Is It Possible to Cheat on a Blood Drug Test?
Even though one employer in Oregon had to come up with $400,000, following a faulty reading on a drug test, many employers continue to rely on the blood drug test. It gives a drug-using employee much less opportunity to find a method for evading detection. Even companies that sell products designed to “wash-out” evidence of drug use often fail to offer much information about how such substances can allow someone to cheat on a blood drug test. The following article does not question the effectiveness of such substances, but it does question the ability of a drug user to satisfy the specific requirements surrounding use of any substance capable of washing toxins from the blood stream.
The Internet has several stories about drug-using employees who have tried to bypass detection during a company’s drug testing process. When such a process has called for the collection of urine samples, then the drug users might have chosen to drink excessively prior to the test. Some employees have even turned in containers with lemonade or Mountain Dew in place of urine.
Some companies claim to offer employees a more sophisticated way to cheat during a drug test. Some companies claim that they can even help someone escape detection during a blood drug test. Yet a careful reading of the material on the web site for such a company will reveal that the company directs most of its efforts at the evasion of tests other than the blood drug test.
In fact, it is very difficult to escape detection during a blood drug test. One company in Reno, Nevada, sells herbal pills and herbal tonic that is supposed to guarantee evasion of detection during a blood drug test. However, the user of those pills and tonics must be very careful to use them according to the prescribed schedule.
If an employee waits until too close to the testing time to swallow an herbal pill or drink an herbal tonic, then that employee could have a positive test. Of course, the employer would normally request a confirmatory test. If the second test showed no signs of drug use, then the employer would have reason to suspect an effort by the employee to cheat the system.
The employee might be spared instant action by the employer. Some employers, those who acted too quickly in response to test results, have been sued by employees who suffered from false charges of drug use. The employer would, however, certainly have his or her eye on the twice-tested employee. The employer would be all too aware of the fact that about 73% of illegal drug users hold down either a permanent or a temporary job.
That fact explains why employers have chosen to rely heavily on the results of a blood drug test. Employers do not want to have any of their employees posing harm to other employees. Employers also want their employees to function in a productive manner. Employers can not have assurance that those desires will be met if someone among their workforce is a heavy drug user.
And there is yet a third reason for employers to seek the surveillance provided by drug tests. A drug using employee often calls in sick. A drug using employee might easily become injured on the job. That could force the employer to answer a workman’s compensation claim. I other words, the drug user could hinder the ability of the employer to make a decent profit.
The Internet has several stories about drug-using employees who have tried to bypass detection during a company’s drug testing process. When such a process has called for the collection of urine samples, then the drug users might have chosen to drink excessively prior to the test. Some employees have even turned in containers with lemonade or Mountain Dew in place of urine.
Some companies claim to offer employees a more sophisticated way to cheat during a drug test. Some companies claim that they can even help someone escape detection during a blood drug test. Yet a careful reading of the material on the web site for such a company will reveal that the company directs most of its efforts at the evasion of tests other than the blood drug test.
In fact, it is very difficult to escape detection during a blood drug test. One company in Reno, Nevada, sells herbal pills and herbal tonic that is supposed to guarantee evasion of detection during a blood drug test. However, the user of those pills and tonics must be very careful to use them according to the prescribed schedule.
If an employee waits until too close to the testing time to swallow an herbal pill or drink an herbal tonic, then that employee could have a positive test. Of course, the employer would normally request a confirmatory test. If the second test showed no signs of drug use, then the employer would have reason to suspect an effort by the employee to cheat the system.
The employee might be spared instant action by the employer. Some employers, those who acted too quickly in response to test results, have been sued by employees who suffered from false charges of drug use. The employer would, however, certainly have his or her eye on the twice-tested employee. The employer would be all too aware of the fact that about 73% of illegal drug users hold down either a permanent or a temporary job.
That fact explains why employers have chosen to rely heavily on the results of a blood drug test. Employers do not want to have any of their employees posing harm to other employees. Employers also want their employees to function in a productive manner. Employers can not have assurance that those desires will be met if someone among their workforce is a heavy drug user.
And there is yet a third reason for employers to seek the surveillance provided by drug tests. A drug using employee often calls in sick. A drug using employee might easily become injured on the job. That could force the employer to answer a workman’s compensation claim. I other words, the drug user could hinder the ability of the employer to make a decent profit.
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