Doctors need to know what drugs people are on to treat them properly.
True, but she was admitted for high blood pressure and tested positive for opiates which lower blood pressure. Logic would dictate that her explanation of poppy seed laden ethnic food is a better fit than alleged drug use.
Did she have any other indicators of chronic opiate use?
Personally, it doesn’t bother me that they run a drug test, only that there was no informed consent.
Doctors need to know what drugs people are on to treat them properly.
Then they should test everyone who comes into the hospital for drugs, and they don’t.