Well see you guys knew. These drug testing companies dont care about who is being tested or their results. The companies testing potential hires dont care about the people either because they are not employees. You cared about saving a guy that was working for you already and that the army invested time and money in already.
Im not saying the tests arent useful finding drug users, I am saying not all testing companies are equal, or use the same methods, and certainly they do not care about anyone they are testing. Neither do the employers hiring the testing companies. They would not do what you did, a candidate wo knew it was a false positive would have to try to beg to take another and find out what caused the false positive.
A company I used to work for would very occasionally do a random drug test of existing employees. I was ‘selected’ for it, and wasn’t happy about it one little bit. The only drugs they’d be likely to find in me would be enough caffeine to kill a horse, but I was extremely concerned about the possibility of false positives. The way I see it, even if they retest you and find nothing, that false positive stays ‘on the record’ and can seriously impact promotions or have other consequences down the road.
I’ve decided that if it ever happens to me again, I’ll just whip it out and give them a ‘sample’ right there, as I’ve come to the point that I really am not interested in playing their games.