Got a job but subjected to a drug test in Canada

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  1. Youngtrucker1661

    Youngtrucker1661 Bobtail Member

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    This thread for me is mostly to learn about how accurate this hair sample drug test is and if doing it one time will cost me this job . I appreciate your input as well as it take some stress off though so thanks!!
     
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  3. skipgears

    skipgears Medium Load Member

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    Hair test also screens for marijuana, PCP, barbs, heroin, meth. So, you gave them a passport into your total drug history. Pending on the type of hair test will determine how far back into your history they will go. Seeing it's trucking probably the cheapest one, which is only a few months. But there are hair tests out there that go back years! Those are typically used in the higher academic echelons.
     
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    Youngtrucker1661 Bobtail Member

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    Well all I’ve ever done is Mary Jane and cocaine so hopefully they don’t see the cocaine slip up.
     
  5. austinmike

    austinmike Road Train Member

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    Drug tests are funny creatures. There are numerous variables that determine whether you pass one or not.
    Good Luck.
     
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  6. skipgears

    skipgears Medium Load Member

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    A request for a hair test can also be a sort of psych test, just to check if you submit to it. They test you by asking, yet there's no actual test. While this can filter out heavy drug users, it also filters folks who value their rights as well. Kind of a double-edged sword.
     
  7. ilovetruckz

    ilovetruckz Light Load Member

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    how'd it go?

    never heard of a company doing hair tests.. what makes you think they don't care about weed?
     
  8. kranky1

    kranky1 Road Train Member

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    I would have thought they would be more concerned about whether you can drive the truck or not. Now I know where all those people in trucks that can’t drive them came from. They passed the drug test.
     
  9. ilovetruckz

    ilovetruckz Light Load Member

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    Actually they came from India.
     
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