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[–] Deflated0ne@lemmy.world 228 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (3 children)

Yep. Drug screen popped for heroin. Happens all the time. You'd think they would have figured out a way around it by now in the screening.

But it's only the poor that have to take drug tests. So there's no incentive to not ruin their lives.

[–] nocturne@piefed.social 103 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (1 children)

Fresh out of high school I got a job working in the same grocery store as my then girlfriend (now wife), i had to take a drug test to finish the hiring process. I stopped at the grocery store to grab the paperwork and as I walked past the bakery they had fresh poppy seed bagels, my absolute favorite. I grabbed one and then went the next morning for my drug test, failed for opiates.

[–] echodot@feddit.uk 1 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

Should have said, yeah but they're your opioids.

You should get bonus points for supporting the business drug dealing operation.

[–] onslaught545@lemmy.zip 47 points 5 days ago (1 children)

There is a way around it. Check again after 72h.

[–] someguy3@lemmy.world 25 points 5 days ago (3 children)

How long does it take for normal opiates to pass through? Because if they're the same it doesn't really indicate that it was from Poppy seeds.

[–] Vorticity@lemmy.world 68 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

If a opiate addict went clean for 72 hours for a drug test they would be in very bad shape by the time they get tested again. It would be completely obvious that they are in withdrawal. They would be very anxious, shivering, vomiting, and shitting.

Retesting after 72 hours is a pretty good indicator that someone isn't using so long as you also observe physical symptoms.

[–] CmdrShepard49@sh.itjust.works 24 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Plus failing a drug test is an automatic disqualification from future employment. Nobody is going to give you multiple chances to pass.

[–] UsernameHere@lemy.lol 16 points 5 days ago

I stayed up all night studying for this drug test! You gotta give me a 2nd try!

[–] onslaught545@lemmy.zip 10 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (1 children)

That's why you don't tell them they tested positive the first time. You can also likely tell by the levels in their system.

[–] someguy3@lemmy.world 11 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (1 children)

Mmm that salad was good, let's get another.

[–] echodot@feddit.uk 1 points 3 days ago

If you're eating the salad more than once a week you're a psychopath and I don't want you working here anyway.

[–] RememberTheApollo_@lemmy.world 1 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Plenty of jobs for non-poor have random drug testing as well, for instance some jobs that are DOT regulated in the US, like flight crew.

You misunderstand. To the people making these decisions, flight crews are "the poor".

We're all just filthy poors to them.