We do use Gallons in the UK but they are not the same as US Gallons.
1 UK Gallon = 1.2 US Gallons
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Passing a drug test. Any tips or input?
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We do use Gallons in the UK but they are not the same as US Gallons.
1 UK Gallon = 1.2 US Gallons
To the OP - I administer drug tests as part of my job. For the small amount that you smoked, I would not worry. I've seen people pass that in my gut are know are smoking and are truly worried they will not pass, but they do. You can pick up a home test meant for parents and test yourself first.
Off Topic - I agree that pot should be legalized and I believe there is one main reason that it is not. It has been proven that it does impair judgement and reflexes, as does alcohol. But unlike alcohol there is no test that can definitively prove whether the user is currently effected by the drug. While it can be proven that the drug was used within a certain time period, there is no breathalizer-like or blood test to determine if the user is stoned at the time of the test. Although the system makes it easy for repeat DUI offenders to keep driving (that's a whole other issue), the laws are pretty strict as to arrest drunk drivers and take them off the road at the time of the infraction. There is no system in place to keep stoned drivers off the road and until there is, marijuana will remain illegal.
Off Topic - I agree that pot should be legalized and I believe there is one main reason that it is not. It has been proven that it does impair judgement and reflexes, as does alcohol. But unlike alcohol there is no test that can definitively prove whether the user is currently effected by the drug. While it can be proven that the drug was used within a certain time period, there is no breathalizer-like or blood test to determine if the user is stoned at the time of the test. Although the system makes it easy for repeat DUI offenders to keep driving (that's a whole other issue), the laws are pretty strict as to arrest drunk drivers and take them off the road at the time of the infraction. There is no system in place to keep stoned drivers off the road and until there is, marijuana will remain illegal.
A link has been given, but I can vouch drinking too much. 3 litres in not too much.
I picked up something environmental in Florida one year that caused my immune system to flush most of my electrolytes. I felt like death, and my GP, upon my return, said he was fearful of my having a seizure.
I was in the hospital at one point for 3 days.
Thereafter I was put on a litre of liquids a day (yes, all day) and many tests of my urine followed.
It might have cleared your system already but if you don't want to chance it I would consider a clean up kit or substitute with someone else's pee. Put the clean pee in a double wrapped condom and tape it to your leg (keeps it at body temperature too) use a safety pin or some such sharp object which you can have inside your shirt sleeve to pierce it and drain into your sample cup. Practice it at home first. You can do it with someone watching if they are only behind you. I've known guys who have done it this way in the good old US of A where it's acceptable employer - employee behaviour to insist you give up your bodily fluids on command. (a whole other topic)
If you find that it's one of those BS tests where they actually want to watch you and what you do with your hands then you should probably pee normally and drop that cup "OOOOOPS!" and come back the next day with another plan.
Good luck.
If you find that it's one of those BS tests where they actually want to watch you and what you do with your hands then you should probably pee normally and drop that cup "OOOOOPS!" and come back the next day with another plan.
Good luck.
Wow! Can they do that? Isn't that unconstitutional? Even in Florida?
Sorry, smell pecker, and brain, not working yet.
Fixed the former, and on coffee #2 for the latter.
Last time I got tested the nurse was down there checking it out. No kidding, you weren't getting by with anything. A little humiliating (was a female nurse), but I guess there was no question about cheating...
Nope, no physical addiction to cannabis, maybe psychological but defiantly not physical
That is a very good point regarding the driving on drugs, although I'm fairly certain that there is a test available now which involves some kind of strip/device being placed on the forehead which is supposedly able to detect if cannabis was ingested recently. Almost certain it was trialed by police in the UK. I could be wrong .
As much as I'd love to believe that it has been proven a myth. And no, not by biased prohibitionist, but in controlled lab tests.
http://www.addictionwithdrawal.com/marijuana.htm
It is a FACT that there are physically addictive qualities to marijuana, although the withdrawal symptoms are more mild than withdrawals from caffeine.
caly, imho, trying to cheat the test in reality, is the same as trying to cheat the company interviewing you.
they want to hire you based on your credentials and the person you seem to be. by lying or cheating the test, you are showing that you're not that person.
if the drugs aren't a habit, I would try to pass the test without cheating or drinking a ton of cranberry juice etc.. and if it shows up and the employer says something, you admit that it was a 1 or 2 time thing and offer to be drug tested every few weeks or something as proof. tell them you want the job badly and you made a mistake.
if it is a habit, I suggest you drop it. It sounds like you are a 'captain awesome' to quote Chuck via Jessica so doing weed is just a blackmark on an otherwise very healthy lifestyle.
just my 2 cents.
good luck,
keebler
Why should he change his lifestyle for a BS rule where marijuana won't affect his job performance?
What you do on your own time doesn't have squat to do with your credentials as an employee.
Look, jimmy, I'm not ignorant and I'd thank you not to imply I am, maybe when you smoke weed it gives you the muchies and then you don't eat for a week when stopping because you've eaten too much prior to stopping smoking, or if you run out a return to 'reality' isn't pleasant but I wouldn't say it is addictive, it's just a stoner looking too, well, get stoned again and enjoy that feeling, which is in no way the same as say for instance a crack/smack head who will physically be floored by pain if they don't get a 'fix', I guess it all boils down to ones personal definition of addiction and withdrawal, just a thought.
But Jimmy I'm not ignorant, by any stretch of the imagination, even a chronically stoned one.
None of those support the original assertion that drinking more than 2.5L a day is dangerous. For example, from the wikipedia article:
Never admit ANYTHING. Chances are if it shows up, they just won't hire you. If they tell you something showed up, act stupid, look stupid if you have to, but NEVER admit to anything. Tell them that you were at a Party last night and there were people you didn't know smoking, could that be it?
In reality, you really have nothing to worry about... If they were really serious about the drug thing, they would take a hair sample.
Doesn't this go on hair lengh,so the shorter it is the better off you are ?, ie get a haircut
Actually, all the 'symptoms' listed there are psychological, not physical. I've seen people with similar symptoms when they can't get on the internet so...
Why on Earth would you work for a company that treats it's employees so shoddily?
haha.
That's why the guy was suggesting the haircut
I'm not saying it'll work but it's why he suggested it.
This thread has ventured into territory more appropriate for our Politics, Religion, Social Issues forum, and since the original poster is not yet eligible to post there, I'm going to go ahead and close this thread down and give all of you a chance to go chug some water and eliminate poppyseed muffins from your diets.
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