This is a drug testing question, so I hope it’s not skirting the rules. If so, mods please accept my apologies and close the sucker down.
Let’s suppose that someone is legally prescribed Xanax, but had half of his prescription stolen and has had to supplement the remaining amount with non-prescribed Valium since Xanax is a controlled substance, cannot be replaced, and the user would suffer severe withdrawal symptoms if his dose was cut so drastically.
Would a drug test nail him on his unfortunate, but necessary, indiscretion?
Why is it a necessary indiscretion? Call the cops, report the theft, notify your doctor and show him a copy of the police report, and your doc should replace them.
In the US, there’s no such thing as non-prescribed valium. Not legally, anyway.
And as for the OP, it depends on the drug test. More sophisticated tests can distinguish between different benzodiazepines.
The damage is already done. Also, I have no insurance, so just seeing the doctor would cost me more than those Valium, let alone the cost of the additional Xanax. There’s also the matter of the time wasted by both myself and the police for what amounts to $10 worth of pills.
Furthermore, the person whom I suspect committed the crime is a sympathetic individual with a laundry list of mental and physical problems. She recently lost her menial job and has no insurance.
I think she just made a stupid, heat-of-the-moment decision, and getting her into legal trouble would only worsen her problems.
She never admitted to actually taking the pills, but since their disappearance, has done several things for me that seem to indicate a very guilty conscience.