Reply #3: Marijuana Detection Time Shorter Than Previously Assumed

[struggle4progress]

February 23, 2006 - Columbia, MO, USA

Columbia, MO: The length of time cannabis metabolites may be detected, on average, on a standard urine screen is typically no longer than ten days for chronic users and between 3-4 days for infrequent users, according to a literature review published in the current issue of the journal Drug Court Review. ~snip~

http://norml.org/index.cfm?Group_ID=6821


I assume your point is that the individual in question may not have been intoxicated at the time of the test. But if testing is available only for metabolites, and not for current intoxication, as you claim, perhaps the only reasonable "fitness-for-duty" assumption is that the person is intoxicated when the test is positive. A reason for concern is that such intoxication has occurred worldwide in the past


13 at Nuclear Plant Lose Jobs Over Drug Use
AP Published: December 10, 1981

Thirteen security officers at the Surry nuclear power station were dismissed or resigned today for violating company rules on the use of illegal drugs, the Virginia Electric and Power Company said. Three were dismissed or resigned for smoking marijuana on their way to work, and 10 were dismissed or resigned for refusing to cooperate or for lying to company officials, the utility said. ~snip~ http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9B07EFDA1438F933A25751C1A967948260


Some selected 'Significant Events' at Ontario Hydro's Pickering Nuclear Generating Stations

~snip~ October 11, 1996 "Drug paraphernalia" were found in the 'Operating Island' at the Pickering nuclear stations. A station manager commented: "The continuing discovery of such items in the plant is both embarrassing and a threat to our recovery and survival as a business." This was one of five significant event reports relating to illicit alcohol and/or drug use in the Pickering nuclear stations in 1996. ~snip~

http://www.ccnr.org/nucaware_hydroletter.html


Russia accused of staffing nuclear facilities with drunks and drug addicts
Last Updated: Monday, March 17, 2003 | 6:22 PM ET
CBC News

Activists and sociologists are warning that drinking and drug abuse make the danger of accidents and theft at Russia's nuclear facilities a severe problem. ~snip~ At a news conference on Monday, experts described the Russian nuclear industry as beset by alcoholism and drug addiction ~snip~

http://www.cbc.ca/world/story/2003/03/17/russiannuclear030317.html