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"Gig 601XL Builder" wrDOTgiaconaATsuddenlink.net wrote:
You are right about the tests failing. Especially the quick tests. They fail at a rate close to 50% both false positives and negatives that's why we stopped using them. We use a lab with a mass spectrometer that could probably tell what you had for dinner last Thursday. And a positive is a positive only after a medical review officer talks to the tested individual and finds out all the legal substances that they could have ingested that might give a false positive. I know this is getting out of the aviation thing; but, if these advanced techniques you mention are so refined, how comes we often hear about problems with professional athletes being falsely accused of doping? Since there is a lot of money at stake, I wouldn't think they go for the cheap version of the tests; pro athletes are surrounded by physicians who should know better about what substances might or might not cause a problem; the whole thing about chain of custody of the samples should be taken care of very carefully because of they are under a lot of scrutiny, etc. So, if they can't seem to get it right in such a context, why should I trust my hypothetical employer on this issue? (note that my current employer doesn't require such a test -- I don't have teen age kids, and only smoked the thing where it was legal to do so) --Sylvain |
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