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jmowreader

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3. What kind of a drug screen was it?
Wed May 9, 2012, 01:36 AM
May 2012

If we're talking about your normal "SAMSHA-5" piss test--weed, opiates, cocaine, amphetamines and PCP--fifty bucks is MORE than sufficient. Think about it, ma'am: the trucking industry would go bankrupt overnight if they had to pay $1500 to test one driver. LabCorp runs seven-drug screens that include SAMSHA-5 plus two drugs of the requester's choosing, and they wouldn't be much more expensive because all they need do is enter a few more commands into the testing machines.

There is a drug test that looks for over 200 different drugs, but that's used very rarely because there's not much need for it...the first thing that comes to mind is your probation officer REALLY wants to throw your ass in jail and needs a reason. Also, if you OD'd on something they can't identify and need to know to save your life. That test is probably $1500 but why would they run it on him?

I think you got ripped off.

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