# Pre Employment UA drug testing

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pre-employment-ua-drug-testing/614035>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [February 26, 2012, 4:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pre-employment-ua-drug-testing/614035 "2012-02-26T04:32:26Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![Registered\_Nurse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/9de053/32.png) [@Registered\_Nurse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Registered_Nurse)\
**Post date:** [February 26, 2012, 4:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pre-employment-ua-drug-testing/614035/1 "2012-02-26T04:32:26Z")

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My experience and understanding of pre employment drug ua’s, done at specific labs like DSI or LABCORP is that should one have a “LEGAL” prescription for a controlled substance from an ADHD med or a pain med. It is standard practice that if a POSSITIVE result is found, It is a routine issue that the Medical Review Doctor will contact the individual who took the test and verify the legal RX. If one has a legal perscription than it is marked down as a NEGATIVE result to the party doing the pre employment drug screen. NO EXCEPTIONS.

IF done say at a facility where a HR person does the test, then you likely will be screwed should it be a possitive for any position that requires you to be unaffected my meds. - truck drivers, medical staff, TWA employees, especially the one’s who fly the planes.

Does anyone have any reason to believe that this is not as accurate a description of the process as possible…

Appreciate your thoughts…

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**Author:** ![postcards](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8e8cbc/32.png) [@postcards](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/postcards)\
**Post date:** [February 26, 2012, 2:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pre-employment-ua-drug-testing/614035/2 "2012-02-26T14:13:02Z")

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Reported for possible forum change.

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**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\
**Post date:** [February 26, 2012, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pre-employment-ua-drug-testing/614035/3 "2012-02-26T17:24:38Z")

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Since the OP is asking for opinions, this is best suited to IMHO.

Colibri  
General Questions Moderator