I did something stupid a couple of weeks ago. To make a long story short. I visited some friends, drank too much, they passed around a bong, and I havent smoked since high school, I was always scared to smoke back then, so I only tried it a couple of times.
I take a dot test a couple of weeks later and I pop positive. I thought I would try to get on with another company as quickly as possible before the positive test makes it to my dac record. I found out that this shadow will be on my record for the next three years. I also found out that if I get on with a company and work for them that I could be prosecuted, so what I need to know now, is what do I have to do to clear myself, so that I can get back to work? No more weed for me, im not even going to drink anymore which was very seldom anyway. I have a perfect record besides this. No accidents at all, and I got a ticket the first year I drove that was 12 years ago. I am a very safe driver. I just get a little carried away sometimes when I have fun. I like to make sure other people im around have fun too.
I had no idea that weed stays in your system for so long, but the effects from it only lasted that night, I wasnt high the next day, and I havent been since I smoked the nasty crap. Its too bad that dot dont have a more accurate test that can tell when you smoked, so they can tell if you are a drug addict or not. Then they could weed out the addicts from the ones who just do something stupid while they are drinking.
I know we need to drug test people to get drug addicts off the road, I dont want them out there with my family driving on the same roads. I made a mistake and I have nobody to blame but myself. I just need to know where I need to go from here, and I will appreciate any information that I can get. Thank you.
Not a pot head
Discussion in 'Trucking Industry Regulations' started by flable6string, Sep 2, 2008.
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The DOT drug test was accurate (it tested positive when you were positive) and has high precision (every time you smoke that sh%t and are tested, it will prove you have smoked it). I don't know what to tell you other than pick better friends and don't do things that are against the law...it is not too late to become a law-abiding citizen (I know, I know ...the dopers will come out swinging
because of this remark...they can't accept that something they love is against the law and they pretend that it is not...or shouldn't be, so it justifies their right to violate the law, in their mind).
From a driving perspective, I think you are screwed
...I know I wouldn't hire you for two reasons: 1) you are willing to violate the law at the age of 37 and 2) you show poor judgment for a person of your age. I'm not trying to offend you, I am trying to be honest with you.
If this happened to me, I think I would find out how long the tests can detect the presence of marijuana...then I would pay the same testing company to test me weekly (or at least some interval shorter than the detection time) at my cost. Then when I applied for work and the issue came up, I could show test results showing I have been clean.
Try not getting carried away with fun...What were you thinking :smt017?Last edited: Sep 2, 2008
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there is some thing you can do. i failed a pre employment the company wanted me so bad , i was allowed to go to drug awareness classes . i think it was a 36hr course 4 Saturdays. give it a shot , at least it will look like you have remorse for what you did . good luck.
they need to legalize it anyways.
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