re: Failed DISA Drug Screen

Drugs are bad, mkay!

i mean i guess he can get it cleared up then

I know two people who failed and had not taken anything.

When you know you’re going to be hair tested every so many months, they know better than to put their career at risk. One guy got a positive hit for illegal substance... but the test found no traces of his prescribed medicine he took daily.

Them some crooked fricks over there. Or just completely fricking incompetent. Maybe both.

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tidalmouse
Hunter Biden may have some advice.

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Man if there’s any proof that life isn’t fair, this is it.

What does a "DISA" test even look for?

Put down the pots, Cheech.

DISA is a very powerful organization. They hold all the cards. Your Buddy is fricked.

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What does a "DISA" test even look for?

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Like your typical drug test. DISA is just the organization that administers it and maintains the records. They run DOT compliant tests, so EVERYONE uses them and they've become the de facto gold standard in drug testing services. You go to your collection point (typically an occupational medicine outfit if you're in the BR area) and piss in their cup, sign off on the collection and custody transfer, and then it is sent via courier to a DISA lab (a lot of times, just a standard medical lab contracted by DISA) where the test is actually performed.

Most importantly, their database is also used for HR needs, not just the immediate testing. Employer HR departments that use DISA as their testing service have access to this database. When HR gets your application, the first thing they're going to do is pull up your DISA record. A past hot test in their database, even with the required followup action completed, is enough for many employers to put your application in the big circular filing cabinet, as Cosmo mentioned above. That mark on your record is a lawyer's wet dream if you are later involved in an incident that hurts someone. There are some HUGE facilities that don't want you in their facility with any past positive test and it is in the contract they sign with their contract companies. In this instance, not only are you not getting a job with the primary large facility, you're likely not getting a job with any of their contractors.

A red flag (meaning a hot test with no followup action) in their database is as bad as a hot test for virtually all employers and will exclude you from employment. You turn in a hot DISA sample and you are fricked for employment at MANY different companies and industries because they all look at the same database when deciding to hire.

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I understand the reasoning behind drug testing, but all of this is goddamn ridiculous.

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If you want to do drugs, that's your choice, but it's the companies' choice whether or not they want you in their workforce. You're free to go work somewhere else that isn't as serious about drug use as places that use DISA are. Typically, places that use DISA revolve around industries where large numbers of people or great potential impact to public safety are involved. As long as they can fill their workforce with people who don't test positive for drugs, they will, if only to keep the fricking lawyers at bay when (not if) an incident happens.

You can bet your sweet arse that if I own a company in an industry where Gordon fricking McKernan is running TV commercials standing on top of my main piece of equipment with the sole purpose of drumming up work that bleeds my industry dry, I'm not hiring someone who ever failed a drug or alcohol test.