In a previous life, yours truly worked for a subcontract crew of around 8-10 in a variety of different mine sites throughout Australia. Naturally upon arrival on site (or prior) we were subject to drug tests.
Occasion 1. Yours truly and the two supervisors all failed the initial test. Mine was for amphetamines which I have
never ever taken in my life. The only medication I had taken was about half a packet of Anticols 2 weeks prior, and declared as such. This test was at a pathology lab.
Occasion 2. Peeing into the special test cup at a remote mine site. Completely failed the test for cocaine, which again I have
never ever taken. There is a chance that the latter could have been a faulty cup, and it was not chromotgraphically tested.
This (in)accuracy could wreak havoc on one's career. Bizarrely though, the above minesites still let us all on site!
