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Originally Posted by wolf
Busted.
UDS doesn't test for alcohol. It's in the name. Urine Drug Screen. Different rapid screen kits test for different substances, but a full-blown hospital toxicology dept UDS is much better. Some of the new antidepressants show false positives for things like methamphetamine.
You can test for alcohol via breath test (less reliable) or blood test (preferred, and meets the legal standard for criminal prosecution if the chain of evidence is properly maintained).
The amount of time it takes for alcohol to leave one's system varies based on things like metabolism and whether or not you've already blown your liver, but most people drop at about 0.08/hr. Alcohol does not remain at testable levels in the blood for 24 hours unless you've been doing some serious major drinking.
People in halfway houses without passes still manage to get drunk. Or use. I've heard from quite a few people that there are more drugs in inpatient rehabs than on the street (and that's supposedly a higher security and screening level than a halfway house).
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Thanks, Wolf I'M glad it was only you who busted me...... At least I'm not in jail this time. It looks like as many uds I have taken and given, I would have not made such a profound error. You are right. Breathalyser, and blood test, are the techniques used with alcohol. Most treatment centers I worked in or happened to be vacationing at tested for Marijuana, cocaine, amphetimine, opiates, and barbituates. However if they/we were suspicious we would have blood taken. As a matter of fact, you are correct in most everything you stated. However, I will have to disagree about their being more drugs in inpatient rehabs. That is a myth, just like there are more drugs in prison than on the streets is a myth.... also there are other things that can cause false positives, such as poopy seed can cause a false positive for opiates, and some cold medicines can cause false positives for amphetemines.
