advice on drug test

What a nightmare. I'd been laid off my oilfield job for the second time & I'd had enough. They called it reduction in force but honestly I was at the top off my payscale & there's alot cheaper labor in Texas to be had than an old roughneck like me. I've almost been killed on a drilling rig & got my share of stitches from it all & I still have all my fingers & it all counted for nothing. I've always wanted to be a truck driver but raising a family came first. The children are grown & my wife agrees that I've paid my dues & should finally be able to live that dream. In Oct. 2006 I started school for Stevens Transport as a trainee in Houston Tx. The first day we all took our physical & drug test & that afternoon I passed all the DPS written exams with a 93% grade. On the third morning after half the class had already been dropped (we started with 31, mostly desperate Katrina victims & a few who couldn't speak english.) I was called to the classroom phone & told by the doctor that I was positive for marijuana to which I replied that I wanted a retest. After a long silence, he hung up on me. I was in shock, numb from head to toe. I don't smoke pot & was certain I had been mixed up with someone else. Driving home I kept thinking about old Job from the Bible, how everything he had was taken from him. In no way am I saying I'm like old Job but I DON'T SMOKE POT! When I got home I called Robert at Stevens & told him what happened & that I would like a retest. He told me not to worry about it because I could start again in six months. Since my daughter & her baby live with us I decided to wait the 6 months & enjoy the baby. A rare bit of time off for ol' dad. Well I reapplied after 6 months & was told Stevens has a zero policy for drugs & I was disqualified. I got ahold of Robert, who never calls you back & puts you on hold until you have to just hang up & he said he would straighten it all out. After a couple days I realized he was ducking me so I applied with some other companies (something Robert had asked me not to do). I have an excellant driving record, no tickets, wrecks or anything & no criminal record, but guess what kids, I have on my DAC record that Stevens Transport dropped me for failing a drug test. Call me ignorant but I don't even know what a DAC is. No company will even talk to me now. I was furious & should 've known better but I got ahold of Robert @ Stevens & he put me on hold while he pulled my DAC. When the phone finally picked up again it was a fellow named Dennis who was on speaker with Robert. He said they were within their legal right on the DAC thing. I asked about a retest because I was ready to test anywhere, anytime & he said I could only get that from the same sample & it was to late for that. I told him I had asked Robert for a retest that day & was told not to worry about it, just reapply later, save some money. With my own ears I heard Robert lie to this Dennis that he never told me that. I have never wanted to whip somebodys #@! like I wanted to whip his just then. Dennis then said they don't hire drug addicts & that they will never remove this from my DAC. I went online & found out that Ibuprophen shows positive for marijauna. After years in the oilfield I have a habit of taking three of these every morning & three again in the afternoon. Being banged around so much does take its toll on your body. I'm sick of writting all this now but I'm really reaching out to anyone who may have some advice. I want to be a truck driver, just not for Stevens. Please excuse the long story.

 

Man, I want to thank you. That was good direction. I'm going to fight them. If they wanted a fight, they picked the right person. Let him call me a drug addict to my face.