The Pointlessness of the Workplace Drug Test

[BigDemVoter]

5. I just failed a preemployment drug test at 51-years old!

I was a little bit ashamed at first, but then I thought, "Fuck it." I was a long-term resident of California and am just moving back after 3 years of living in Republican hell. I stopped smoking for a month before the preemployment test and bought one of those "at home" drug tests that indicated a CLEAR negative. I wasn't even worried but got a phone call in the car while I was driving out here that my test was positive! I was so shocked that I had to pull over on the side of the road.

I have a valid marijuana card in California, and I have HIV with an HIV-related cancer (in long remission), so I have valid reasons to be using it. My damned "future employer" rescinded the job offer! I have very good skills in healthcare so I should have another job in short order, but I don't dare start looking right now, as I, of course, smoked AFTER completing what I thought would be ONE pre-employment drug screen. I never dreamed I would fail! I have never heard of anybody having a negative result on the "at home" test and then testing positive.

I have excellent skills in healthcare, so I should have another job in short order. Of course, as I stated above, I am quite pissed about all the trouble this has caused, not to mention the expense.

I am abstaining from any smoking right now, as I will undoubtedly have to take another goddamned drug screen. It just seems hypocritical to me that people can drink themselves silly every night and go to work hungover and not have a problem, but smoke a joint after work to relax and you can get fired as long as the shit is in your system. In MY case, the shit generally stays in my system for WEEKS, as I'm a heavy user.

In any case, all will be well, but right now things are truly the shits!!