in the history of the world a frail woman had a chance to sucessfully defend herself and home. My dream is that one of the anti-gun nuts will need a gun for defense and be unable to have one because of their own actions."
So once your test positive, expect that whatever you say will be greeted with a heavy dose of suspicion, as much as they might like to believe you. You will be guilty until proven innocent.
It's far easier not to set off the alarm. And that means avoiding closed rooms where others are indulging. IMHO. I don't think there is any certain way around it. Workplaces have a right to employ drug-free people. People aren't only warped when they're high -- the personality change lasts 24/7. That's why "my kids never saw me loaded" is such an empty rationalization, among many others. [:(]
T. Jefferson: "[When doing Constitutional interpretation], let us [go] back to the time when [it] was adopted. [Rather than] invent a meaning [let us] conform to the probable one in which it was passed."
SEMPER FI
If you are that worried about it, there is a product(at least there was a product) called "SOMME 7"(might be "somee"). Take a couple of tablespoons of that a day for a couple of days and you will pass a marijuana screening. I used to keep a bottle of that stuff in my cabinet during my young and wild days.
"Waiting tables is what you know, making cheese is what I know-lets stick with what we know!"
-Jimmy the cheese man
You have to be careful with taking something that masks the drugs in your system. I know a guy, I did call him a friend at one time, that took a "Masking agent" this showed up in his system and he lost his job.
Get the job done and come home safe guys.
I rush in where others flee.
Problem is, "Hey, you want the job, you submit." And that is their right as the business owner.
I started my own business in a large part because of these types of insulting invasions of privacy. Not because I have anything to hide (I've passed 'em all) but because they are degrading and an insult to me as a human being.
What next, pee test to see if you are genetically inclined toward cancer? Can't have people with cancer on the corporate health plan...
If I'm doing the job you hired me to do, then why don't YOU piss in a cup?!
[:(!]
Mateomasfeo
"I am what I am!" - Popeye
"potentially dangerous as a gun." They claim their position is fair because even though the vast majority of gun owners haven't exhibted dangerous behavior, those citizens COULD become dangerous at any moment. And to that I say allow me my gun rights and only until IF AND WHEN I start to show signs of not being a lawful citizen regarding gun ownership, leave me alone!
Forget for a moment we are discussing illegal drug useage and influence. The authors of the random drug test are in effect saying that even though they have no evidence showing otherwise, they are compelling you to provide reasons (a clean test) of why you truly are not breaking the law. Not the same of course, but kind of like the police hauling you into court for no cause and forcing you, under the threat of punishment, to take a test showing that you have not been breaking the law. Again, if I am living my life without sign of being a lawbreaker, leave me alone.
Almost all of us have to work to live, so it is not an option to avoid employment if we don't agree with the employer's drug testing. Which by the way, maybe you have been an excellent employee for 20 years and suddenly your employer institutes random drug testing. If you don't agree with that stricty on prinicpal, are you just supposed to quit? Besides, if we so willinging accept random drug testing, what is next, random psychological tests in order to keep your job? Psychological tests are already required to get many jobs (I have taken them for my job) so why not follow the lead of the random drug testing and now have random psychological tests? Or better yet, what about your employer having investigtors interview your neighbors on a random basis to see if you are living a lifestyle that your employer approves of? Every 3 years the FBI checks me out so why not do that for every working person?
BTW my employer requires random drug testing and I have had the same job for 9 years so rest assured that I do not do or support illegal drug use.
Quote "When guns were invented everything changed. For the first time in the history of the world a frail woman had a chance to sucessfully defend herself and home. My dream is that one of the anti-gun nuts will need a gun for defense and be unable to have one because of their own actions."