[inkblot]

Okay, this is a little embarrassing to ask, but I had sex with someone right after he smoked "weed". He went out of the room telling me he had tobacco (rolls his own cigarrettes). I guess he tried that first but it didn't work so he smoked the weed. Question is: I had a fast drug test today for a job interview. Could the marijuana he smoked cause me to have a positive test result? I am thinking that maybe it would go into his semen and possibly been absorbed by me???

[lenjan]

I truly don't think marijuana is communicable. :-) I'm pretty sure you would have had to smoke it yourself to get a positive test result.

I had a drug test for a job yesterday too (I passed). The HR woman who told me how to set it up told me that at the lab, they would make me give a list of the meds I'm on, just to know upfront if anything funny showed up.

I'm thinking, great, they're going to look at this and know I'm mental. But, they didn't ask me for that! So I called the HR person back when I got home and told her that. She said not to worry about it, that if the lab had any questions, they'd call me first.

My potential boss called today and said everything came back fine, and apparently none of my crazy meds showed up, so I'm good to go. I hope you have the same luck. :-)

Candy

[(JD)]

nah. and what are you doing having unprotected sex??? hehehehe

You're more likely to have a positive test from eating a few bagels for breakfast.

[SpazKatt]

hey hun I hope you're on bc of some sort!

[(JD)]

(I know you didn't direct that at me Spaz! LOL) BTW that's bagels with poppy seeds on them that will flip a test...

[emwell]

My job requires a drug test after you work 400 hours. I may quit before then. I feel it is none of my jobs business if I am on medication.

I injured myself at work awhile back. I refused to go to the University Health Center for 2 reasons. They would drug test and I don't like unfamiliar Doctors. If they thought drugs or alcohol or prescribed medication was a reason for the injury, they should do immediate performance testing. It is cheaper and quicker than drug tests. Not to mention the joint I might have smoked a week ago or the meds I took that day would not show up. I also I work with a bunch of college students, and many of them experiment with drugs. Boy were they bummed when they found out I was on Adderall. I still don't know why they would want it.

When you get stopped and are suspected of being under the influence, you get a performance test, then the breathalizer.

I am sorry this is a touchy subject with me. Every day I see more and more of my rights being taken away.

[(JD)]

Of course, the implication is that you may have smoked with him, and that has you concerned? IMO if you are that ignorant about sex, you shouldn't be engaging in it (nor any activity you have such little knowledge of)

There's a line here that shouldn't be crossed: and that is whether or not you agreed to work in a drug free zone. It doesn't matter whether on your personal time you make certain choices. What does matter is if you are holding to an agreement you made. (And this doesn't involve whether your performance is acceptable on the day they might test you either.)

Emwell, I know what you're saying too... but if there was an injury already, wouldn't that preclude the performance test, as if the drug testing came back positive, the injury happening WAS the failed performance test? But I do see what you mean by more and more rights taken away... depends upon what you agreed to, also. I haven't a clue right now as to the effects of Adderall and MJ, but odds are they do affect you. Please stay safe.

Drug testing isn't just about the employee.

[inkblot]

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IMO if you are that ignorant about sex, you shouldn't be engaging in it (nor any activity you have such little knowledge of)

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May I ask who this is directed to?

[colors]

Wow this is a good question, as there are probably other women wondering the same thing.

I think you know by the responses that have been posted so far that you cannot have the drug show up in your drug test that way.

Please use condemns...please. There are many other things that could come from the unprotected sex. Even if you are on the pill to prevent a pregnancy, there are still viruses out there that can be transmitted through sex.

We can not see them, and some people really do not know that they have a virus and so pass it on to others.

Any man who will not wear one for you is not worth the trip to the bedroom. He will be a bad person in a relationship for you.

Always be prepared yourself. Have lots of them around in case you decide to have sex. Even keep some in your wallet, in case you are not home when you decide to have sex.

They can be expensive, so if your not able to afford them there are places you can go. A health clinic usually has free supplies to give. These are clinics where you can have low cost pap smears, or pregnancy testing done. In addition, there are organizations like Aids that also will be happy to give you a supply if you cant afford them.

Don't be afraid to call and ask a health clinic. It is done all the time by women of all ages. It is so easy and that is part of what they are there to do for you. There is one at least in every area.

Take care and stay safe.

Thanks for posting this question, I am sure it will help lots of other women as well.

Colors

[Shar]

Is it not possible that the person having sex COULD be using birth control (as the pill, foam, etc.) but feel concerned about getting THC 'into their system' from having sex?

Or, did I miss something?
Shar

[emwell]

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but if there was an injury already, wouldn't that preclude the performance test, as if the drug testing came back positive, the injury happening WAS the failed performance test?

</div></font></blockquote><font class="post"> Actually the injury happening was NOT the failed drug test. The injury happened because of a faulty door handle. It took an injury to get it fixed.

I do not believe we agreed to a drug free zone. If that was the case, they would never have let certain musicians hold concerts at this venue. One night all you could smell was marijuana. A new company took over our Arena. They have a drug test policy. I am not sure what the policy is if someone tests positive for the no-no drugs.

[Crazy_Charlie]

Is it really usual in US to drug test employees? I find that a bit on the limit. I've been working in a high security prison in Norway, and even there it is illegal by law to do tests like that on people working there. They are allowed to check you up with a dog, which will smell it if you have been smoking marijuana the last few days.

Of course, since I now live in a country that is a lot more liberal than Norway (which is more in the line of US I think when it comes to opinions about drugs), it might be that my opinions might not count that much. But strictly speaking, requiring people to do drugtest might make companies loose very good emplyoees. There are many very good and hard working people that smoke marijuana once in a while, and that doesn't make them less good at work (if you are a surgeon, or repairing airplanes, its different of course).

But I know opinions differs in this, I just think that the drug hysteria i smore unhealthy in th elong run than it is healthy.

But over to waht I wanted to tell a bit about, drug testing. Since I have been working in a prison I know a bit about. I don't know if you follow the same routines as in Norway, so I will explain how we do it: in Norway there is a "cut-off" point for THC meassured in urine samples. Lets say that THC is meassured inn levels from 1 to 10, and that the cut-off point is 3. That means that even if it meassurable cannabis in the system, it does not count unless it passes level 3.

It's many reasons for this. Cannabis binds with fat, and not with water, and that means that it stays long in the body. For people who are heavy smokers, you can find THC in their urine samples for more than 3 months after they last has a joint. But for someone who hardly ever smokes, and just had a puff or two in the weekend, it wont go over the cut-off point on monday morning (might not even sho wup on the sample at all).

THC is a tricky thing though. If you hardly ever smokes it, it will most likely not show on a urine sample unless you suddenly smoke a lot and have a test not long after. If you are a heavy smoker though, you can store it in your fat cells for ages. Sometimes you can have had negative samples for a while, and then you do some hard work out, and test positive again, without having taken it at all! Or, you test negative, and then have a tiny little puff, that makes you test positive for a week afterwards.

But no, you need a bit heavier dose than what you can get with the mans volcano, espescially considering he was smoking just befor ethe sex (?)... it takes a bit to reach all the way down there, hehe!

Charlie