rayelectric721

hey whats up guys, was just wondering...currently i take thyroid hormone because my bodies metabolism is slow...other than that i don't even drink or do anything crazy, will this actually fail me? i've heard from people in this specific union that they do a mouth swab...just wanted to know thanks fellas

rayelectric721

its called t3-liothyronine sodium...thanks

MDShunk

Pretty much any drug test you'll ever take has a form you fill out first that asks you for the list of any prescription and nonprescription medications you might be taking. They'll discount those if you show up hot on the drug test for something similar to what you're prescribed.

Here's an inside tip... drug tests are expensive and, as a result, very few of them are all that comprehensive to help control costs. Alconol, THC, cocaine, heroine, and amphetamines are often all they test for. Unless something you're taking mimmicks one of those, 9 times out of 10 you're going to be just fine. The high-dollar drug tests test for a lot more. I'm not sure what they might be having you take in your area, and the lab will never tell you.

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william1978

The IBEW drug test here is a BIG joke they tell you for months to study for the test. The last one they had when I used to be in the union they keep sending out memo's in your check to remind everyone that the drug test was on xxxx date.

LawnGuyLandSparky

They pool about 50 samples together and just test that mixture, completely. If any of the tests fail, they know one of the 50 is on something. Then they go individually on only the samples from that pool.

sparkyboys

that sounds stupid

william1978

sparkyboys

Here's an inside tip... drug tests are expensive and, as a result, very few of them are all that comprehensive to help control costs. Alconol, THC, cocaine, heroine, and amphetamines are often all they test for. Unless something you're taking mimmicks one of those, 9 times out of 10 you're going to be just fine. The high-dollar drug tests test for a lot more. I'm not sure what they might be having you take in your area, and the lab will never tell you.[/quote]

heres a tip: yellow gatorade. sit it in the sun for a few hours.
i aint kiddin

sparkyboys

heres a tip: yellow gatorade. sit it in the sun for a few hours.
i aint kiddin[/quote]

i also used to use a girls pee in a bottle near my sac. had it every day. just change pee every 10 days

man i used to smoke hell a pot five-ten times a day

Bob Badger

The unions test the members drugs?

Totally cool, would not anyone having to use drugs that have been cut to much.

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paul d.

just curious; does the IBEW offer a re-hab program if they find " something"? we have random testing as required by contract with whoever govt. project were working on. if anybody fails the test they can go to re-hab class , then go thru evaluation and usually go bact to work in 7-10 working days. paul

randomkiller

I have it on very good authority that home made poppy loaf eaten in excess will cause a drastic failure.

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1900

Yeah, we have rehab, which costs the union $10K or so

If someone is performing dangerously at work, get rid of them. But keep your hands out of people's personal lives.

It sickens me to think that people can get plastered every night (and sometimes at lunch break!) and eat handfuls of prescription narcotics, yet if they smoke a joint every month they get into trouble.

And no, I do not do drugs, but I don't like having to pay for the testing and the rehab for people who really don't have a problem.

william1978

That sucks that all have to pay for a few for rehab.

brian john

They do offer re-hab.

I had a helper that made the program was in 6 months and failed a random drug test. He was told he could go to re-hab work as a helper and reapply in the fall.

I called the re-hab specialists as I needed help, this kid was a good worker and had rent and truck payments due. The re-hab specialist told me this kid was not safe to be around electricity for at least 30 days after smoking marijuana. I laughed in the phone and gave this guy a piece of my mind explaining to him how bloody stupid he was. Anyway 6 weeks later they let him come back to work. I had hired a replacement and he went to work elsewhere.

Drugs and alcohol can be major issues but today there is a culture of support that makes a living off everyone being addicted.

1900

Well, it's part of healthcare.

If you have a drug problem and want help with it, that is fine with me, I'll help you out.

But I know of multiple people who have failed the drug tests we started last year because they smoke weed. They are some of the smartest, most aware people I know, yet they are off the list and in the program for a problem that doesn't exist.

Yet the people with the real problems, like the half of the E-Board that take 2 hour lunch breaks at the bar, get to skate. Or the guys on Oxycontin and Percocet bragging that they get free and legal heroin to party with...

That's life...

Arc Angle

My last drug test only had 1 question on it.

How many grams in an ounce?

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brian john

I was eating lunch with a customer and watched two white color guys drinking lunch, 3 Martinis. If I drank one I would go out to the truck and sleep for 2 hours.

Also see those guys getting a six pack at 6:00 AM when Virginia allows sale of alcohol.

IMO pot is safer, better and NICER, wayyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy NICER, than alcohol.

I do not drink or smoke (for the record)

brian john

32 grams in a ounce, 454 grams in a pound and a pound goes for (a pound of what? feathers or lead)

Rockyd

Exactly!

Culture of slugs, would be more appropriate on the average. Government programs that will babysit someone from the cradle to the grave.

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