Drug Testing at CVS for Pharmacy Tech

Right, no employer can refuse to hire you, fire you or take any adverse action against you for being on methadone. That is covered by the ADA and there is plenty of case law on the subject as well. There are a few exceptions, such as certain truck driving where you can't take certain medications, but working at CVS is not one of them.
I'd recommend getting a letter from the clinic doctor saying that you are prescribed methadone and bring that with you to the place where you go for the drug test. Inform the lab ahead of time. As long as you do your positive drug test is medical information which is confidential and can't be shared with the employer. The test will be marked as negative for the employer.

Just FYI, an employer can in general fire you for any reason or no reason both during and after the probationary period since you are an employee at will but they can never fire you for being a recovering drug addict or for being on MMT. If that would happen you should contact the department of justice.

thanks again Momo and yea it's pretty shitty that a company can fire you for anything while on probationary period..I experienced it once before.

Here's my other predicament. Every time that I have quit smoking weed, one month later or less I always test clean on dipstick THC tests..I know, I know, they aren't the most reliable but these are the at home tests so I can just test myself. It's been 52 days since I smoked weed and I was a daily smoker, always have been and have gotten clean within 1 month. So I take a dipstick test exactly 28 days ago, comes up negative and the line is very, very dark. I take another dipstick test 2 days ago, the line came up very, very faint. I haven't used any OTC meds, smoked marijuana, nothing. I know that the Pre Employment test is GC/MS with a very low cut off, so I'm kinda worried that I may test positive even if it's only like 5ng/ML. I'm 170lbs, average BMI, 20 years old and 5'10/11. I take the test tomorrow (friday, June 16th) and am somewhat nervous because I don't want to mess this up. I hope I'm clean, I should be. I am clean on a dipstick test and have been for over a month, it's just the fact that the GC/MS is what worries me.

I just wanted to clarify that not only can you be fired for anything during the probationary period. You can be fired for anything or nothing at ANY time during your employment, not just the probationary period. You could work at a company for ten years and get fired one day because your boss doesn't like the shoes you're wearing. You're an at-will employee which means that you are only employed at the will of your employer. He can fire you at will. The ridiculous reasoning for this law, that almost all states have, is that an employee can quit at any time for any reason so the legislators think that employers should have the same right to end the employment just because they want to. That would be fine and dandy if an employee and an employer are equals but they are not. If you quit a job it may cause a hardship for the employer but if you get fired you could lose everything. Of course at-will employment laws have nothing to do with fairness. They're there to make sure that nothing stands in the way of businesses making as much profits as possible. Screw employees. They are just disposable tools used to fill the pockets of shareholders and company owners. I could go on and on. Unfortunately many, if not most, Americans don't know what their rights, or lack of rights, are. A lot of people seem to be under the impression that as long as they do their job and do nothing wrong they can't be fired but that's not true.

Anyway, about the drug test I wouldn't worry too much. It's been almost two months since you smoked pot so it shouldn't be positive. There isn't much you can do about it anyway other than borrowing someone else's pee. I did that for a job drug test once. They are usually not observed. I'm not sure if there is any truth to it but a lot of people claim that ingesting a lot of vitamin C helps cleanse your body and get rid of the drug in your system. Supposedly you're supposed to eat or drink a bunch of vitamin C for about 24 hours before the test. I'd also make sure that you pee before you go take the test so that whatever is in your bladder when you give them the sample hasn't been in there for very long.
As I'm sure you know there are a bunch of stuff you can buy to help pass a drug test. I have no idea how effective it is but I guess it couldn't hurt. Since you would have so little THC in your system maybe these substances could actually work to get rid of it.
Either way you have to take the test tomorrow. You can't get around that so you're just going to have to gamble and hope that it's negative. Other than borrowing someone else's pee there isn't much you can do to ensure that it will be negative.

I'll keep my fingers crossed that you pass it. Having a steady income makes your life so much easier.

Good luck!

I appreciate it momo, and I should clarify. It's a Pharmacy CLERK job, basically the pharmacy cashier. In 6 months they start training for Pharmacy Tech and you get a state license if you're doing good at the job. I go for my test tomorrow at 2:30pm, I'm excited. As long as this test comes back clean, I am hired 100%

Whats Up, ..............Sorry to post this probably to late if your drug test is tomorow but mabe not, there are a host of products at most health food stores that if you take 'As Directed' several hours before a drug test, and you are not a heavy user will garantee a clean test result., They work, I've used them, They are not going to cover up any high serum levels of methadone in someone, but you would'nt need to hide that, It being legal and prescribed................Good Luck..........................Ken

Hey Momo, ,,,,,,,I completely believe what you were saying about companys being able to fire you for any reason they decide to come up with, You know with that being the case, It makes you wonder why they would have a probation period at all , unless it has to do with holdind out from having to provide benifits for a while.......Ken

I've experienced a company firing me after finding out I was on methadone. Such a terrible situation.

Yea I'm not worried about using the health food store detox products because it's all the same t hing; Dilution. I can do that myself, but this test also TESTS for Dilution. I'll be good...I think

Thanks again you guys, I'll let you know how it goes, leaving in an hour.

appointment was for 2:30 today, walked in right at 2:30 cause I couldn't find the place, showed paperwork and within 5 minutes I was out of the place. At 2:36 I was back in my car, heading home. I diluted quite a bit, nothing crazy just hydrated myself good, took part of a b=vitamin for color and it got sent off. I should be good either or, just playing it safe. Thanks again for everything you guys, I'll let you know how the test comes back

I smoked pot daily for most of my life (40yrs) and took a pre-employment drug test for a large retailer and it still came back positive after more then 60days.  I did have extra body mass (fatter) at that time.  Of course I didn't get the job. 
So I ended up restarting the smoking and reapplied but this time I drank a product from my local health food store called Herbal Clean Master Tea and it works to eliminate the pot from the UA.
KK

I smoked pot daily for most of my life (40yrs) and took a pre-employment drug test for a large retailer and it still came back positive after more then 60days.  I did have extra body mass (fatter) at that time.  Of course I didn't get the job. 
So I ended up restarting the smoking and reapplied but this time I drank a product from my local health food store called Herbal Clean Master Tea and it works to eliminate the pot from the UA.
KK

-mac

:grin:  So, so funny that they wouldn't hire you when you were actually off the MJ, but then gave you the job when you figured out how to beat the system and keep smokin'.  Makes you wonder what the point of those pre-employment screens even is, especially the kind like you took where they don't test for "dilution" or whatever. 

Was it an on-the-spot stick test?  Those are ridiculously easy to get around.  The lab tests are a little trickier.

I have used marijuana daily for 6 years, with probably 3 months total of not smoking before this time. It was 52 days of no smoking when I took the test. When I quit before, within 15 days I was clean for marijuana, I exercised the same amount as I do now but now I weight 10lbs heavier than before, nothing crazy. It's just a very important job for me and I can not fuck this up, I've done nothing to fuck it up, I just really need this, ay know? Took the test last friday, haven't gotten a call back from the MRO or CVS.

Also, I'd only use about 1 gram of very high grade cannabis daily, at max.

For me when I got drug tested daily after smoking just as much as you, it took me a little over 2 weeks both times, it took 15 days for the first one and 18 for the second one. I have a pretty fast metabolism and weighed 150 or 160 at the time.

My normal weight is 160 but right now I'm at 172 and have stayed there, so I put on a little weight but by no means fat. Every other time I got clean in less than 3 weeks from daily smoking, and smoking much more each day. The whole reason my head is fucking with me is cause the dipstick tests were dark lines for negative weeks ago and then faint lines for negatives the past week. Makes no sense.

I hate the fact that I stress so easily. CVS just called me tonight asking if I had taken the drug test yet and said the results come back in 1 - 2 days. I know Labcorp is obviously not going to be doing there lab testing on Saturdays or Sundays, so technically it's only been 24 hours since I took the test if you look at it that way. Pray for me guys, I really need this. I just hate the fact I stress so easily. It's not a game of luck or ginxing myself, it's the fact that it is what it is and I really want and NEED this job.

You are gonna pass dude no doubt theres no reason to stress. Yes you need the job, but you absolutely most certainly passed the test. Besides, if its a dark line or faint line its still a negative. If there is any line at all it is supposed to be considered negative, no matter how faint the line is. You should have seen some of the UA's I had in rehab for weed hahahaha. WIth the stick tests its always hit or miss with THC, as far as darkness of the line. You are 100% fine though.

I appreciate the reassurance and yea, dark line or faint it is a negative but it's the fact that the lab testing is far superious to dipstick. I know on dipstick/immunoassay it is a 50ng/mL cut off, the test detects numerous metabolites and if they all add up to less than 50ng/mL it is a negative, on GC/MS though, they detect for ONLY Thc-cooh and it has to be under 15ng/mL, so in a way it evens out. I should be good. Thanks again, it helps

Still waiting....GAHH

Got a call from the Medical Review Officer today, methadone came up, faxed over my papers stating I'm scripted it. Hell yea, so happy I passed. He'll then fax the results to CVS saying I passed. It's fully confidential, he can't say I am on MMT, which I figured. Sooooo happy, start of my career

Thats exactly how the process should work...we "pass the drug test" cause we are taking legally prescribed medication.

Congrats on the job.

Thanks man. I knew that methadone wouldn't be a problem, I was worried about THC, even though it had been 52 days. I'm clear though! The MRO was very, very nice. At the end he goes "remember now this will not be told to your employer, all I'll do is say that you pased" which I knew would happen, I then said to him "well thank you again, lots of people don't understand methadone as a treatment for addiction, it's tough" and he goes "I totally understand, it's a very misunderstood treatment"

thought that was very cool