>From Dean Edell M.D., San Francisco:

Drug Testing for Jobs Could Ruin Your Life
                                           
Applying for a new job? Well, along with your resume...you'll no doubt be
handing over your bodily fluids in a pre-employment drug test. 80% of major
corporations have climbed aboard the urine drug test bandwagon to screen job
applicants. But, how accurate are they? Well, one doctor has investigated this
issue and says they are so often inaccurate, thousand of people have been
denied employment unfairly.

Drug testing expert Kent Holtorf says, "Basically in some labs, over 50% of
positives are false positives because of lab error." Even in the best lab, you
may flunk a drug screen without taking drugs. Poppy seed bagels & rolls top
the
list...but most people don't realize how long these seeds can make you
positive for heroin and morphine. Dr. Holtorf: "A single poppy seed bagel will
cause your opiod level to go up to 38 times the cut off level and be positive
for up to three days."
                    
Perhaps the most common problem, though, is legal drugs.

In fact, I think you'd be amazed at the number and variety of medications that
will make you test positive on a drug test. Things like nasal sprays can make
you positive for amphetamines. Sleeping pills can do it, as well as Tylenol
with codeine, Vicodin can turn you positive for opiods. Even something simple
like some vitamins can make you positive for marijuana.

The list goes on and on...but, it doesn't stop there. Go to a party where
someone else is smoking marijuana, you'll test positive longer from the second
hand smoke, than if you'd actually smoked a joint.

Dr. Holtorf: "The low level constant absorption from 2nd hand mj smoke will
cause the fat soluble thc to accumulate in the tissues and will actually be
excreted longer period than for brief periods of active smoking." 
                    
If you think hair testing for drugs is the answer, think again. Dr. Holtorf
says, hair testing is racist because drugs are absorbed more easily into the
hair of blacks.
                    
Holtorf: "For an equal dose, an African American will incorporate 50 times
more
metabolite than a Caucasian."
                    
Since the results of drug testing can destroy your life, these tests should be
as perfect as any medical test...and often they are not.

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