drug testing

Discussion in 'Questions From New Drivers' started by hmogese, Oct 26, 2013.

  1. missjhawk

    missjhawk Medium Load Member

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    are u sure u haven't smoked in 5 months. DON'T TAKE THAT DOT DRUG TEST IF UR NOT SURE. The best advice I could give u is go pay 75 for a drug test 2 make sure u are clean then go with peace of mind. If not take yo chances because if u take a drug test and the results come out blurred they will test yo hair. But if u say u stopped u should be ok it take less than 30days for marijuana to get out of yo deposit u give 4 testing if that was yo drug of choice. be honest don't lie. U will be fine.
     
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  3. stonestatue

    stonestatue Bobtail Member

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    I went through Central's CDL training class in late 2011 and they only made us do a whiz quiz. I doubt it's changed since then.
     
  4. RightCoast

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    Five months is plenty of time to pass both a urinalysis and a hair follicle test. Most users, even chronic users, actually detoxify in 7-10 days. Not the 4-6 weeks that is popularly believed. As for hair, no lab in the country is certified to give a result beyond the 1.5 inches of hair that is typically associated with three months of growth. That being said, body hair does grow at a slower rate at you run a risk of showing older usage in 1.5 inches of body hair that wouldn't be detected in head hair.

    If you were to have waited approximately 14 days after the last time you smoked and completely shaved all of your hair, the new growth would be clean. This is because it takes up to 7 days for THC metabolites to exit your bloodstream in a heavy smoker. Since metabolites enter the hair matrix through the bloodstream, at the the 7 day mark they are no longer being deposited. However, it takes approximately another 7 day to get the hair growth to be above the scalp where it can be cut.
     
  5. losttrucker

    losttrucker Road Train Member

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    It depends on how much fat you have as THC is stored in fat cells and metobalized alot slower in fat folks.
     
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  6. losttrucker

    losttrucker Road Train Member

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    Get off your high horse. He said he has quit smoking so whats the big deal? You worried he may smoke again? I feel safer with a pot head then I do with a "driver" who gets drunk.............
     
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  7. Night Prowler

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    Not true my friend been there done that. went 1.5 months an came up dirty. an i was possitive i diddnt have anything to worry about. but im over weight.so i diddnt pass. my roomate asked why i diddnt drink alot of water befor going. well I thought i was good ta go ! You talk about mad as hell . But to be honestly I was A heavy user of weed. so Ive learned alot. done with that #### . Just so ya know Dont take it for granted. I Did ! Thank god it was only for a part time job. Ill never go back! but I would warn anyone thinkin about passing atest. pay for one yourself so as not to get black balled. or so ya dont feel like an ### when the doctor calls an asked when was the last time you smoked. and you say 1.5 mths an you can tell he thinks your not telling the truth. yea i felt like a 4 yr old. Bad boy. But it hurt none the less.
     
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  8. Elendil

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    I generally don't have to worry about the clerk at the 7-11 running over an entire family with the slurpee machine.
     
  9. pattyj

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    Ive always been for 2nd chances if yrs ago but only 5 months,makes me wonder if they quit till the test then go back to it.
     
  10. NewbiusErectus

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    Haha, yeah . Some people would be shocked if they got a peek at what goes on wouldnt they? Doctors, attorneys, judges, countless successful business owners. And I'd bet more than a few anti drug laws have been written with a bong within reach.
     
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  11. pattyj

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    True a pot head is less likely to wreck then a drunk.But the point is you will fail a drug test with traces of pot in your system.So anyone whos wanting this career needs to stay awy from ALL DRUGS PERIOD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!.Companies will not tolerate any pot smoking in the trk at home anywhere.So if someone quit in hopes to pass a drug test then goes back to it,frankly I hope they fail the test.
     
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