Drug Testing Questions and the Truth

Discussion in 'Experienced Truckers' Advice' started by scotty, Jan 31, 2011.

  1. scotty

    scotty Light Load Member

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    Recently I filled out an application and the question was have I ever taken drugs? I answered no but should had said yes, the problem was in 1999 I was asked to take a radom. Test came back as positive for cocaine.
    Employer confronted me with this and asked if I ever use cocaine and I said no way. I found out that a day before that I had a begel with poppy seeds. Not knowing anything about cocaine I was re-tested and all way cleared and ok.
    Point is always answer yes and if asked explaine the resaons to make your case. Over the many years I have taken hundreds of drug screens and radoms never had a problem never thought that one time was important but was wrong.:biggrin_25513:
     
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  3. canuck in da truck

    canuck in da truck Road Train Member

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    hmm that is really interesting---but what do poppy seeds and cocaine have to with each other?
    if anything you would have tested positive for opiates
     
  4. 123456

    123456 Road Train Member

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    Here is your box,

    now,

    go fill it with rocks !!!!
     
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  5. HEAVY DUDE

    HEAVY DUDE Road Train Member

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    Oh the tangled webs you weave......
     
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  6. Bazerk Wizz Bang!

    Bazerk Wizz Bang! Medium Load Member

    Cocaine and heroin/opiates are two completely different beast bud. One is an upper, the other is a downer, can you guess which is which? My guess is probley not. Why you cant my guess is you probley havent used that may drugs are been around them. Cocaine, herion, hashish ets.... you probley dont know are care the difference, probley all the same to you. When posting probley just rattled off first thing on your mind. Thats a compliment bud. A whole lot less of that crap when I was younger I would have enough brain cells left to where I wouldnt have had to become a trucker for a living.
     
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  7. EZ Money

    EZ Money Road Train Member

    You would need to eat a hell of a lot of poppy seed bagels to fail a drug test...:biggrin_2554:
     
  8. mgfg

    mgfg Road Train Member

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    Maybe a dump truck full!

    Just more stupid truck driver drivel!
     
  9. Meltom

    Meltom Road Train Member

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    I hope your still working for that company, usually you are not given a seconded chance to retest. Failure is termination.
     
  10. EZ Money

    EZ Money Road Train Member

    Yea,the poppy seed bagel always gets me....so does the "second hand" smoke excuse.....lol!:biggrin_25523:
     
  11. Flying Finn

    Flying Finn Heavy Load Member

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    Not true. Check out the Mythbusters where they did this one. Although, one bagel should not cause you to test positive. I think they found it was multiple servings of a food containing poppy seeds would need to be eaten before showing on a test.

    Still, cocaine is made from the leaf of the coca plant. It was one of the main ingredients in Coca Cola originally. Poppy seeds are from the poppy flower. Mainly oriental varieties. I think the specific type is a papafer somniferum or something like that. Also interesting thing is that it is NOT illegal to grow opium poppy varieties in your flower garden. It is illegal to cultivate them though. They are a popular and very beautiful flower.
     
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