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Originally posted by kettlebellysmith
reply to [url=http://www.abovetopsecret.com/forum/thread449297/pg5#quote]
We lost him a year and a half later. I don't think he ever got over the embarrassment.
...as scientists and researchers sponsored by the Marijuana Policy Project gave a startling demonstration of false positive drug test results obtained using some of the most widely used field testing kits employed by law enforcement to detect the presence of marijuana and other drugs.
"While testing the specificity of the KN Reagent test kits with 42 non-marijuana substances, I observed that 70% of these tests rendered a false positive,"
Kampia told the press conference. "Natural soap, chocolate and newspaper, among other household items, all will test positive for marijuana and other drugs such as GHB, yet these kits continue to be used in both arrests and prosecutions nationwide. In our society we have the principle that you are supposed to be innocent until proven guilty. These tests turn that on its head."
Mintwood Media's Adam Eidinger produced a positive test result for coc aine with another kit simply by exposing it to the atmosphere. "This is just air," Eidinger said, opening up a test and waving it as the reagent turned orange, indicating a positive result.
Originally posted by Highground
To whoever posted that "study" that claimed there was no more drug use among the welfare society than in "standard" society:
That study was conducted almost 17 years ago. There's going to be social changes. This study from 9 years ago states that drug use is 50% more common among welfare families than non-welfare families:
This study examined the prevalence of drug use in a nationally representative sample of 1989 recipients and 6840 nonrecipients of four welfare programs. Data from the 1995 National Household Survey on Drug Abuse (NHSDA) were analyzed using the conditional form of multiple logistic regression with matching of respondents on neighborhood of residence. Weighted proportions and variances accounting for the complex sample design of the NHSDA survey were estimated using the Taylor series linearization method, The results indicate that drug use is 50% more common in households with welfare recipients than in nonwelfare households. Programs making welfare eligibility contingent on the recipient working toward a drug-free lifestyle are worth examining, although a vigilant eye must be kept on the potential unintended consequences.
cat.inist.fr...
Originally posted by JohnnyElohim
Originally posted by Highground
To whoever posted that "study" that claimed there was no more drug use among the welfare society than in "standard" society:
That study was conducted almost 17 years ago. There's going to be social changes. This study from 9 years ago states that drug use is 50% more common among welfare families than non-welfare families:
This study examined the prevalence of drug use in a nationally representative sample of 1989 recipients and 6840 nonrecipients of four welfare programs. Data from the 1995 National Household Survey on Drug Abuse (NHSDA) were analyzed using the conditional form of multiple logistic regression with matching of respondents on neighborhood of residence. Weighted proportions and variances accounting for the complex sample design of the NHSDA survey were estimated using the Taylor series linearization method, The results indicate that drug use is 50% more common in households with welfare recipients than in nonwelfare households. Programs making welfare eligibility contingent on the recipient working toward a drug-free lifestyle are worth examining, although a vigilant eye must be kept on the potential unintended consequences.
cat.inist.fr...
If you're referring to the study I sourced, you are mistaken. The study was conducted in 1996. 12, maybe 13 years ago. I don't think the 3 to 4-year gap would account for any significant "societal changes" you allude to. Really, it's "your" study versus "mine". Mine was conducted by the National Institutes of Health. Yours was conducted by the National Survey on Drug Use & Health. I suppose one can pick their poison. When I have more time on my hands, I'll compare the methodologies and comment on that.
Originally posted by Blanca Rose
I can honeslty say, after stepping away from this thread for a few days that the only people I see defending not being held to a drug test, are people who think that smoking marijuana is ok, and should not be questioned.
Originally posted by wayno
Easier to kick a guy when he's down than tackle the bully who is really making your life harder.
Yes rehabilitation is the key for people who abuse, but not everyone who drinks, or does drugs is abusing it. Just because someone can't pass a pee test doesn't mean that they are abusing drugs, for example someone can smoke a joint and the traces of it stays in their system for 28 days.