Ok - Variables here are:
employment vs. cj system - cj systems and employment situations involving, say, nuclear reactors (Homer Simpson excluded) are more likely to be more sophisticated.
Since this is CJ system related, now the variables are:
State and locality: each place has a different policy (and also, by the way as to consequences- I’d posted before that in MY locality, they have a zero tolerance for dirtys and if he’s there, he’s likely to go before the judge again, not slap on the wrist from the PO as was suggested by some one else- I know the folks where I am, they’ll take ya before the judge, so stay out of Mid Michigan) I’ve seen them go from having me personally take the samples to the local lab, to mailing them to California/New York (I’ve seen each), but lately, the trend is to have quick results. quick results is defined by THESE folks as within about a week. I doubt that any other state would go along with time much more than that. But, it’s unlikely you’ll be told on the spot. although, if you’re really freaked, You CAN take your own spec. to a local lab and pay for the test yourself and find out…
I love the place I work at! The Mayo Clinic will not test employees for drugs. I was under the impression that they did, and therefore abstained for a month beforehand and assumed they did the drug test when I went in for my pre-employment physical. Then I sit down at orientation and am told that Mayo will never test an employee for drugs until it starts to affect their work performance, and even then they don’t fire you. You have to have a couple of warnings and an addiction treatment program first. This is the way it should be, I gained a great deal of respect for Mayo when I read that. (That, and they extend benefits to same-sex partners!)
Here’s on site. There are plenty more. Takes 5 min. $9.95.
I can’t vouch for it, tho. http://www.homedrug-test.com/hdt14.htm
Let me know if anyone has tried it.
Peace,
mangeorge
LabDude,
I agree with everything you’ve said except for one thing. Every lab that I know of confirms their positives by GC/MS. To everyone else listening, it works as follows. The labs are interested in getting a result for the cheapest price possible. To that end, they use a rapid screening test which will detect drug metabolites but which is also prone to false positives. If your initial screen comes back negative, they look no further and you’re done. If the screen comes back positive, the sample is sent to an independent lab to be confirmed by GC/MS. Until that independent lab finds what we found in your screen, the test is not reported. GC/MS does not give false positives. Period. Dot. End of sentence. There is no such thing as a false positive drug screen that is confirmed by GC/MS. Tampering with the test is avoided by the fact that the reference lab that you use for the confirmation doesn’t know which drug you think the person’s been using. They also don’t know whose urine it is.
LabDude was correct in saying which drugs show positives on the screening test most often. It’s been my experience that most presumptive positives fail to confirm when they’re sent out for GC/MS.
Your correct of course. I wasn’t being very clear in my post about false positives. The “false positives” argument is often talked about, but I’ve never known anyone to get out of a positive drug test by using it.
The home tests are pretty effective. I know someone who got a couple to see if he would pass his test. They are quick like pregnancy tests, you don’t have to send them anywhere-but they cost about $25 a pop. Just pee and see.
