Positive drug test - poppy seeds!!! beware!!

Cosm0

Hi there.
This morning done urine drug test by employers request. Drug test screening for Urine test drug came out positive for opiates (COM). I have done it twice in the presence of employer.
To my shame and frustration both time drug test came positive for opiates, despite I have done another drug test Friday, 5th February (three days ago) and it came out all negative. Of course, because I never ever tried a drugs. I spent half day for doctors and wasted £120 for doctors -no one seems to know a cause until I accidentally saw a white bloomer from Morrison shopping centre in my kitchen. Hell, I had a breakfast just before drug test containing four large slices!! I googled poppy seed opiates and found that poppy seeds providing large amounts of morphine in urine and causing positive for opiates.:T Sorted! printed some info and booked (again!!) visit to local GP. This time I took evidence: info from Wikipedia. This time doctor was more softer and wrote down letter saying positive opiate test was possibly indicated by poppy seeds, as patient believes it.
I am going tomorrow with this letter to employer (agency). Can I still apply for a job and drug test on the same company? Or it is over?

worried_jim

Here is a good source- http://www.snopes.com/medical/drugs/poppyseed.asp

Bordeuax

did you feel high?

Bordeuax

It say you have too eat 12 in one go..youll be high anyway eating all that bread.Seen the report and it can give you a false reading .
That means if druggies fail the drugs test, ''oh I just had a poppy seeded bagel'

PenguinOfDeath

Cosm0 wrote: »

This time I took evidence: info from Wikipedia.

:rotfl::rotfl::rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:

Bordeuax

yeah...
http://boingboing.net/2011/05/03/can-poppy-seeds-get.htm
just seen the link, looks even worse, ha

FBaby

http://www.usada.org/can-poppyseeds-cause-a-positive-drug-test/

I would say this information is bit more reliable! Can you show a receipt for your white bloomer bought that week-end? That might help your case.

SomeRandomGuy

What type of job is it that requires drug testing? I find this general creep towards employers sticking their nose into employee's private lives quite concerning. I can't really see the justification for drug testing unless perhaps you are doing a safety critical job like a pilot or surgeon, but even then without reasonable suspicion it hardly seems proportionate.

KellyKoo

I so want some Poppy Seed toast now.

Wayne_O_Mac

Cosm0 wrote: »

Of course, because I never ever tried a drugs.

The coherence of your posting suggests otherwise.

summerlady_2

SomeRandomGuy wrote: »

What type of job is it that requires drug testing? I find this general creep towards employers sticking their nose into employee's private lives quite concerning. I can't really see the justification for drug testing unless perhaps you are doing a safety critical job like a pilot or surgeon, but even then without reasonable suspicion it hardly seems proportionate.

Many driving jobs where passengers are involved - coach, bus, train, plane. I think some other roles where operation of heavy plant is involved.


The employers have a duty of care towards passengers and other workers - as do the workers themselves.


Being under the influence of drugs can significantly impair performance - reaction times and judgement.