Since I know Lori, and I know that she has a very important job that requires a lot of brainwork, I felt that I needed to comment on this.
I manage a medical clinic that also does urinalysis testing for drugs. Companies send their potential employees in to us to be tested. We interview the patient, they fill out a form on which they must disclose any medications they are taking. If the test comes up positive for illicit drugs, they need to give us valid prescriptions for their medications to prove that they are taking drugs that will mess up illicit drug test results. Privacy laws do not allow us to disclose the medications to the potential employers. Privacy laws also prevent the employer from asking the employee what medications they are taking. We are required to send on the test results; however, we evaluate the results against the prescriptions brought in to us, and our report will state that the test was a "false positive" due to legal meds that caused it. That should suffice for an employer, and nothing needs to be explained further to them. There are medications, such as anti-depressants, that will cause a positive result for cocaine use. So, if you are being successfully treated for depression, should you be discriminated against if you tested positive for cocaine use? I think not. I hope this clarifies the issue. Take care, Debbie [EMAIL PROTECTED] ----- Original Message ----- From: Lori Biehler To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ; tmic-list@eskimo.com Sent: Monday, March 10, 2008 5:42 PM Subject: RE: [TMIC] Drug testing Well, I do work and do get tested, it is no worse than someone taking morphine, which shows up as an opiate, like heroine, so yes, it is legal and if you get discriminated against for it, they are the ones in trouble not you. I don't need either at this time, 10 years into this, I can deal just fine with no meds at all, but when I needed it, it was there and 100% legal, that is just how it is. I do believe that eating correctly for your body and exercise helps me enough to continue on with my life at a pace that works for me and my loved ones. I hope this helps you in some way. Lori ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, March 10, 2008 2:19 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [TMIC] Drug testing With all due respect, That is nice fairytale thinking but you can almost bet that if you are mixed in with several applicants and all the rest do not test positive for drugs and you happen to light up the sky with your adornment of drugs in the urine test . Most likely the high probability of your app. would be set aside. After all would they really want someone that shows positive for illegal drugs that are pescribed legally? Think about it. In a message dated 3/10/2008 1:55:40 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: NO, you would not fail the drug test because Marinol is synthetic THC and they test for THC and Marinol is a LEGAL script so they won't fail you because you have the script. You will show positive for THC, but you are supposed to have that in your urine if you take Marinol. Lori ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, March 10, 2008 1:16 PM To: tmic-list@eskimo.com Subject: [TMIC] Drug testing I wonder if a person was taking the medication Marinol, would they fail a drug test while trying to apply for a job. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- It's Tax Time! Get tips, forms and advice on AOL Money & Finance. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ It's Tax Time! Get tips, forms and advice on AOL Money & Finance.
