share your pre-employment drug testing experiences

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  • soulsinging
    soulsinging Posts: 13,202
    tremorvoid wrote:
    exactly!!! i think that as long as your work performance is up to their standards and youre not slacking or doing sketch shit....then there really shouldnt be a need for drug tests. i mean for me...ive managed to get as far as i have with the helps of pot to keep me sane at times. and soo many people smoke at least occassionally! youd be amazed! i could understand not wanting a coke addict or junkie or something working for you...but pot....come on. as long as youre not coming to work stoned it shouldnt be an issue. a lot of highly intelligent people smoke as a way to come down....to give their brain a fuckin rest....some people probably dont understand that at all.....but if you do...you know how much it can help...as long as you have the ability to control yourself from not doing it ALL the time.

    the irony being a drug test will probably ONLY catch pot smokers... cocaine users and heroin addicts will still pass the test becos those drugs don't stay in their system nearly as long as marijuana. they could take a week off before the test and be fine. but the stoner at the next cubicle is fucked unless he's got at least a month to prepare.
  • tremorvoid
    tremorvoid Posts: 528
    EddiesGurl wrote:
    Amen sista!!! Sorta like how some people come home & crack open an ice cold beer to relax & un-wind from their day..some people like to take a few tokes...IMO ~ as long as you aren't letting it control your life & you have your priorities straight then you'r good. i plan on smoking a big fattie after i've had my baby. As long as i'm not breast feeding of course....

    for real!!! alcohol is much worse than pot! people do some REALLY stupid things while drinking...a too many people come home and open up a beer or 5.....

    and you will deserve that fattie after you have your baby! i mean youll have need to both celebrate and fuckin relax after having a baby! :D how much longer till youre due? i wish you the very best for you and your baby AND in getting the best of thebest....the stickiest of the stickiest bud for your first dubbie! :D heeheee
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  • tremorvoid
    tremorvoid Posts: 528
    know1 wrote:
    That's kind of what I was saying. I don't smoke it and think that it's kind of a copout to say that you need it to relax, but I do know that it would probably be our best couple of employees that we'd lose and so I recognize that it's definitely not predictive of job performance.

    yes but note....nobody NEEDS anything. and its not a copout to relax. some people just use it because it works...and if they didnt have the option...they would prolly just find other way to relax....be it drinking....getting subjected to the horrible world of anti-depressants....both are worse in my opinion. of course living a naturally healthy lifestyle where you could go out and walk along the ocean or hike in the mountains everyday would be a GREAT way to relax. but lets be realistic!
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  • know1
    know1 Posts: 6,801
    tremorvoid wrote:
    of course living a naturally healthy lifestyle where you could go out and walk along the ocean or hike in the mountains everyday would be a GREAT way to relax. but lets be realistic!

    I think there are plenty of ways to relax that don't involve drugs or drinking. You mentioned one of them right there - exercise.
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  • tremorvoid
    tremorvoid Posts: 528
    soulsinging wrote:
    the irony being a drug test will probably ONLY catch pot smokers... cocaine users and heroin addicts will still pass the test becos those drugs don't stay in their system nearly as long as marijuana. they could take a week off before the test and be fine. but the stoner at the next cubicle is fucked unless he's got at least a month to prepare.

    i know....and that is SOOO fucked up to me. its just one big crock of shit if you ask me!
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  • carolinabeerguy
    carolinabeerguy Kernersville, NC Posts: 2,517
    I passed, which was uneventful since I've never done drugs. Good story, huh?
    I wish I was as fortunate, as fortunate as me.
  • tremorvoid
    tremorvoid Posts: 528
    know1 wrote:
    I think there are plenty of ways to relax that don't involve drugs or drinking. You mentioned one of them right there - exercise.

    yep. and i applaud those people who find the time and energy to exercise both physically and mentally every day. its just another one of those its easier said than done things. and im not a lazy ass either....i do some mild exercise....lots of walking and pilate type shit....but to me...getting super sweaty doing some intense cardio which is really what needs to be done to reduce stress/tension/anxiety that much....thats just not my idea of a good time. you spend an hour working out...getting all sweaty....and then you need to take a shower and get cleaned up (more time)...then you are tired/sore....and you gotta do it again the next day. i dread exercise like that. its just NOT FUN....and ive already got my day filled with things that arent fun....get where im going with this? relaxing should be something that you enjoy and something that gets the job done.
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  • know1
    know1 Posts: 6,801
    tremorvoid wrote:
    yep. and i applaud those people who find the time and energy to exercise both physically and mentally every day. its just another one of those its easier said than done things. and im not a lazy ass either....i do some mild exercise....lots of walking and pilate type shit....but to me...getting super sweaty doing some intense cardio which is really what needs to be done to reduce stress/tension/anxiety that much....thats just not my idea of a good time. you spend an hour working out...getting all sweaty....and then you need to take a shower and get cleaned up (more time)...then you are tired/sore....and you gotta do it again the next day. i dread exercise like that. its just NOT FUN....and ive already got my day filled with things that arent fun....get where im going with this? relaxing should be something that you enjoy and something that gets the job done.


    Like reading, stretching, hiking, a hobby, fishing, yoga, playing with your pets, etc., etc., etc., etc.
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  • tremorvoid
    tremorvoid Posts: 528
    know1 wrote:
    Like reading, stretching, hiking, a hobby, fishing, yoga, playing with your pets, etc., etc., etc., etc.

    i do all of the above except fishing.

    i guess it just comes down to how much anxiety you actually have. when you really have chronic anxiety to high levels...those simple things dont even touch it. i envy those people who dont have to deal with some of the shit i do....it would be really nice to be able to just play with my dog and have my anxiety go away....but oh well...no ones perfect.
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  • EddiesGurl
    EddiesGurl Posts: 166
    know1 wrote:
    Like reading, stretching, hiking, a hobby, fishing, yoga, playing with your pets, etc., etc., etc., etc.


    those are all great ideas, but they just simply aren't for everyone. and neither is toking on a big fat doobie...so what?

    to each his own...whatever works for ya & makes you happy. who are you to judge?
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  • EddiesGurl
    EddiesGurl Posts: 166
    tremorvoid wrote:
    i do all of the above except fishing.

    i guess it just comes down to how much anxiety you actually have. when you really have chronic anxiety to high levels...those simple things dont even touch it. i envy those people who dont have to deal with some of the shit i do....it would be really nice to be able to just play with my dog and have my anxiety go away....but oh well...no ones perfect.

    agreed....
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  • know1
    know1 Posts: 6,801
    EddiesGurl wrote:
    those are all great ideas, but they just simply aren't for everyone. and neither is toking on a big fat doobie...so what?

    to each his own...whatever works for ya & makes you happy. who are you to judge?

    In this case, I am honestly not judging. I was listing alternatives just like pot is an alternative. I think we're on the same page, here.
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    ...are those who've helped us.

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  • know1
    know1 Posts: 6,801
    tremorvoid wrote:
    i do all of the above except fishing.

    i guess it just comes down to how much anxiety you actually have. when you really have chronic anxiety to high levels...those simple things dont even touch it. i envy those people who dont have to deal with some of the shit i do....it would be really nice to be able to just play with my dog and have my anxiety go away....but oh well...no ones perfect.

    I think it's not so much the level of anxiety as it is the persons ability to deal with it. That's just my opinion, though and not worth anything more than anyone else's.
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    ...are those who've helped us.

    Right 'round the corner could be bigger than ourselves.
  • EddiesGurl
    EddiesGurl Posts: 166
    know1 wrote:
    In this case, I am honestly not judging. I was listing alternatives just like pot is an alternative. I think we're on the same page, here.


    and honestly, i really wasn't exactly refering to YOU, i was just saying "you" in general.

    just wanted to clear that up.

    i understand totally what your saying....but there is always 2 sides to it.
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  • know1
    know1 Posts: 6,801
    EddiesGurl wrote:
    i understand totally what your saying....but there is always 2 sides to it.

    Sometimes a lot more than that, too!
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    ...are those who've helped us.

    Right 'round the corner could be bigger than ourselves.
  • nothingman44
    nothingman44 Posts: 1,496
    EddiesGurl wrote:
    uhhh no! but yea, i did up until i found out i was preggo.


    you're preggo?

    congrats!
  • EddiesGurl
    EddiesGurl Posts: 166
    nothingman44 wrote:
    you're preggo?

    congrats!


    yea! didn't see my sig i guess! ;)
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  • cookie5798
    cookie5798 Posts: 396
    Ok..my company is expanding and we will be drug tested when we move in like 6-8 weeks if not longer. My boss is actually my aunt. I am a chronic smoker and I heard that it takes 45 days to get out of a woman's system!? i have never had to take a test, but would flip if my aunt found out. I plan to smoke this weekend for 4th of July and then stop. I figure I could take some Goldenseal and drink a lot of water, which I already do, and I should be fine. It just makes me nervous though. Atleast I can go buy a home drug kit and test my self in like a month. This really sucks though.
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  • surfanddestroy
    surfanddestroy Posts: 2,786
    Camomile tea is meant to be good for flushing your system.

    We have random drug tests all the time at my work so I don't bother smoking anymore just drink way to much.
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  • Ms. Haiku
    Ms. Haiku Washington DC Posts: 7,390
    I was asked at an employment agency if I would take a drug test for any company I applied for because most of them wanted pre-screening. I said no, and the employment agency staff discontinued the talk. I was furious that anyone would even ask that of me. I did take it personally even though it wasn't meant to be.
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