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pre employment drug test?

okay i have to take a drug test sometime next week, probably monday for pre employment. i don't normally smoke weed but i did last friday & i only took two hits. anyway, i've been a nervous wreck about passing my drug test so i went out & bought an at home drug test for marijuana & the test was negative which means i passed.. do you think i should continue to worry about my drug test on monday?

Update:

okay for the record i don't do drugs all the damn time. this is the first time i tried & i didn't even apply for this job until monday so i didn't know there would be a pre employment drug test & i took one specifically designed for marijuana. i'm looking for helpful answers not "OH STOP USING DRUGS OMG GROW UP" it's not that serious i'm not a crackhead.

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  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago
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    unless you are a regular pot smoker, it can leave your system in as little as a week. Drug tests can find trace amounts but not be a failure. Most tests fail you over a predetermined amount. Drug tests are a stupid thing, useless in finding cocaine, and alcohol abusers. The two most performance destructive drugs there are.

  • 1 decade ago

    Worrying will not affect the results of your drug test one way or the other. The home drug test likely has a higher threshold to indicate a positive than whatever method your potential employer uses. In other words, you could very well pass a home drug test but fail a laboratory drug test. If I took a couple of hits last week and had to pee in a bottle next week I'd be scared sh*tless.

    Source(s): Former US Navy Drug and Alcohol Counselor (NEC 9522)
  • Jack J
    Lv 5
    1 decade ago

    If they are just doing a urine test, you are probably fine, if they are doing a more advance DNA drug test where they test hair samples, you are in for bad news as it picks up evidence from months back.

    Best advice is to stop doing drugs if you want a good job. Even if you pass, some places do random drug test.

  • Anonymous
    5 years ago

    You might want to check to see what type of drug testing they do. If it is hair/follicle testing, you most likely will not pass the pre-employment drug test, since hair testing for drugs can detect marijuana drug use for up to 90 days previous. If it is urine, you should be okay. As for random drug testing, ask them what their policy is.

  • 1 decade ago

    There are many different home drug tests so I am not sure if the test you did at home looks for the chemical that is that drug.

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    yes. depends on how the place tests for drugs. taking a hair sample is the most reliable since drugs stay longer.

    if you knew you had a pre employment drug test, why the heck did you smoke weed?

  • brandy
    Lv 4
    1 decade ago

    no u r fine

    those home tests are very accurate and if u still have doubt just drink plenty of water for the next few days and when u go in on monday make sure that its not ur first urine of the day .. try to pee like 3 or 4 times prior to the drop

  • 1 decade ago

    if all u have to do is take a piss test then they have at some herbal places pills or even drinks that u can take like an hour before the test that will make u pass the test good luck

  • 1 decade ago

    my advice is take another drug test. If you pass that your good & if not WORRY. Just make sure it wasnt a false negative.

  • 1 decade ago

    Yes

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