“...the drug tests used by the military are a load of expensive garbage?”
They aren’t garbage if they are doing what they are designed to do. Golden Flow was designed to determine the use or misuse of drugs in a military member’s system. And not all the times is it explainable. Do you want a person strung out on junk next to you downrange? I didn’t nor did I wish to lack support for my fellow member by my indiscretions. They don’t track Tylenol but altering drugs. I was using banned drugs for medical treatment and went positive a couple of times. Took the bottle to the commander, and it was ignored. I missed some TDY’s due to the drug discovery. But I can see the reasons. And they do work if not set up wrong.
wy69
The American military in general was never a place that rewarded logical thought processes. Commanders, as you apparently unfortunately found out, are not inclined -- nor are they rewarded professionally -- for handling unorthodox but explainable situations with unorthodox solutions.
If poppy seeds are not a drug (and they're not), there's no reason to prohibit their consumption. There is also no earthly reason for anyone to defend a stupid decision just because an idiot in an important-sounding position made it.
There are plenty of very simple ways to distinguish between an opioid user and a poppy seed enthusiast.