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longship

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6. Q: What about the accuracy of drug tests?

Tue Apr 21, 2015, 10:05 PM

Apr 2015

A: Just given the presumptions of the test, that an imperfect test is to reveal relatively rare drug use amongst a single demographic, e.g., truck drivers, the results will statistically necessitate that the false positives will overwhelm the false negatives. Therefore, many more people will be falsely accused as being drug users who are not, than the contrary.

And that is just from the simple statistics of the thing.

Drug testing does not work.

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This message was self-deleted by its author [View all] TexasTowelie Apr 2015 OP

How does that work for people? haikugal Apr 2015 #1

I'm not an attorney, but I guess that you would have to comply with the standards where the license TexasTowelie Apr 2015 #2

That's ok.. haikugal Apr 2015 #3

you can get fired for peeing hot in colorado, even if you have your med card fizzgig Apr 2015 #4

Thanks fizzgig. haikugal Apr 2015 #5

Until Punx Apr 2015 #8

my boss and i went a few rounds over that after it was fully legalized here fizzgig Apr 2015 #13

Q: What about the accuracy of drug tests? longship Apr 2015 #6

At least for the company I worked for F4lconF16 Apr 2015 #9

Well, the tests are not perfectly accurate. longship Apr 2015 #10

Generally Punx Apr 2015 #7

Best thing about being retired is no longer being randomly selected B Calm Apr 2015 #11

The Union I was in Go Vols Apr 2015 #12

I do not find this to be at all funny CountAllVotes Apr 2015 #14

I sympathize with your situation and I regret that you are going through hell. TexasTowelie Apr 2015 #15

Self-deleting. TexasTowelie Apr 2015 #16