About 73 million people in the United States age 20 and older have high blood pressure . Many blood

pressure drugs impair drivers . The Drug recognition officer are trained to focus on certain classes of

drugs.
This Drug recognition system is discrimination beyond all believe . This dui training police certification

is
an insult to humanity . The training focus is on the seven drug categories not
the dangerous ace inhibitor heart meds. The police will arrest a adhd class of drug user
more often than a high blood pressure pill user . Try to find statistics on heart medication
dui changes on the web. These statistics are almost none existent and then look
up stimulant drug arrest and you will see they discriminate and do not seem
to mind the highly impaired heart patient.

The Drug recognition web police sites MOSTLY mention stimulant adhd drug CLASS and rarely

SEEM to mention
heart drugs that impair . This is discrimination towards adhd suffering people whom
take stimulants to perform normally in life is a disgrace to humanity

1. Indeed, the issues relating to businesses and the liability they have to endure with employees that are found under the influence are very serious. – As such, it is an employer’s legal responsibility to maintain a safe work environment.

2. There is sufficient evidence to support the fact that the DOT testing process is outdated, flawed, and relatively ineffective. Therefore, it would be foolhardy for any employer to exclusively use this drug testing technique.

3. Notwithstanding the above, yes, it it clearly importatnt to note regulations related to firms transporting goods and services. This DOES NOT, however, mean that these regulations will protect an employees safety.

4. Finding a firm that specializes in overseeing Department of Transport employee screening checks will, it itself, DO VERY LITTLE will respect to protecting an employee’s safety.

5. Yes – background checks are also an important component to workplace safety, as is random drug testing via observed specimen collectoin.

6. Being open an honest and not promoting your specific business – you must be aware of the issues surrounding urine-based testing:
- can not realistically be directly observed
- opiate cut-off level set too high to be effective
- does not detect oxycodone or hydrocodone
- subject to prevalent practices of adulteration and substituion.
… just to name a few

FYI, any drug screen done by Police resulting in a NON-NEGATIVE result, should be followed by an INDEPENDENT laboratory analysis done on a sample taken in less than one hour of the original sample.

The above is critical from two perspectives:
1. Quantitative GC/MS or LC/MS/MS analysis is virtually 100% accurate.
2. I agree, that an indepedent lab is appropriate vs. police relative to the second test.