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Drugs test at work this morning

291 replies

LoliC90 · 30/03/2018 13:22

If you have smoked cannabis within the past week could this show up if tested.

When I was finished my nightshift this morning I was asked to go for a random drugs test where I had to provide a sample of my urine.

Worried I could lose my job now.

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tootsweet30 · 30/03/2018 15:27

Op the worst case scenario is losing your job and struggling to get another job because of the lack of reference.

There is no way in hell the police would be called. There is no crime here. Having a stash of cannabis is a crime. Smoking it is not.

Most police forces don't even bother to arrest /caution people when they catch them with drugs unless they have enough to be dealers. There is 0 chance they would care about you unless you are stashing vast amounts of cannabis in the care home.

I can't know for sure but there is a good chance you will be fine and your test negative. As hard as it is try and stay calm.

Snorkpod · 30/03/2018 15:27

Does your work have an alcohol and drug policy? If so, what does it say? What sort of support do they offer?

LipstickHandbagCoffee · 30/03/2018 15:28

The ShaniaTwain, yes the actual police post,total like valley girl
😂 your post the hypothetical police.

19lottie82 · 30/03/2018 15:29

It's pretty clear from all the defensiveness who on here smokes...

And yet more judgemental bull shit from 8oO.....

Just because someone isn’t anti cannabis, and wants to put right a lot of the nonsense spouted in this thread, doesn’t mean they’re all raving stoners.

ILostItInTheEarlyNineties · 30/03/2018 15:30

The "actual police" as opposed to what? Pretend police? Virtual police? Hmm

Camiila That's awful and legalisation of cannabis would prevent the cannabis industry being forced underground.

The trafficking of children in itself is barbaric but I can't help thinking that those trafficked Vietnamese children would still be forced into some sort of slavery or prostitution. The real anger should be at human traffickers?

Taking all of that anger out on someone who has puffed on a joint at a party is absurd sorry.

threatlevelmidnight · 30/03/2018 15:30

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CuriousaboutSamphire · 30/03/2018 15:30

sassh That really isn't true. Hair testing detects a pattern of use not single, recent or passive smoking. There are a number of gold standard, peer-reviewed studies on this, often funded by the people who make the tests, none have found evidence for passive smoking being measure in hair, no matter how long the tresses.

I have to admit, sat here with DHs 'drug info' kit is quite fascinating. The FAQs and Myth Busting sections are all popping up on this thread!

TheUser420 · 30/03/2018 15:31

it is very well known how the cannabis industry is run

Well, yes. But not by you.

Any self respecting cannabis user will avoid anything street like the plague. Mainly because you have no idea what it's been adulterated with, but also because who wants to associate with drug dealers ?

Grow your own is the name of the game (she says, having just returned from her local hydroponics superstore for a new lamp and some nutrients). That way you know exactly what you are getting, and no one ever need know you smoke.

It's a cruel irony that if the OP had taken heroin, or cocaine, they would be clear by now. (Which is why they are the drugs of choice in prison ...)

Of course no one worries about alcohol.

Hope it all works out OP. You did the right thing not admitting upfront. Quite a few "tests" are nothing of the sort ... they cost money ....

only39p · 30/03/2018 15:31

OP...I'd write your resignation letter and have it to hand when the results are back. Resign before they can sack you. I hope the results are clear and you don't smoke it again while random drug tests are in your contract. Also, hope you can get some sleep.

Notwellbitch · 30/03/2018 15:31

The ridiculously inaccurate posts by certain posters should be deleted. They are pure scaremongering and not helpful to the OP at all.

19lottie82 · 30/03/2018 15:32

“Why do you have to wait a week? Every time I did a drugs test (working in pharma) the pot had a bit at the back which showed the result and it was done there and then.”

Chances are the results have to be logged and then they are issued to the employer. It’s then in their hands to decide what action to take.

It’s the admin side of things that can take up to a week.

threatlevelmidnight · 30/03/2018 15:32

Apologies, I pressed by accident. Nothing useful to share I'm afraid, hope it all works out well for you OP.

TheShaniaTwainExperience · 30/03/2018 15:32

It's pretty clear from all the defensiveness who on here smokes..

If I could afford it and didn’t have children I probably would!

Some of us are just realising certain posters with an agenda are inflating this into something much worse than it is and telling op to resign/that she’s going to be incapable of working for 6 months because of one spliff/she’s going to be arrested. Pointing out peoples bullshit doesn’t make anyone defensive.

TopBitchoftheWitches · 30/03/2018 15:34

I don't smoke drugs, I had an incident where by I had to declare another drug use. The policeman told me what I said earlier.

There is no crime in taking drugs only being in possession of them.

HeedMove · 30/03/2018 15:36

80, once again another bullshit goady comment! Yawn.

Camiila · 30/03/2018 15:37

Camiila, what are you talking about? The OP was off duty. It's not dangerous, no death has ever been directly caused by cannabis... unlike alcohol which has killed countless numbers of people, yet is legal and socially acceptable. Unless you are teetotal, I suggest you get off your high horse. Oh, and I suppose you also don't shop in any high street retailers because, you know, "child slaves".

firstly, people within my own family have died from cannabis use, what ever this oft repeted statistic - both from the violence associated with it, and the long term effects.

Secondly I am teetotal, as it happens, not that I see the relevance,

thirdly, not being in favour of childhood slavery, I am very careful about where I buy my clothes.

Unlike some, I do not support industires that rely on child slaves, or adult slaves, and do not seek to hide myself from the truth, nor justify it by saying some other industry is just as bad - tell me how that absolves you from blame, exactly.

and the OP being off duty is irrelevant, as her judgement would still have been impaired next time she was on duty

its amazing what length some people will go to to contort their logic into and beyond madness to absovlve themselves from responsibility for the consequences of their actions.

Do you realise you have just accused me of being on my high horse for raising concerns about child slaves in the uk?

take a good hard look in the mirror

8oOoOoOo8 · 30/03/2018 15:37

The "actual police" as opposed to what? Pretend police? Virtual police? hmm

The moral police. I was replying to the throwaway comment before mine. It seems that people on this thread also struggle with reading comprehension.

And yes, I'll judge an illegal activity.

LoliC90 · 30/03/2018 15:37

Yes maybe I should write a resignation letter and have it to hand at every shift until I get the results back.

Been a horrible morning and I am feeling awful about the whole thing.

I have had about 10 ciggies since I finished my shift and still sat here in my work clothes when I should really be going for a bath and a lie down though like I said dont think I would sleep.

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CuriousaboutSamphire · 30/03/2018 15:37

It's pretty clear from all the defensiveness who on here smokes...

Mmm! Yes, DH and I did, when we were young and feckless. I doubt there was a drug we did not sample. I am not a hypocrite. I have already acknowledged that in my youth (much of the 80s) I dabbled.

But as an adult, nope! Even if we were still that way inclined DH gets D&A tested with almost monotonous regularity, making it an impossibility these days.

But I haven't read any defensiveness, just different opinions and levels of knowledge on what results may or may not be possible. Some of which is less informed than it might be, probably because the posters do NOT dabble!

Camiila · 30/03/2018 15:40

Camiila That's awful and legalisation of cannabis would prevent the cannabis industry being forced underground.

it wouldn't work, because legally grown cannabis, with legally paid workers, who are properly treated would cost 100x as much, this is why in countries where it is technically legal, the illegal trade booms

8oOoOoOo8 · 30/03/2018 15:41

Any self respecting cannabis user

No such thing.

BettyBaggins · 30/03/2018 15:41

Brave it out, take a letter of resignation in your bag/pocket with you, just in case.

FluffyHippo · 30/03/2018 15:42

I'd ignore anything Sprinklesinmyelbow says, OP - this is someone who comes out with disablist shit like 'dur' on a public forum. Ignorant in every sense of the word...

8oOoOoOo8 · 30/03/2018 15:43

@CuriousaboutSamphire

But that very different - who didn't do things when younger that they have changed their minds about now?

I'm referring to those who haven't matured so much yet.

TheShaniaTwainExperience · 30/03/2018 15:44

firstly, people within my own family have died from cannabis use

Why are you lying?