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august2010
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 Posted: Tue Aug 31, 2010 2:24 am Post subject: do they check for benzos on the drug test? |
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took 1 mg ativan about an hour prior to taking the test (thought there was to be a huge speech in front of hundreds of people)
wondering if this is (a)something they check for and (b) if this was too much/too soon before taking the health/drug test? |
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recessiontime
Joined: 21 Jun 2010
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| Posted: Tue Aug 31, 2010 2:45 am Post subject: |
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| you are most likely going home. |
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RMNC
Joined: 21 Jul 2010
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| Posted: Tue Aug 31, 2010 2:59 am Post subject: |
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| Why did you think there was going to be a huge speech in front of hundreds of people for a drug test? |
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august2010
Joined: 06 Aug 2010
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| Posted: Tue Aug 31, 2010 3:06 am Post subject: |
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| it was the day of introducing the new people at the school and was under the impression there would be a large audience |
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RMNC
Joined: 21 Jul 2010
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| Posted: Tue Aug 31, 2010 3:14 am Post subject: |
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Yeah, sounds like you're screwed. Good luck, though who knows what may happen.
For future reference, even if it is a few hundred people, all you do is go "Hi, I'm XX from (country), let's have a good year! Fighting!" and that's it. Do you really need a benzodiazepine for that?
Also, don't take any drugs in Korea unless they're prescribed, and even at that, try and tough it out without them. |
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RMNC
Joined: 21 Jul 2010
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| Posted: Tue Aug 31, 2010 3:16 am Post subject: |
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| Oh yeah, do you have a prescription? |
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august2010
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| Posted: Tue Aug 31, 2010 3:18 am Post subject: |
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| yeah i do |
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schwa
Joined: 18 Jan 2003
Location: Yap
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| Posted: Tue Aug 31, 2010 3:20 am Post subject: |
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| august2010 wrote: |
| it was the day of introducing the new people at the school and was under the impression there would be a large audience |
As suggested above, your "huge speech" would have amounted to a few words that no one paid much attention to anyway. Korea is not soft on anxiety pills. Good luck.
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RMNC
Joined: 21 Jul 2010
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| Posted: Tue Aug 31, 2010 3:21 am Post subject: |
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| Well then you're in better shape than most, but again, Korea isn't soft on anti-anxiety pills. Your chances are 50-50 I'd say. Let us know what happens. |
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liveinkorea316
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| Posted: Tue Aug 31, 2010 3:59 am Post subject: |
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Well, it depends whether the test for drugs is a standard '5-panel' or whether it is more than that.
If it is the standard '5-panel' which looks for:
[list=]Cannabinoids (marijuana, THC)
Cocaine (cocaine, crack)
Amphetamines (amphetamines, dextroamphetamine, methamphetamine)
Opiates (heroin, codeine, morphine)
Phencyclidine (PCP)[/list]
Then you would be fine (as far as I know).
If not, you may come up with a positive but in all likelyhood you would need to test again in a few days in which case you would be clear. |
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august2010
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| Posted: Tue Aug 31, 2010 4:21 am Post subject: |
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| liveinkorea: thank you ~ do you know of anyone who has re-tested after the initial health test? |
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liveinkorea316
Joined: 20 Aug 2010
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| Posted: Tue Aug 31, 2010 4:23 am Post subject: |
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| At my school everyone testing during the same few days. However one person failed a test. I heard it was the drug one. They asked her to take it again this week. No big dramas (yet). |
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meaghan
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| Posted: Tue Aug 31, 2010 4:40 am Post subject: |
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| tell your boss you'd like to delay taking the test for a little while (legally, you have 90 days). wink and nod if you must, they know the deal if they've ever had foreign teachers before. getting a bit of a shaming at work is better than being deported, and your school doesn't want you going home any more than you do. |
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ChilgokBlackHole
Joined: 21 Nov 2009
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| Posted: Tue Aug 31, 2010 12:15 pm Post subject: Re: do they check for benzos on the drug test? |
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| august2010 wrote: |
took 1 mg ativan about an hour prior to taking the test (thought there was to be a huge speech in front of hundreds of people)
wondering if this is (a)something they check for and (b) if this was too much/too soon before taking the health/drug test? |
1) Contrary to popular belief (apparently), humans have bladders. The pee that comes immediately from your body comes from there. The bladder is a storage tank. It is filled by your kidneys.
The kidneys are magic. As all the nutrients are extracted and the outgoing trash taken out, bingo-bango, there's pee in your kidneys. It's headed for the bladder.
Your kidneys don't produce urine nearly fast enough to have *anything* show up an hour after ingestion. I mean think about it seriously.
2) I've been taking xanax at high dose quite regularly for the past seven years. Two of those years were in Korea. I passed my drug screen and never had a problem getting anxiety drugs in Korea.
3) We've anecdotally established they don't test for benzos on the pre-employment physical. |
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ChilgokBlackHole
Joined: 21 Nov 2009
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| Posted: Tue Aug 31, 2010 12:21 pm Post subject: |
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| liveinkorea316 wrote: |
| Well, it depends whether the test for drugs is a standard '5-panel' or whether it is more than that. |
Most hospitals in Korea still use TBPE for the drug screen. It's reasonably accurate and cheap, plus if you blow that one, they automatically give you a panel test to see which one you blew.
OP, I don't know why these other people are trying to get you fired. Perhaps they're each other's socks? I've never seen such bad advice in the same place since Bush invaded Iraq. *Don't* wink and not to your boss. Don't get on the next plane. Don't do squat. You're fine. |
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