Are you drug tested at work? - Page 2

**Skip Towne** · 07-04-2005, 11:35 AM

Which drugs do they test for? How often?

**Skip Towne** · 07-04-2005, 02:07 PM

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Originally Posted by Zebedee DuBois

It can't be too expensive. My wife's lab does them all the time. She says they sometimes have guys come in for pre-employment screening who have shaved their heads in hopes of somehow not being tested. Of course, the hair does not have to come from the head.

So you're in cahoots with the cops, huh?

theultimatekcchiefsfan · 07-04-2005, 02:10 PM

upper management randomly. peons only when injured or accident. The whole thing is an insurance scam. They get a huge break for testing. I know a lot of people who have been swabbed that are heavy drug users and nothing ever came back on them.........It is a sham!!!

But I still avoid doing drugs most of the time, just in case.

WebGem · 07-04-2005, 02:11 PM

Who works?

Hydrae · 07-04-2005, 02:15 PM

4th and Long · 07-04-2005, 02:17 PM

I was tested before I hired in back in 93. Haven't been tested since. They only test folks if there's suspicion of drug abuse. Of course I'm registered with the DEA and the FBI (who does a background check on me monthly) because I purchase narcotics, legally I might add, for a living.

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Originally Posted by Skip Towne

I've heard that test is expensive and not widely used.

You've heard wrong. That test has become much cheaper and is becoming more widely used by larger companies all the time.

**luv** · 07-04-2005, 02:19 PM

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Originally Posted by 4th and Long

I was tested before I hired in back in 93. Haven't been tested since. They only test folks if there's suspicion of drug abuse. Of course I'm registered with the DEA and the FBI (who does a background check on me monthly) because I purchase narcotics, legally I might add, for a living.

You've heard wrong. That test has become much cheaper and is becoming more widely used by larger companies all the time.

Because larger companies' upper management doesn't take the time to get to know any of their employees to tell whether or not anyone is using drugs. Employees are just numbers. So they leave it up to the labs to figure out what their employees are/are not doing.

Zebedee DuBois · 07-04-2005, 02:21 PM

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Originally Posted by Skip Towne

So you're in cahoots with the cops, huh?

No.

On one hand, I can understand an employers desire to ensure that their workers are not making impaired decisions. On the other hand, I think it is mostly a sham. Not the tests, but the employers double standards in the use of the information. People low on the totem pole are summarily dismissed. People higher up get to take "revalidation" tests or get counciling.

4th and Long · 07-04-2005, 02:22 PM

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Originally Posted by luv2rite

Because larger companies' upper management doesn't take the time to get to know any of their employees to tell whether or not anyone is using drugs. Employees are just numbers. So they leave it up to the labs to figure out what their employees are/are not doing.

I'm perfectly fine with that. The last thing I need in a crisis is some dope head, who lost most of his/her brain cells playing chemistry 101 with his/her body, getting in the way of saving a life.

**luv** · 07-04-2005, 02:23 PM

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Originally Posted by Zebedee DuBois

No.

On one hand, I can understand an employers desire to ensure that their workers are not making impaired decisions. On the other hand, I think it is mostly a sham. Not the tests, but the employers double standards in the use of the information. People low on the totem pole are summarily dismissed. People higher up get to take "revalidation" tests or get counciling.

That is so true. I've seen that happen twice when I worked in Human Resources at the company I work for. One was the VP's wife's cousin who works there. The other was his good friend who worked with him.

**luv** · 07-04-2005, 02:25 PM

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Originally Posted by 4th and Long

I'm perfectly fine with that. The last thing I need in a crisis is some dope head, who lost most of his/her brain cells playing chemistry 101 with his/her body, getting in the way of saving a life.

And if they are going through something personal that may affect their decisions at work? You can't drug test for that. Are they automatically dismissed when they make a mistake?

If you knew them on a more personal level, you would be able to tell something was wrong. Drug related or not.

**luv** · 07-04-2005, 02:27 PM

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Originally Posted by luv2rite

And if they are going through something personal that may affect their decisions at work? You can't drug test for that. Are they automatically dismissed when they make a mistake?

If you knew them on a more personal level, you would be able to tell something was wrong. Drug related or not.

I'm not attacking anyone personally. I just think some larger companies need to rethink their management structure. I am for drug testing, because you can't always tell.

**Skip Towne** · 07-04-2005, 02:27 PM

Has anyone here been tested using the hair method?

**luv** · 07-04-2005, 02:28 PM

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Originally Posted by Skip Towne

Has anyone here been tested using the hair method?

Not me. I only had to pee in a cup. You guys have it so much easier when it comes to stuff like that.

4th and Long · 07-04-2005, 02:30 PM

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Originally Posted by luv2rite

And if they are going through something personal that may affect their decisions at work? You can't drug test for that. Are they automatically dismissed when they make a mistake?

If you knew them on a more personal level, you would be able to tell something was wrong. Drug related or not.

We have free programs available to employees who are going through personal problems. If said employees do not wish to take advantage of those programs and instead make a conscience decision to come to work all hopped up on dope, thus creating a work hazard to the people's lives with which we are entrusted by doing so, they need to suffer the consequences.

4th and Long · 07-04-2005, 02:31 PM

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Originally Posted by Skip Towne

Has anyone here been tested using the hair method?

I havce not personally but I know people who have been. Why do you ask? What's your fascination with this test?

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