They do test regularly. It’s all on a random computer selection....some numbers thrown into the system, and once a month....it spits out some list of folks. It could be 200 folks on a base of 2,000.
There’s two general issues.
First, there’s a list of drugs on their lab testing procedure. In the late 70s...I think it was just six of them. Toward the last 20 years....I think they are up to around 25 to 30 drugs. There are various drugs which exist....but don’t fall on the list. LSD hasn’t been regularly used drug until the last decade, and depending on where you live....it’s still awful rare.
Second issue is randomness. When I went into service in 1977...for the entire first decade...my name popped up three times in that ten year period. Then I hit some period of one single year and eight times of randomness....all consecutive months. I even went to complained on the 7th consecutive month that it can’t be random if it occurs that many times in a row. They laughed, and a month later....my name popped up again.
Oddly, after that one single year....I went another six years without a single random testing.
Personally, I think they ought to test just about everyone every six months.
They should also randomly rotate in new testers.
It’s probably not complete random. It’s random plus recommendations.
Someone might have suggested that they pay closer attention to you.
“Personally, I think they ought to test just about everyone every six months.”
The PRP rules we followed had a psych and drug screen monthly. They dropped that as staffing levels fell.