I am applying for a job at Hot Topic and I have an interview today and I was wondering if they require their applicants to take a drug test? Also, if they do, what product do you recommend in order to pass the drug test?
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Unless you are going to be working in the warehouse of the corp. offices, I doubt they will make you take a drug test.  But I wouldn't doubt that if you give them suspicion, that they would make you take one "randomly"
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#1 show up about 15 minutes early...  too early appears desperate, late is unacceptable period!!!  Dress neat even if it isn't your style.  Cover up tattoos and piercings, as a lot of adults don't understand/appreciate them.  Act the way you think the interviewer would want you to be.  But also try to be yourself and act calm through it.  Good luck and congratulations because i am sure you will get the job!!!!
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I use to work as a pharmaceutical analytical chemist, but not this type of drug screening work, but maybe I can give you some insight that could help you.\n\nFirst of all the drug vicoprofen has a greater abuse potential than propoxyphene so in terms of motive, if you have vicoprofen why mess with the other stuff?\n\nOne possibility is that you were given the wrong drug. Currently there is 1 one brand name drug (vicoprofen) and three generics that could have been substituted.\n\nhttp://www.fda.gov/cder/foi/label/2006/020716s008lbl.pdf\n\nLook under therapeutic equivelants at the fda web site for a list of the other manufactures. (Hopefully no imported generic fakes.)\n\nSo, check this first.\n\nThere are questions to ask. When you took the test had you been taking the vicoprofen within the past day. If so, did the two drugs which are in it show up? If not that should indicate that something is wrong with their testing process.\n\nAnother thing is you need to find out what kind of test was run.\n\nThe cheapest type of test are chemical tests that involve color change or something like that. They are not specific, are are really only good to tell you that something might be there, not that something is absolutelty positively there.\n\nThe other types of tests involve chromatography, there are various types, thin layer, liquid, gas, ect. What chromatography does is separate substances of a mixture into their individual components. The cheapest, and  most prone to error way to use a chromatography test is just to see how long or how far a substance travels to tell you what it is. Minor changes in solvent can make things come out at the same time as a contolled substance.\n\nThat is why, it is federal law that government workers have to have beyound the chromatographic separation of the substances follow up with Mass spectra (which give the molecular weight of the substance) and IR specta, which gives the 'fingerprint' for the substance. \n\nWhen the drugs you take are ingested, the human body transforms them into other compounds. This is another reason why the tests given should follow up with the MS and IR tests.\n\nWhen I was living in Lafayette Indiana a few years ago a woman who took an Rx drug with hydrocodone in it (like vicoprofen has) had a false positive test for heroin due to the cheap chemical test the court used, and took her kids away. \n\nI read in a journal from a drug testing firm that ibuprofen came out at the same time as THC but the employer knew the character of the woman so challanged the company to investigate it. The company modified the procedure by adding an extra chromatographic separation, but they did not use IR or MS.\n\nTheir idea to avoid false positive was to make a chromatographic test process with a long, long list of drugs, controlled and not controlled to avoid false positives. But again, it ignore the metabolic breakdown products that people make when they process drugs in their system, which allows false positives as a real possibility from metabolites they probably could not even buy on the market to include in their testing procedures.\n\nI am no lawyer, but it seems from a legal standpoint, if companies who sell these services or subscribe to these services don't use the follow up MS and IR for proof, whereas for government employees (like police and firemen) get these protections, it is unequal protection under the law, sounds like a constitutional violation of rights but again I am no lawyer.\n\n\nIt could be just bad quality control, and you got your sample mixed in with somebody else, again did they find ibuprofen or hydrocodone? If not, something is screwed if you had it in your system.\n\nPS: look at the Fda website for a list of drugs with propoxyphene,under drugs@fda\n\nIf your employer would otherwise have to pay you unemployement benefits but is wesseling out of it because they fired you with this drug test, then should of course appeal to the unemployment office. If t
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Off hand opinions:  It depends upon the type of test.\nAnd also your body fat percentage and metabolism, I think...\nI have seen medium build men pass a urine test when they 'smoked' last week.  I have heard of people drinking pickle juice or orange juice and 'flushing'  their systems out.  I would say there are no guarantees.\n\nan article said about detection periods:1-3 days for single use, and up to 84 days for habitual use.-for a urine test. 90 days for hair test, and 24 hours (single use) and 2 days (habitual use)  for a blood test.
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WOW...there are a lot of people who think that companies pay THAT much money to be tested for EVERY drug lol....there are two basic urine drug screens that are done..to find out more as to what they test for please check out this web site...www.openonline.com/services_drugscreen_options...this should answer most of your questions..oh..and the lab can tell if a specimen has been altered...i dont know how many times we got drug screen results back as not even being human lol..where your brother gets his test done, a doctor who specializes in these results (MRO) will call him if there is anything positive...prescription meds will be verified with pharmacy...if there is a medical reason, results will be phoned into company as negative..otherwise for things not such as pot..will be phoned in as positive...these tests are always run twice so mistakes..well, i have worked in occupational med now for 10 years doing approx 15-20 per day, have never seen an error made!!..good luck!
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yes they will show up and if it is an employer they probably will test for all drugs.  i think they all leave your system in three days so drink a lot of water(like a gallon a day at least).
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Absolutely go for the interview.  The worst case scenario is that you waste half a day at the interview.  The positive is that you may get offered a better job because of it.  \n\nYou have no obligation to an employer at all, nor do they have an obligation to you.  Even if you clear your background check and drug test, they may still turn around and decide not to hire you or lay you off somewhere down the road.
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there are plenty of products that can make u pass a drug test...my brother smoked and he bought this drink at GNC and passed his drug test with flying colors
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I doubt it. I'm on medications that will cause prelim drug screens to show pos... Pain medication I take comes back positive for opioid - and meds for Narcolepsy will cause pos for amphetamines   - so without another more specific test... it could appear I'm on speed and heroine LOL ~ the test is just A SCREEN, testing for like 4-6 "families"  it's extremely expensive to test for each individual drug. \n\nPoppy seeds can make em pop for opiates also - as Poppy's are what heroine is made from and codeine (I believe) BUT you'd have to eat an awful lot of muffins to get pos test:).\n\nThe reason my med's show pos on a test is because that's what they are, in some way - just like Poppy seeds, there is some form of these things in them... just legal, medically nec, and Dr. prescribed forms.\nBUT because I have a Dr. working with me and helping me... even though I do have to take these meds daily - they allow me to function regularly, do not effect my ability to preform - they actually make me able TO BE a good employee.\n\nAll that said... I believe THC is it's own family... I don't think it's in any other "med" - there are THC pills for cancer. Medical Marijuana... but I've never heard of anything that will make you show positive for pot that isn't pot. However, I'm no Dr. and certainly not an expert in this field - these are my own experiences.\n\nWhile it's probably illegal to ask him what he has - etc. it shouldn't be a problem to ask him to produce his prescription for the med he believes is causing the "false pos" or legal pos. \nThen call the lab that did the test and ask if that med in that dosage can cause a pos reading for THC... \nIF THEY SAY YES, then - I don't know if you'd need a med release or not to call the pharmacy & Dr. to verify that he is indeed taking this medication. Or ask for a letter from his Dr. YOU CAN CALL and ask the Dr. if he wrote you a letter for "so and so" \nIF he wants the job he should have no problem with helping you to understand his situation - so that you know he is a trustworthy responsible citizen with a health condition he is trying to manage and live with and not just someone who's judgement is clouded by a drug induced haze.
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Hey dude screw these other people for judging you and what you choose to do.  I dont smoke but i dont care that you do either it not my place.  However i used to smoke.  And here is what i did i bought niacine pills (they are cheep like $3 a bottle of 100 or so take about 8 a day untill the test (they are gonna make you ich and feel hot but if you wanna pass you gotta do it)  next drink a lot of water i mean a lot flush out your system and the day of your test really pound the wather then like minutes before the test go pee(make sure you keep pushing water the whole time i am talking gallons) so you just peed right before the test now you should have to pee again in like 15 min do it right away before there is time for the fat cells to soak in the pee.  Basicall what you are doing is just letting the water go right through you so fast it dosent have time to absorb in your urine.  Let me know how that works.  It worked for me.  also do alot of sweating.  Sweat as much as possible before the test like sleep with a garbage bag wraped around you get whatever you can out of your body
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They don't specifically say, but I know the labs test for different drugs all the time.  If there is a new drug, or if a drug increases in popularity, the lab will start screening for it. \nMy recommendation is not to do drugs, and then you won't have to worry about a positive test.\nThey may test for everything, and they may only test for the "biggies" - you never know, and they will never tell.  I have heard of Commanding Officers sending special test requests to the lab.\n\nFrom the link you provided:\nDoD labs are equipped to test for marijuana, cocaine, amphetamines, LSD, opiates (including morphine and heroin), barbiturates and PCP. But not all samples are tested for all of these drugs. \nEvery sample gets tested for marijuana, cocaine and amphetamines, including ecstasy. Tests for other drugs are done at random on different schedules for each lab. Some laboratories do test every sample for every drug.
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Unless drug testing is a condition of employment, and you agree to it, drug testing at random is a farce. I was fired from a job for a positive drug test(pot), although it was a weekend recreational use and left with no recourse. Absolutly ridiculous but I was aware that I could be tested. Their loss...
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unless you smoke alot of it on a regular basis you should be fine. Whatever you do do not miss the appointment. Someplaces won't hire you if you miss the appointment or don't get tested within the time period that they give you.
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Yes tramadol is an opiate. I'm assuming you have to take a drug test soon, as long as you're taking it legally I wouldn't worry about it. All you have to do is let them know that it has been prescribed for you and get your doctor to let your employer know.
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Ok, you are wrong, weed has about 10 times the amount of carcinogens as tobacco.  The last time you smoked weed is almost irrelevant.  It's a matter of how much have you smoked in the psat month?  Canabanoids also can be stored in fat cells.  If you smoked a lot (say two bowls a day) every day until 3 days ago you will probably fail.  If you happened to exercise a lot the day of and before the test you will probably fail (if you used to smoke a lot.)  If you smoke two or three times a week you will be fine, but might show up as traces (not proof in a court or to a PO)  Also, the fact that 90% is your sisters will help you greatly even if you do smoke a lot you could still only show up as trace amounts.  If it comes back positive you won't get a retest, I'm sorry... if it comes back traces you MIGHT get a retest or they will just say good bye.
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If it's drugs you are concerned with there are products which can clean you out.\n\nThey will probably test for AIDS mostly, but it depends on which company you are working for.  You should ask someone who works there too.
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Contact a company you would like to work for and ask them what their requirements and qualifications are to be hired for the job.\n\nIt may be years of education...or it may be just a clean driving record and drug test.