When I was in the Army doing my AIT (advanced initial training), there was a guy who tested positive for marijuana. He denied ever using marijuana, and wisely decided to fight it. But it was a long process, and he couldn't go through his training while waiting for the matter to be resolved.
So he had to spend months hanging around the barracks doing menial tasks, such as helping out in the supply room.
It was eventually determined that a drug he was taking, that was prescribed by an Army physician, showed up as marijuana on his drug test. He was put back into the normal training that he was supposed to go through.
I was so happy to see him marching off to class like the rest of us. I thought the Army wasted a lot of this guy's time over bullsh*t.
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They can. Sometimes other substances can effect them to give incorrect results.
Alternatively, a bungling tester could also cause an incorrect result.
When I was in the Army doing my AIT (advanced initial training), there was a guy who tested positive for marijuana. He denied ever using marijuana, and wisely decided to fight it. But it was a long process, and he couldn't go through his training while waiting for the matter to be resolved.
So he had to spend months hanging around the barracks doing menial tasks, such as helping out in the supply room.
It was eventually determined that a drug he was taking, that was prescribed by an Army physician, showed up as marijuana on his drug test. He was put back into the normal training that he was supposed to go through.
I was so happy to see him marching off to class like the rest of us. I thought the Army wasted a lot of this guy's time over bullsh*t.
I know I tested positive for Methamphetamine because I had Strattera and Bupropion in my system.
I have also heard that some Aspirin can result in a false positive for THC.
Yes, not very often, but sometimes they come up false positive in 5-10% of the cases.