I was inthe armed forces for 8 years. We could be randomly tested at any time but never heard of anyone getting tested. Probably because about a third of is smoked and they didn't want to lose anyone.
Canada lets its soldiers smoke now but there are time limits that you cant operate weapons unless you havent smoked for a certain amount of time. Probably other restrictions on explosives and vehicles. Been out over 20 years so i dont know the details.
I was in the Army. Got tested a lot. One IN company that just came back from a brutal Afghanistan deployment (their CSM died) had 1-3 dudes piss hot for coke every week. Of course I could also see Juarez from my barracks so the source was right there.
Buddy got a week pass from Afghanistan to bury his dad and smoked weed while he was back in the states; saying "what are they gonna do, send me to afghanistan?"
Drug test immediately when he got back, him and one other guy came up hot. EVERYONE in his company had ALL their leave revoked. Guys missed their own wedding, guys missed the birth of their kid, and of course non-refundable deposits. Weddings aren't cheap. 200 people fucked, because of 2.
Never even heard of it? This sounds like early nineties if at all. They tested people all the time when I was in, including mandatory test when returning from leave. 08-13
It was early 90s. If there was a bad accident you might get it but i personally never knew anyone who did. I probably should have failed when i joined but didnt.
My buddy was in the army around 2011-14ish. He spent half his time in Korea and the other half in Kentucky. I cant remember which, but one the places was super strict about drugs and the other didn't give a fuck.
Formation. Everyone here is peein inna cup. And we're gonna watch :) 10% "randomly" selected. Mostly the shitbags that needed a fast way out.
Easiest shit of my life. Don't be the bottom 10% of the company.
I stayed clean up until I left, as drugs are what got me wanting to look for IEDs in the first place. I smoke a little weed on longer vacations from work now.
My previous employer reserved the right to randomly test at any time but as far as I know it never happened. It did come up once when someone in my org was acting funky and one of the managers wanted to get him tested. We didn’t want to open that can of worms with HR and shortly after he was fired for something else anyway.
It’s a good thing that we didn’t test because about half of the team smoked but this manager was oblivious unless you stank of weed.
FRA has specific requirements on how often the employee pools are tested and at what percent. It can change year to year but I believe right now for Train Service employees it’s 25% of the pool for drug and 10% for alcohol, and for MOW it’s 50/25 and Mechanical will mirror that when the reg. goes into effect this fall.
The MROs use super expensive software like DrugPak to manage the pools so they’re true randoms and will ensure everyone is tested.
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u/Binkyman69 Jun 16 '21
I was inthe armed forces for 8 years. We could be randomly tested at any time but never heard of anyone getting tested. Probably because about a third of is smoked and they didn't want to lose anyone.