Hi Gaylon, My husband who is a computer aided designer had to have a drug test. They DID NOT ask him if he was taking any meds. No one interviewed him when he had the test. They took just a sample and a week later he was told he passed. I worried he might not pass as he was on meds. He actually had the test for a part-time job and so I doubt anyone would have called him back if he had failed the test. Yahoo groups has a good tm email list. I think there is more diversity of people on it; more acceptance of different views and say, differently stated ones. I feel more comfortable there; less importance put on who's who. Natalie B
On Mon, Mar 10, 2008 at 11:03 PM, Deborah Nord Capen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > 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.
