Drug testing

The sad tragedy that Lefty experienced brought to mind the something that I have suspected for some time. I didn't want to post any of this on his thread as it would seem rather callous.

I have never tested roofers, but for some time I had truck driver>>>

We have a drug testing system set up and use it. We do random drug tests sporadically but our policy is that if you go to the ER even just for a stitch, you are being tested. This also applies for everyone who is in a vehicle if the vehicle is involved in an accident.

Actually had one guy last year refuse the drug test after he "claimed" to have gotten hit by some bricks that fell while he was climbing down the ladder. It was very convenient that no one was on that side of the roof to see this and after photographing the scene, it was literally impossible for anything to have struck him unless the bricks jumped 3 feet away from the wall and turned left in mid-air.

When the nurse went in to take the test, he refused telling her "I ain't gonna jeopardize my job because I smoked a joint this morning". She documented it on the test form and turned it over to me.>>>

I believe you have to know the person and judge that person on them individually. There's a truck driver that worked for me for years. He also was a working musician most Thurs-Sat nights. Which meant there was potential for him to be a little hung ov>>>

What do you all consider a drug?

I personally would rather be working around a guy who smoked a joint at lunch then be around a guy who eat 6 prescription pills and put some rub on, lol :woohoo:

Seriously.....where do you all draw the line? DO you tes>>>

Hi Wywoody,

When we get the results the next day the test are clean.

If it takes more then that then they are double checking technically clean. They ussually recmend retesting. They know the clean result is not normal.

We had one guy fail. His urine>>>

I take 6 oral presciption meds and 2 dermally applied prescriptions, daily.

A clean test comes back the next day. Certain drugs we hear in 2 or 3 days. It takes my test over a week to get back, but in the end, it's always "clean", and they don't ev>>>

Testing has become very sophisticated. One would need to be very "wiley" to outsmart it. When you consider the ramifications of DOT drug use laws, public highway safety, lawsuit etc.... testing laboratories take on quite a bit of liability when they d>>>