Hospitals use drug tests that return false positives from poppy seed bagels, decongestants and Zantac. Yet newborns are being taken from parents based on the results.
  • TheDoctor [they/them]
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    5 days ago

    But urine drug screens are easily misinterpreted and often wrong, with false positive rates as high as 50%, according to some studies.

    Holy shit

    • Des [she/her, they/them]
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      5 days ago

      yeah you roll the dice every time you are given one. if able, demand a full GC/MS test if you get a false positive