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So do they do drug tests for your E2 now??
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tombirner



Joined: 19 Dec 2007
PostPosted: Mon Sep 22, 2008 5:37 pm    Post subject: So do they do drug tests for your E2 now?? Reply with quote
I've heard different things... I have a Korean medical report/physical from last December or so (a month or two after I got the E2- under the old rules)... anyone know if that'll work for this one, or if a drug test is now included in the new requirements??

Yikes.
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kprrok



Joined: 06 Apr 2004
Location: KC
PostPosted: Mon Sep 22, 2008 5:51 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Yes, they do test you for drugs. If you're stupid enough to be doing illegal drugs here, you deserve to get your ass handed to you and thrown out of the country.
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tombirner



Joined: 19 Dec 2007
PostPosted: Mon Sep 22, 2008 5:54 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Thanks, dad.
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chevro1et



Joined: 01 Feb 2007
Location: Busan, ROK
PostPosted: Mon Sep 22, 2008 6:24 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
IIRC, they test for opiates and hard drugs, but not for canabanoids.
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Baummer



Joined: 22 Apr 2007
Location: Paju
PostPosted: Mon Sep 22, 2008 6:46 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
I'm in the US, coming back to korea in a few weeks. no drug test was required for my e-2 visa.
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Bibbitybop



Joined: 22 Feb 2006
Location: Seoul
PostPosted: Mon Sep 22, 2008 6:51 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Baummer wrote:
I'm in the US, coming back to korea in a few weeks. no drug test was required for my e-2 visa.


You have your E-2 and ARC already, don't you?
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tombirner



Joined: 19 Dec 2007
PostPosted: Mon Sep 22, 2008 6:51 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Wow, are you sure??? Because I've only smoked grass... don't do the hard stuff. Can anyone confirm this?
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sojourner1



Joined: 17 Apr 2007
Location: Where meggi swim and 2 wheeled tractors go sput put chug alugg pug pug
PostPosted: Mon Sep 22, 2008 7:15 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
tombirner wrote:
Wow, are you sure??? Because I've only smoked grass... don't do the hard stuff. Can anyone confirm this?


Remember meth, chemicals, and other drugs can end up in a bag of weed so you don't know what you've smoked. If it made your heart race, then it's got some kind of speed in it. Often, they take junk weed that has little or no THC, but looks OK, and add chemicals or other drugs to it. I was in the states 6 months ago for a couple months and all the weed was junk in this manner so I quit messing around. This is all too common which is really scary and why I lost interest in it.

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Baummer



Joined: 22 Apr 2007
Location: Paju
PostPosted: Mon Sep 22, 2008 7:15 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
no I don't. I had one in the past, but now I'm applying for a new one. Never had to have a test before either.
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endo



Joined: 14 Mar 2004
Location: Seoul...my home
PostPosted: Mon Sep 22, 2008 7:24 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
sojourner1 wrote:
tombirner wrote:
Wow, are you sure??? Because I've only smoked grass... don't do the hard stuff. Can anyone confirm this?


Remember meth, chemicals, and other drugs can end up in a bag of weed so you don't know what you've smoked. If it made your heart race, then it's got some kind of speed in it. Often, they take junk weed that has little or no THC, but looks OK, and add chemicals or other drugs to it. I was in the states 6 months ago for a couple months and all the weed was junk in this manner so I quit messing around. This is all too common which is really scary and why I lost interest in it.



What's the deal with this fearmongoring that your weed might be tainted?


Is this a big problem in the States, because I've never once had this issue in Canada?
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definitely maybe



Joined: 16 Feb 2008
PostPosted: Mon Sep 22, 2008 7:26 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
i may be wrong, but i was under the impression that those of you up for an e-2 are subject to a health test after arriving in korea as the final step prior to qualifying for the alien registration card. no idea whether or not pot is a no no, but i'm pretty sure baummer will have to go in for a test when he gets here.
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Baummer



Joined: 22 Apr 2007
Location: Paju
PostPosted: Mon Sep 22, 2008 7:28 pm    Post subject: