drug/alcohol testing policy: effective?

"Michael" wrote in message
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Chip Jones wrote:
The bottom line is that the THREAT of being popped positive on a
random drug
test seriously deters drug use. In the field of professional
aviation, that
is a good thing.

No, the bottom line is that the rate of use in aviation is so low (as
indicated by the results) that most if not all of the positives are
false positives. If it's worth doing, it's worth doing right - and
since nobody seems willing to spend the money to do it right
(eliminating the false positives) I have to assume it's not worth
doing.

Michael, just wondering, what makes you think that nobody seems willing to
spend the money to do drug testing the "right" way?

The method madated by the FAA ala a DOT 49 CFR Part 40 random urine drug
test is called a GC/MS drug test. GC/MS drug testing has virtually *no*
false positives. No test can be 100% accurate, but the GC/MS test combined
with the MRO process is pretty dang accurate.

You can read all about it he http://www.aviationmedicine.com/drugtest.htm

Chip, ZTL