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LizBeth

(9,952 posts)
Sun Nov 7, 2021, 09:05 PM Nov 2021

UPDATE: Hey, my pot smoking friends. Give me your best guess.

Last edited Wed Nov 17, 2021, 01:36 PM - Edit history (3)

Update: Anyone interested, last Thursday bought a drug test at Walmart and it showed negative. Friday I went down to take the pee test and found out today that I passed. Yea me. I start Friday. Hoops to jump thru to get a job. Thanks for everyone's help, telling me about the tests sold in stores and giving me the confidence taking the test with all the information provided in this thread.

I have a job I am starting 11/15 and there is a drug test, urine. I have only done it once before and I know it came up that I had done pot because I was smoking almost daily and just a couple days before I took the test, but they hired me anyway. That was 3 months ago. I got another job and I will have to do another test. I do not think this job will hire me if I come up with pot. Upside is I haven't felt like pot for a couple three months. I ate an edible a couple times in Aug, none in Sept. Oct a friend came over on 10/9. Two puffs from a joint and less than a week after that I had an edible. And I have not had any since, I do not think. Maybe one more edible somewhere around beginning of Oct but I do not think so.

I have not done the test enough to have experience how it will show. I know we do not know, and all kinds of factors involved but what is you best guess on this test. I do not want to quit the current job if I do not pass this test, for sure. But I would rather not go to work tomorrow.

And I am in Eugene and just as legal to have an edible as have a glass of wine, for anyone thinking I am a law breaker.

Thanks

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UPDATE: Hey, my pot smoking friends. Give me your best guess. (Original Post) LizBeth Nov 2021 OP
I have been told WhiteTara Nov 2021 #1
Thank you. The new job will be so much better. I got in a really toxic work environment LizBeth Nov 2021 #2
3 weeks min if you are a daily user dclarston13 Nov 2021 #72
+1 LizBeth Nov 2021 #76
Lab tests these days pick up the goldenseal. NT TxGuitar Nov 2021 #87
good to know WhiteTara Nov 2021 #94
The higher your fat content the longer wait. Boxerfan Nov 2021 #3
I am old and don't exercise so there is the fat, but wouldn't be considered LizBeth Nov 2021 #5
Questionable Term ProfessorGAC Nov 2021 #17
This is a lab I am hiring to do does drug test btw but I read that the tests LizBeth Nov 2021 #20
The Company I Worked For... ProfessorGAC Nov 2021 #31
I have seen in the last small handful of years this falling to the wayside in a lot LizBeth Nov 2021 #36
Drink tons of water every day till your test womanofthehills Nov 2021 #4
And get a couple of glasses of wine or beer in there, too. marble falls Nov 2021 #6
lol, Ah ha... Drink a couple glasses of wine, drive to the testing place??? LizBeth Nov 2021 #24
That makes sense about the earling morning pee, because it's supposed to be more concentrated then. ShazzieB Nov 2021 #45
I heard about the B and I had a colonoscopy last week, so that is another LizBeth Nov 2021 #9
Be careful with drinking a lot of water AZSkiffyGeek Nov 2021 #16
OOOOooosh, that is worse. I hear that is why you take a B vitamin. It makes LizBeth Nov 2021 #18
I was fine AZSkiffyGeek Nov 2021 #19
Wow. Isn't that crazy? That is the only real downside to this job LizBeth Nov 2021 #21
Load up Philosophizing Fool Nov 2021 #32
I only had a week to clean out when I was tested years ago Walleye Nov 2021 #7
This is the stupidest dam thing and it pisses me off that I have to do it anyway, lol. LizBeth Nov 2021 #10
Be Careful With Distilled Water ProfessorGAC Nov 2021 #25
Thanks for the info. I normally drink tapwater. I don't like paying for water Walleye Nov 2021 #27
+1. But then I can drink the tap here. I could not drink the tap in another LizBeth Nov 2021 #29
Same Here ProfessorGAC Nov 2021 #34
I read somewhere that dental cavities were increasing and children because not drinking fluoridated Walleye Nov 2021 #42
I Saw That, Too ProfessorGAC Nov 2021 #47
Well when I was a kid fluoridated water was a communist plot according to the right wing. Walleye Nov 2021 #49
If weed is legal there, Haggard Celine Nov 2021 #8
Ah cool. Good to hear. You all are making me feel better. And yes, they should LizBeth Nov 2021 #13
Prescription pains pills are legal but they test for them? Groundhawg Nov 2021 #22
If someone has a prescription for the pills, Haggard Celine Nov 2021 #33
the testing person I asked when i was tested said pain meds are the #1 abused substance Groundhawg Nov 2021 #41
Hmmm. They always give me a sheet to fill out before I take a test. Haggard Celine Nov 2021 #43
Interesting. There have been times I get randomly pulled for testing at work and they have never ask Groundhawg Nov 2021 #68
I'm talking about pre-employment screening. Haggard Celine Nov 2021 #71
Gotcha. I've been at my job 35 years. Groundhawg Nov 2021 #92
They do. fescuerescue Nov 2021 #52
Yes they do. You had better have a script for them. Lochloosa Nov 2021 #35
The problem is that the Feds will require it fescuerescue Nov 2021 #51
I just use quick fix. BlueTsunami2018 Nov 2021 #11
will do. LizBeth Nov 2021 #14
Same here fescuerescue Nov 2021 #53
+1 LizBeth Nov 2021 #55
You can get an OTC THC test at Target for $10. Phoenix61 Nov 2021 #12
Excellent idea, thank you. Wish I had done this earlier. LizBeth Nov 2021 #15
Our local Dollar Tree stores carry home test kits. (N.E. Cal) Maybe home tests are available in OR. ShazamIam Nov 2021 #23
Someone told me about them above. Too late to do tonight, but I will do in the am. LizBeth Nov 2021 #26
theres a threshold jcgoldie Nov 2021 #28
Yes. I was reading this on the company website. That is what I was getting LizBeth Nov 2021 #30
Go to CVS or Walgreens. Buy a box of pee tests. BlackSkimmer Nov 2021 #37
Thanks. I did not know about that. I am doing that tomorrow. LizBeth Nov 2021 #38
Make sure you get the box that says it tests for Cannabis. BlackSkimmer Nov 2021 #48
+1 LizBeth Nov 2021 #56
You'll do fine! BlackSkimmer Nov 2021 #61
+1 LizBeth Nov 2021 #65
Suggest you cross-post in the cannabis group JudyM Nov 2021 #39
So lucky me living in Eugene. I move to utopia. For real. !!! LizBeth Nov 2021 #40
I've always peed at least three before the test and drank lots of cola, always passed. Twoflower Nov 2021 #44
Have someone clean pee for you in a jar BlueLucy Nov 2021 #46
Google "Quick Fix" fescuerescue Nov 2021 #50
Seconded. NightWatcher Nov 2021 #64
Just an FYI - Ms. Toad Nov 2021 #54
I did know and figure someone would throw this in. ;) LizBeth Nov 2021 #57
I wouldn't have - except that you expressly asserted that Ms. Toad Nov 2021 #69
I've always heard 30 days and the vast majority of people will be clean Mysterian Nov 2021 #58
Get a home test and see if you test hot now. If you're clean stay that way till your test. Hotler Nov 2021 #59
I am going to do that today... LizBeth Nov 2021 #62
Why apply there for employment if it's known in advance that they screen for things like this? NurseJackie Nov 2021 #60
Questions my antipot Republicans ask. First, a company does not tell you there is LizBeth Nov 2021 #63
No, they're reasonable questions to ask. NurseJackie Nov 2021 #66
whatever... LizBeth Nov 2021 #67
Substitution Zeitghost Nov 2021 #70
Ya, I just do not think I am sneaky enough. LizBeth Nov 2021 #80
I wouldn't help without knowing the type of job ripcord Nov 2021 #73
HUGE difference fron smoking a joint when off the clock and smoking one as you are LizBeth Nov 2021 #77
Some advice from a smoker Ohio Joe Nov 2021 #74
Wonderful stuff Ohio Joe and as someone suggested above, I can suggest I feel I may be LizBeth Nov 2021 #78
It took me 43 days to test clean with a home test. BannonsLiver Nov 2021 #75
Interesting Bannons, thanks. LizBeth Nov 2021 #79
Yeah I bought a bunch of piss tests off the Internet BannonsLiver Nov 2021 #85
+1, Thanks for the info. Something I would be interested in exploring and never LizBeth Nov 2021 #86
I also once got around a test by using someone else's urine. BannonsLiver Nov 2021 #89
As I said elsewhere, I am not the sneaky kind of person and do not think or LizBeth Nov 2021 #91
Yeah I don't blame you BannonsLiver Nov 2021 #93
Are they even testing for pot? gldstwmn Nov 2021 #81
4 yrs ago when legalized they where much more stringent in the need to test pot. LizBeth Nov 2021 #88
Good luck to you. I hope you pass your test. gldstwmn Nov 2021 #95
Personally, if it's legal in your state, DenaliDemocrat Nov 2021 #82
I agree. Give the approximate dates of use, and MerryBlooms Nov 2021 #84
I did that with the current job I am in. I know I came up positive and LizBeth Nov 2021 #90
The Whizzinator RFCalifornia Nov 2021 #83
Update. LizBeth Nov 2021 #96
Really glad to hear! BlackSkimmer Nov 2021 #97
Ty, I am feeling happy. LizBeth Nov 2021 #98
Yes, it's so stupid to have to pee in a damn cup to get a job. BlackSkimmer Nov 2021 #99
+1 LizBeth Nov 2021 #101
you'll be fine jcgoldie Nov 2021 #100
Congrats! iemanja Nov 2021 #102
I did. Feels like I have every step of the way getting this job. Nothing has been LizBeth Nov 2021 #103

WhiteTara

(29,692 posts)
1. I have been told
Sun Nov 7, 2021, 09:07 PM
Nov 2021

that goldenseal powder washes thc. I have no idea, I never tried it. But also, it's legal in that state. Good luck, I hope you like your job.

LizBeth

(9,952 posts)
2. Thank you. The new job will be so much better. I got in a really toxic work environment
Sun Nov 7, 2021, 09:10 PM
Nov 2021

and though really good pay, stressful in all I was learning but I did really well and became number one (saying I got good, lol), life is too short for me being old to be in a toxic work environment every. single. day. Just not worth it. This one is much more independence and out and about and the same good pay. I am excited. Much less stress and much easier learning curve.

dclarston13

(404 posts)
72. 3 weeks min if you are a daily user
Mon Nov 8, 2021, 08:01 PM
Nov 2021

Before your test it's a good idea to pay for a separate independent test. If you fail that stall for time for whatever reason you come with, saying you have a positive COVID test works well these days. I don't really know if the cleansing agents work or not. Not worth the risk in my opinion. I worked with folks that swore by Certo (which is used for canning) https://wayofleaf.com/detox/brands/certo-drug-test-full-review

I don't know how they used it but they said it worked. But the whole thing kind of depends on how bad you want the job, if they have random testing just resolve to give up smoking weed and move on if you pass the test.
Personally I think drug testing, is a violation of our freedoms and should be abolished.

WhiteTara

(29,692 posts)
94. good to know
Tue Nov 9, 2021, 10:49 AM
Nov 2021

I use it for wounds and internal healing, I've never tried to flush cannabis from my system.

Boxerfan

(2,533 posts)
3. The higher your fat content the longer wait.
Sun Nov 7, 2021, 09:12 PM
Nov 2021

I'm mildly overweight but a heavy smoker. I was clean one month and I still came up dirty but it was a very low reading. One month is the told average.

I'd wager you are fine.

LizBeth

(9,952 posts)
5. I am old and don't exercise so there is the fat, but wouldn't be considered
Sun Nov 7, 2021, 09:16 PM
Nov 2021

overweight on the scales and certainly not hitting the obese mark (which is not that high btw). So I am going to assume I am ok on that end. I have heard that. Ok, thanks. I am pretty confident too. I want to hear others so I am more confident. Thanks.

ProfessorGAC

(64,787 posts)
17. Questionable Term
Sun Nov 7, 2021, 09:26 PM
Nov 2021

None of the tests used for employment screening or random testing have the detectability advertised.
The "one week, spit; one month, urine: 9 months, hair" stuff is drug war nonsense. It was part of the "Reefer Madness" scare tactics.
There are analytical methods that can do that, but they're very costly.
The simpler tests, spectrometric, FID gas chromatography, HPLC, are more affordable but have mediocre levels of detection. So, at very low levels of the analyte, true quantization is poor.
For an airline pilot, or train driver, or crane operator, the use of more accurate, more detailed, but expensive, broad spectrum testing may be appropriate.
But, 99% of us would not have the job requirements calling for the costs involved.
Basically, we can divide the amount of time claimed by 3.
When we were doing the spit test on random tests for 2% of everyone in the company (US sites) each month, I got called 2 days after I smoked. I tested negative.
I've worked in labs with the more sophisticated methods, and it's expensive because not only is the hardware pricey, but the operation has to be done by an expert.
Not sure how you showed any detectable level after a month. I truly think it's more likely they lied to you about detecting anything.

LizBeth

(9,952 posts)
20. This is a lab I am hiring to do does drug test btw but I read that the tests
Sun Nov 7, 2021, 09:31 PM
Nov 2021

are not that sensitive. I read they are high at 50 whatever instead of the more sensitive 25 whatever. This was on the company website. That they work at not trapping a person. That if doing it here and there then the urine test would come out negative with a one time use in like 5 days. Daily, constant, heavy users can be up to a month.

ProfessorGAC

(64,787 posts)
31. The Company I Worked For...
Sun Nov 7, 2021, 09:50 PM
Nov 2021

...dropped pot from their employment screening & random test regime.
Their legal group started to have concerns over lawsuits for discipline, once it became fully legal here. It was seen as an unwarranted intrusion into employees' personal lives, and could cause the company to lose such lawsuits.
A lot of this testing came from liability insurers threatening to raise rates if they didn't test for drugs.
The insurers have gotten massive pushback for premium payers over it, and most have relented. The threat of premium increases if pot is not a target analyte have dissipated greatly.
They still test for opioids, coke, & amphetamines but not pot.
I'm surprised a similar thing hasn't happened given your state is pot legal, too.

LizBeth

(9,952 posts)
36. I have seen in the last small handful of years this falling to the wayside in a lot
Sun Nov 7, 2021, 09:56 PM
Nov 2021

of companies. And even if tests come up positive with pot they still hire, indicative of me being hired to a call center when I well know I tested positive. But, the job I am getting is driving for Quest Diagnostic that makes money off this and has me in a company vehicle. So I understand a little more, but yes, I hope it migrates to more what you are talking because though I would like to work for them long term, I do not know that I am willing to commit to not doing pot long term. I just have not felt like doing it lately, which to me is more my business than theirs. I will see once I get into the company, how stringent they really are.

womanofthehills

(8,647 posts)
4. Drink tons of water every day till your test
Sun Nov 7, 2021, 09:13 PM
Nov 2021

And you should be fine. Other recommendations online say to take lots of B vitamins.

LizBeth

(9,952 posts)
24. lol, Ah ha... Drink a couple glasses of wine, drive to the testing place???
Sun Nov 7, 2021, 09:39 PM
Nov 2021

I think not. Funny you. I am going late in the afternoon. I hear it is better than your early morning pee. And I gotta tell you I know way more about pee than I ought to know. And all the others that will be familiar with me pee and listening at the door. THE most dehumanizing exercise we allow ourselves to be put thru.

ShazzieB

(16,227 posts)
45. That makes sense about the earling morning pee, because it's supposed to be more concentrated then.
Mon Nov 8, 2021, 03:52 AM
Nov 2021

I don't know much about the sensitivity of drug tests, except in the case of ADHD drugs (which show up as amphetamines). I'm not on any drugs for ADHD now, but I had to do it once when I was taking Vyvanse, and what a royal pain that was! I tried to tell them about it when I went for the test, even brought my prescription bottle, but they didn't want to hear about it.

So I went ahead and did the test, and OF COURSE I came up positive for amphetamines. And guess what. I had to make another trip back over there and show my prescription. What a ridiculous waste of time!

Sorry for the digression. I know it doesn't have any bearing on your situation, other than how silly drug testing is in general!

LizBeth

(9,952 posts)
9. I heard about the B and I had a colonoscopy last week, so that is another
Sun Nov 7, 2021, 09:17 PM
Nov 2021

up side that may well have cleaned me out pretty good, lol. B vit I am hearing is to make pee yellow because they get pissed with lots of water. I will have to remember to pick some up Monday. I figure I will do it like Thursday.

AZSkiffyGeek

(10,942 posts)
16. Be careful with drinking a lot of water
Sun Nov 7, 2021, 09:26 PM
Nov 2021

I overdid it, my sample came back diluted, and I needed to do a hair test.

AZSkiffyGeek

(10,942 posts)
19. I was fine
Sun Nov 7, 2021, 09:29 PM
Nov 2021

It was a situation where I hadn’t had any in years, then smoked out over the weekend and got hit with a random on Monday. Ended up passing, but I was worried.

LizBeth

(9,952 posts)
21. Wow. Isn't that crazy? That is the only real downside to this job
Sun Nov 7, 2021, 09:33 PM
Nov 2021

and I will find out more once in it. But I have never proclaimed I want to be a never user again, even for a job and they do random from what I hear. I do not like that. We will have to see how that works.

But yea you.

 
32. Load up
Sun Nov 7, 2021, 09:50 PM
Nov 2021

Water and water soluble molecules will help with urine tests. Aspirin, vitamins B & C, essentially dilute your urine with water and increase the molecular weight of your liquid waste with the easily passed molecules. If asked, tell the administrators that your urologist recommended 100 oz of water a day to combat kidney stones.

If a hair test, well wish and hope, sorry, beyond my knowledge.

Walleye

(30,908 posts)
7. I only had a week to clean out when I was tested years ago
Sun Nov 7, 2021, 09:17 PM
Nov 2021

I was heavily smoking pot in those days when they told me I had to get a drug test to get my dream job.I used the goldenseal and drink gallons and gallons of distilled water. They also said take B vitamins. I passed the test, at least they said I did,and I kept the job for 20 years. Best of luck. Funny the stupid anti-VAX or’s and anti-maskers never seem to object to drug test in the workplace. I think I got advice from the NORML website

LizBeth

(9,952 posts)
10. This is the stupidest dam thing and it pisses me off that I have to do it anyway, lol.
Sun Nov 7, 2021, 09:19 PM
Nov 2021

I am going to have to look up goldenseal. Thanks for the info.

ProfessorGAC

(64,787 posts)
25. Be Careful With Distilled Water
Sun Nov 7, 2021, 09:40 PM
Nov 2021

People consuming copious amounts of distilled water have died from hyponatremia.
It's a very simple way to badly screw up one's blood electrolyte balance.
My wife had hypoNa as a result of a side effect of a psych med.
Normal range is 135-145mg per liter of blood.
She was at 100 and dropping, and IVs of saline weren't doing anything.
Her blood sodium was dangerously low but urine sodium was high, so she simply wasn't absorbing any salts. Equilibrium & diffusion results in the body shedding it.
She was hospitalized for 3 days and was a physical mess. Had I not figured out she was on that new med and insisted she get off it, it might have been a week.
I was told that 90mg/liter is the LD50. (50% of people hitting 90, die.). She was at 96 for 30 hours.
She went off the meds. 12 hours later she was at 105. 6 hours after that she was at 120.
By the next morning she was back to normal.
Very tense time, and I don't wish it on anybody.
Having self-inflicted that malady by drinking demineralized water is something I hope to dissuade.

LizBeth

(9,952 posts)
29. +1. But then I can drink the tap here. I could not drink the tap in another
Sun Nov 7, 2021, 09:46 PM
Nov 2021

state I lived. It was so salty it didn't quench thirst. When I tasted the water here, I was thrilled.

ProfessorGAC

(64,787 posts)
34. Same Here
Sun Nov 7, 2021, 09:54 PM
Nov 2021

I live in a town with a river.
Our water quality is in the top 2% of the state.
Yet, people buy bottled water by the case!
I can see if one knows the water quality is rotten, but around here I think it's silly.
We have some unincorporated areas and people use those filling machines at the supermarket for the 3 & 5 gallon jugs.
But, they probably have a well and well water around here is loaded with iron, especially iron sulfates. Tastes awful. Those folks buying water, I get.

ProfessorGAC

(64,787 posts)
47. I Saw That, Too
Mon Nov 8, 2021, 08:00 AM
Nov 2021

Not only that, but our dentist actually said the bottled water increased his practice's revenue by 40% above what he ever expected.
Why? Cavities in kids!

Walleye

(30,908 posts)
49. Well when I was a kid fluoridated water was a communist plot according to the right wing.
Mon Nov 8, 2021, 08:08 AM
Nov 2021

‘Twas ever thus. They fought over this issue politically throughout my whole childhood, and my dentist had plenty of work. I remember one right wing nut job who used to write letters to the editor every day about how fluoridation would ruin our young men. That’s where the precious bodily fluids character came from in Strangelove. Unfortunately I still suffer from dentist bills. I think of this when I hear the nut jobs talking about their preferred treatment for Covid

Haggard Celine

(16,834 posts)
8. If weed is legal there,
Sun Nov 7, 2021, 09:17 PM
Nov 2021

they shouldn't be testing people for it. It ought to be illegal to do that, but of course corporations can pretty much do whatever they want to these days. It's like testing people for alcohol use. Anyway, though, you should pass the test since you haven't used pot that much. You shouldn't have enough THC in your system to fail. Just in case, though, drink a lot of cranberry juice before you take the test. I smoking weed regularly at one time and had to pass a drug screen to get a job. I drank about a half gallon of cranberry juice before I took the test and I passed. Good luck!

LizBeth

(9,952 posts)
13. Ah cool. Good to hear. You all are making me feel better. And yes, they should
Sun Nov 7, 2021, 09:22 PM
Nov 2021

not be testing for pot. I think it is dying down a bit with pot, but this will be me driving a company vehicle so I understand a little more but it is like a glass of wine and they are not testing for that. Just assumes we will not drink while driving. I know I had to have failed with the last one and they still hired. I was answering a damn phone. None of their business if I went home and smoked a joint.

Haggard Celine

(16,834 posts)
33. If someone has a prescription for the pills,
Sun Nov 7, 2021, 09:52 PM
Nov 2021

they won't say anything about it. I've taken tests before when I had a prescription for the drugs I took. Sometimes they ask about it, other times they don't mention it. I think some of the tests don't screen for prescription drugs, just illegal ones. Big Pharma doesn't want people to fail drug tests for taking their drugs, but it's just fine for people who use pot.

Groundhawg

(535 posts)
41. the testing person I asked when i was tested said pain meds are the #1 abused substance
Sun Nov 7, 2021, 10:46 PM
Nov 2021

and the #1 thing they check for.

Haggard Celine

(16,834 posts)
43. Hmmm. They always give me a sheet to fill out before I take a test.
Mon Nov 8, 2021, 01:55 AM
Nov 2021

Where it asks for a list of all the prescription drugs I take, I'm always honest. I'm not on painkillers anymore, at least not opiate painkillers, just Lyrica. I think Lyrica is a controlled substance, but it's not usually the kind of drugs people look for. I've always had prescriptions for everything except the weed, of course.

I've been on a lot of meds for a long time, although only 1 or 2 pain meds at a time. It's been at least 7 years since I took a drug screen, so things might have changed. But, like I say, if you don't write a drug down on the sheet before you take the test, and it pops up in the screening, they likely won't hire you. And make sure you don't have anything in your system that might make you fail.

I think it just takes a few days to get opiate painkillers out of your system. I know that when I went to the pain clinic, if you hadn't taken the drug in more than a few days, it wouldn't show up in their test. So if you took any painkillers you didn't have a prescription for, give it a few days before you take a drug test. I have no idea how to cover up opiate use in the urine.

Groundhawg

(535 posts)
68. Interesting. There have been times I get randomly pulled for testing at work and they have never ask
Mon Nov 8, 2021, 07:22 PM
Nov 2021

me any questions in any form.

Haggard Celine

(16,834 posts)
71. I'm talking about pre-employment screening.
Mon Nov 8, 2021, 07:46 PM
Nov 2021

I've never been pulled aside at work. That seems to be a quicker process. I've never asked people the people I knew who got pulled any details about how they did it. They usually picked the same people every time for a test. My bosses didn't want to get anyone fired. Occasionally someone would get caught, but they would claim to have a drug problem, so there was a process in which they would be absent from work for a few weeks while they went to an outpatient rehab. Then they would come back to work. We thought it was a big joke. But the ones among us who were the most notorious druggies never got pulled for a test. Some of them would have lit that test up like a Christmas tree!

fescuerescue

(4,448 posts)
51. The problem is that the Feds will require it
Mon Nov 8, 2021, 09:18 AM
Nov 2021

of companies that do business with the Federal government.

And most big companies either do business with the Federal, or dream of it.

LizBeth

(9,952 posts)
15. Excellent idea, thank you. Wish I had done this earlier.
Sun Nov 7, 2021, 09:23 PM
Nov 2021

On the wine now so do not want to pick one up but that will let me know if I need to stall or if I am good to go for end of week. Excellent. Thanks.

ShazamIam

(2,564 posts)
23. Our local Dollar Tree stores carry home test kits. (N.E. Cal) Maybe home tests are available in OR.
Sun Nov 7, 2021, 09:37 PM
Nov 2021

Edit add: I don't know how accurate the tests are, I just noticed them when I was shopping. I thought it will be very helpful for people in your situation.

LizBeth

(9,952 posts)
26. Someone told me about them above. Too late to do tonight, but I will do in the am.
Sun Nov 7, 2021, 09:41 PM
Nov 2021

Drinking wine and do not want to run out to Target or I would have done this weekend. I didn't know about them, but a good idea.

jcgoldie

(11,603 posts)
28. theres a threshold
Sun Nov 7, 2021, 09:44 PM
Nov 2021

Its not positive just because thc shows up it has to be over a certain limit and if you havent smoked regularly chances are you will be under. I agree with the poster that said get the test at walmart before going in and check for yourself.

LizBeth

(9,952 posts)
30. Yes. I was reading this on the company website. That is what I was getting
Sun Nov 7, 2021, 09:47 PM
Nov 2021

from what I was reading. Thanks.

LizBeth

(9,952 posts)
38. Thanks. I did not know about that. I am doing that tomorrow.
Sun Nov 7, 2021, 10:01 PM
Nov 2021

Would rather have done this weekend before cutting ties with current job, but I ma pretty confident I will pass. So will pick it up tomorrow to make sure. They gave me leeway pushing start day further so if I need to, I can.

 

BlackSkimmer

(51,308 posts)
48. Make sure you get the box that says it tests for Cannabis.
Mon Nov 8, 2021, 08:07 AM
Nov 2021

I was amazed at how many different test kits there were for different drugs.

 

BlackSkimmer

(51,308 posts)
61. You'll do fine!
Mon Nov 8, 2021, 12:17 PM
Nov 2021

But it’s true never to give the “morning pee” lol.

Take a multivitamin, drink water so you pee a few times before the test.

Let us know!

JudyM

(29,176 posts)
39. Suggest you cross-post in the cannabis group
Sun Nov 7, 2021, 10:09 PM
Nov 2021

Folks there might have good input: https://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=forum&id=1279

Good luck, I hope you get the job, LizBeth!
(Lucky you, living in Eugene, BTW)

LizBeth

(9,952 posts)
40. So lucky me living in Eugene. I move to utopia. For real. !!!
Sun Nov 7, 2021, 10:16 PM
Nov 2021

Thanks. Lot os info here. I really think I am good to go, just wanted some reassurance. Gonna buy a test tomorrow.

Ms. Toad

(33,975 posts)
54. Just an FYI -
Mon Nov 8, 2021, 09:52 AM
Nov 2021

Pot, including edibles, is still illegal everywhere under federal law. So it isn't "just as legal . . . as . . . a glass of wine."

Ms. Toad

(33,975 posts)
69. I wouldn't have - except that you expressly asserted that
Mon Nov 8, 2021, 07:28 PM
Nov 2021

that pot was as legal as wine. It's not - since there is no federal prohibition on the use of wine.

Mysterian

(4,563 posts)
58. I've always heard 30 days and the vast majority of people will be clean
Mon Nov 8, 2021, 10:07 AM
Nov 2021

Maybe someone who has no physical activity at all will take longer to get clean.

Hotler

(11,387 posts)
59. Get a home test and see if you test hot now. If you're clean stay that way till your test.
Mon Nov 8, 2021, 11:53 AM
Nov 2021

Usually 3-4 weeks to be safe. Good luck with the job.

NurseJackie

(42,862 posts)
60. Why apply there for employment if it's known in advance that they screen for things like this?
Mon Nov 8, 2021, 11:58 AM
Nov 2021

Or, why smoke/consume if you know they're going to test?

Even if you pass the test, how frequently (and how randomly) will future tests be? If you continue to smoke/consume, aren't you putting your employment at risk?

Good luck!

LizBeth

(9,952 posts)
63. Questions my antipot Republicans ask. First, a company does not tell you there is
Mon Nov 8, 2021, 12:20 PM
Nov 2021

a drug test until after application, interviews and hires are made. Wouldn't it be so much easier if we knew ahead of time saving everyone the time and money, with legal choice?

NurseJackie

(42,862 posts)
66. No, they're reasonable questions to ask.
Mon Nov 8, 2021, 12:30 PM
Nov 2021
Questions my antipot Republicans ask.
No, they're reasonable questions to ask. That's why I'm asking them... maybe it's something you hadn't thought of. Maybe there are compelling reasons for trying to circumvent the testing. One doesn't need to be Republican or "antipot" to ask them.

Wouldn't it be so much easier if we knew ahead of time saving everyone the time and money, with legal choice?
Sure, but in the meantime... pot-smokers would be smart to do their research in advance. Surely there must be some online resources available that list/rank employers who engage in pre-hire or after-hire-random drug testing. I can't imagine that there wouldn't be. Or if you know (or could meet) someone who also works at the place you're thinking of applying... just come right out and ask someone... even a stranger exiting the building going out for lunch. I'll bet they'd give a simple yes or no answer to a direct question: "Hey, I'm thinking of applying for a job here. Do they do pre-employment drug screening?"

It's certainly a pain, and expensive for employers too... but with a little footwork in advance I think you'll be less likely to be wasting your time and can plan ahead to avoid being rejected.

Good luck!

ripcord

(5,215 posts)
73. I wouldn't help without knowing the type of job
Mon Nov 8, 2021, 08:08 PM
Nov 2021

There are many types of jobs where testing makes sense. As a truck driver I was tested for years and had no problem with it, I also had no problem with the companies that banned drivers from alcohol when they were on the road, no one wants someone impaired behind the wheel of an 80,000 vehicle.

LizBeth

(9,952 posts)
77. HUGE difference fron smoking a joint when off the clock and smoking one as you are
Mon Nov 8, 2021, 09:23 PM
Nov 2021

getting on the road just as a driver will have a beer when done with shift but certainly would not do a couple shots before getting behind the wheel. Am I not RIGHT?

Ohio Joe

(21,721 posts)
74. Some advice from a smoker
Mon Nov 8, 2021, 08:09 PM
Nov 2021

OK... So as mentioned earlier in the thread, the THC gets into fat cells and can stay there a few months. No worries. First, start doing some exercise now to get it to release. Drink lots of water every day to flush your system. Stop the exercise about four days before the test but continue with a lot of water. When filling the bottle, don't let either the start or the end of the stream go into the bottle, that is where what is being flushed is most likely to be in any quantity. The day before the test do a home test to see if you are clean. You should be but if you are not, call and see if you can move the test out a few days to a week and continue flushing... Maybe just tell them you are not feeling well... Car broke down... Something but really I think you will be fine.

Also, I recommend you keep your current job until you are for sure hired at the new one. You never know.

LizBeth

(9,952 posts)
78. Wonderful stuff Ohio Joe and as someone suggested above, I can suggest I feel I may be
Mon Nov 8, 2021, 09:27 PM
Nov 2021

exposed to covid. In my environment that gets an immediate stay. I like. Thank you

LizBeth

(9,952 posts)
79. Interesting Bannons, thanks.
Mon Nov 8, 2021, 09:29 PM
Nov 2021

Daily? More than once a day? Or much less frequently cause I am really curious with this info.

BannonsLiver

(16,275 posts)
85. Yeah I bought a bunch of piss tests off the Internet
Mon Nov 8, 2021, 10:26 PM
Nov 2021

And tracked it over that time. I tested myself a couple times a week. Heavy use and some extra pounds was the reason it took so long. Before I took the employment test I had myself tested at a lab to account for the possible inaccuracy of the home tests. I bet you’ll be clear sooner though. My intake was Bob Marley like at that time.

LizBeth

(9,952 posts)
86. +1, Thanks for the info. Something I would be interested in exploring and never
Mon Nov 8, 2021, 10:28 PM
Nov 2021

thought to do. Good for you.

BannonsLiver

(16,275 posts)
89. I also once got around a test by using someone else's urine.
Mon Nov 8, 2021, 10:33 PM
Nov 2021

Hidden in a plastic travel sizes shampoo bottle. I dressed up in a suit and tie for the test and as my research indicated they were more likely to take me less seriously than someone who came in in Birkenstock’s and a Phish t-shirt. Sure enough they let me in the bathroom by myself, and I switched it.

I should point out that none of these jobs were in any way dealing with the public or involved operating heavy machinery. It was an office job. And the testing was the kind of harassment testing employers get talked into by their liability insurance providers.

LizBeth

(9,952 posts)
91. As I said elsewhere, I am not the sneaky kind of person and do not think or
Mon Nov 8, 2021, 10:37 PM
Nov 2021

have the confidence to pull something like that off. I would tend more towards, I use it here nad there, so what. Kinda of approach. Hire me or not. But I think I can pass and do not have to do either. I think I will just pick up a test at the store tomorrow. Was too lazy today. But gotta tell you, with being told I am not allowed pot, I am having a strong desire the last two days to have an edible, lol. I am kinda contrary, lol.

BannonsLiver

(16,275 posts)
93. Yeah I don't blame you
Mon Nov 8, 2021, 11:59 PM
Nov 2021

I was much younger than I am today. I think you’ll be fine on your own. Good luck.

gldstwmn

(4,575 posts)
81. Are they even testing for pot?
Mon Nov 8, 2021, 09:39 PM
Nov 2021

Drug tests for employment are few and fare between here in CO unless it involves transportation or heavy machinery. There used to be things you could take to pee clean. I'm not sure what they are though.

LizBeth

(9,952 posts)
88. 4 yrs ago when legalized they where much more stringent in the need to test pot.
Mon Nov 8, 2021, 10:32 PM
Nov 2021

But the last couple years I have seen more and more companies say flat out not testing for pot. That is why I was a bit surprised these last two jobs testing. And then the first one I took I KNOW I failed and they hired anyways. So I do not know how serious this company is with it but I am driving their company vehicle and it is how they make their money as a diagnostic lab so they have a stake in this financially, which is not to my advantage for sure, lol

DenaliDemocrat

(1,474 posts)
82. Personally, if it's legal in your state,
Mon Nov 8, 2021, 09:45 PM
Nov 2021

I would simply state that you used it. I would fire or not hire you for lying/deception. I would hire you fit being honest. You are proving you are dishonest and willing to cover up. As you noted, it’s as legal as wine.

MerryBlooms

(11,753 posts)
84. I agree. Give the approximate dates of use, and
Mon Nov 8, 2021, 10:08 PM
Nov 2021

Amounts. The OP has a good idea of both. I would be honest. Deception is never a good option. Businesses have heard every excuse under the sun and know a con job when they hear one, they will red flag your file. Same with the recommendations of drinking fluids to try to mask... Another deception that will be spotted immediately.

Just go with the truth.

LizBeth

(9,952 posts)
90. I did that with the current job I am in. I know I came up positive and
Mon Nov 8, 2021, 10:34 PM
Nov 2021

I did tell them in 6 decades first time I had to submit to a urine test, how offensive it was an dI know I failed, to answer a phone. I was not apologetic with occasions pot smoking for sure. A little pissed I had to do it.

 

BlackSkimmer

(51,308 posts)
99. Yes, it's so stupid to have to pee in a damn cup to get a job.
Wed Nov 17, 2021, 01:39 PM
Nov 2021

If they make Congress do it, then fine, I won’t object. But they won’t.

So glad I’m retired.

jcgoldie

(11,603 posts)
100. you'll be fine
Wed Nov 17, 2021, 01:39 PM
Nov 2021

They almost have to have a threshold they can't just refuse you because trace amounts of THC showed up or anyone who attended a rock concert in the last month would be out for example. Very infrequent use several weeks ago should not trigger a positive result.

LizBeth

(9,952 posts)
103. I did. Feels like I have every step of the way getting this job. Nothing has been
Wed Nov 17, 2021, 02:29 PM
Nov 2021

clear or easy. Ty

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