i hope there is still a chance

Congrats for giving it up and trying to better yourself for you and your family. If only you had waited a little longer to take that test. Hindsight is a witch, isn't it?

 

I`m thinking you have to wait 6 months after a positive drug test.You may check to see if its company policy or CDL policy.Traces of pot stay in your system longer than other drugs.If you were a long term heavy user you may be a year before you can be assured a clean test.Also,regardless of what everyone says,tests for marijuana do come back positive(occasionally) if you are taking certain prescribed antibiotics.When you test be sure you list ALL medications you are taking,prescribed or not.Good luck for your future.

 

Man that's tough. Because of this situation , i think your name fits you very well. You fail a DOT drug test and your pretty much black listed. About all you can do is request they test the other sample, since it was a split speciman. To be totally honest here man, it does not look good for you right now or anytime soon to be able to be driving a truck. Sorry man. Just keep the job you have now and maybe try again in a year and it wouldn't hurt to do the occassional, drug test yourself to at least show them you are clean and have been for awhile now.

 

I think you're pretty well screwed. One of the questions on most people's applications is "Have you ever tested posative for illegal drugs in a DOT test". Now you have to answer yes. That pretty much puts you out of contention for trucking, railroads, airlines, and bus companies. (And any other DOT compliant job).

Sorry dude!
Russ

 

I agree with ya leannamarie, It's great that you realized you want to clean up. You will just have to give it some more time before testing again. Did they give you a hair folicle test? Those are the ones that date back a ways.Good Luck and stay clean.

 

Cerberus:

There is a 72-hour time allowance on requesting a split to be tested which he should have been notified at the time of his conversation with the Medical Review Officer (MRO). In addition, there are no cut-off levels accepted for a split. In other words, any amount of THC in the split is a positive assuming there is/was still THC systemically in his anatomy when the specimen was provided. A reasonable assumption with the information at hand would indicate that the split would also be positive under the circumstances.

But the key here is as he stated above that "I don't want to do weed anymore", and "I will not do weed anymore" which suggests he was still doing it at the time of testing and merely hoping that by using a lot of water he could come out negative. It may also be that all the water he drank prior to the test caused the test to come out diluted for specific gravity when the testing facility used the hygrometer/dip strip on the specimen as well as a low creatinine level. A diluted specimen is considered a positive/diluted under the rules however, and memory serve, there is/was an option for another test (or there used to be an option before I retired which may have changed) if a specimen was diluted and if the carrier so wished.

Either way, the S.A.P. route is his only option now as mandated in the rules and hope to find a company that has a second chance policy after he receives his CDL and the completion of the S.A.P. counseling and any potential recommendations by the S.A.P. for therapy as mandated under 382.503 and part 40, subpart O (40.281 through 40.313). This may also be a quite substantial amount money over and above the cost of obtaining his CDL as the company from whom he was attempting to receive his CDL also probably listed the positive on his USIS/DAC report.

I do however wish this gentleman success in finding suitable employment after the S.A.P. routine.

 

Good luck to you sir. I wish you success in finding suitable employment and I'm grateful to see you've learned your lesson