Some Common Myths About Drug Testing
While pre-employment drug screening is a big part of the hiring process, that hasn’t stopped people from coming up with myths over the years that pertain to drug tests. In fact, it appears that the myths are rather endless — there are a lot of them.
For the purposes of this article, we will tackle four myths about drug screening tests.
Every Company Requires You To Pass A Test
You would think this would be the case. However, not every business requires its employees to take a pre-employment drug screen. That doesn’t mean employers who don’t incorporate urine drug screens allow employees to do drugs on the job — because that is far from the case.
Nonetheless, not all companies require people to take drug tests, even though that has become a common myth over the years.
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Marijuana Stays In Your System For Months
The best way to crack this myth: It depends, but all weed certainly does not stay in your system for the same amount of time. It could be seven days, it could be 10 days, it could be 21 days and you get the point — it just depends.
Likewise, different drugs stay in your system for different amounts of time.
Water Consumption Will Make It Tougher To Detect THC
Water consumption, a ton of Gatorade or whatever drink it may be. Fluids of any kind will not help you defeat a drug test.
In reality, the people doing the drug test will be able to tell if you consumed a lot of fluids before a test, and that is where the red flags and possibly bad news can come in.
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Exercise Will Help You Pass A Drug Test
The logic here: To try and sweat everything out.
While that might seem like a logical way to beat a drug test to some, it likely won’t work if you need to take your test immediately. While there is still a debate going on about this myth, exercising right before a test likely won’t increase your chances of the results being in your favor.
Like we stated before, the myths behind drug testing are endless.
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