I got a question

[UNMorBUST]

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Oh I know. And they didn't even have to get degrees to get into some of the jobs they got into. They totally screwed over Gen X.

So how do you plan to resolve this issue?

 

[pharmaceeforme]

LOL I am at least happy that I created this thread for comic relief.

 

[PharmOl]

PharmOl, can I change your quote to "I do Meth", instead of "I do Math" 😀

You can put that as your own quote. I won't mind 😀

 

[PharmOl]

Oh I know. And they didn't even have to get degrees to get into some of the jobs they got into. They totally screwed over Gen X.

Granted, some seriously assume they know what "real hard times" are and love-love-LOVE to remind us that at every opportunity.

 

[whatbout2morrow]

I don't know, I'd like to be in a sane, sober state while I verify prescriptions, but that's just me.

Lol I can see it all now.

Patient X into his neighborhood pharmacy. The pharmacist is on duty alone as it isn't time for the techs to come in yet. The pharmacist is still a little "out of it" from partying too hard last night. Patient X hands over the prescription he got from "High"way Pain Clinics. The pharmacist takes it, and dispenses some viagra instead of vicodin, some diovan instead of diazepam, some ondansetron instead of oxazepam, and some amoxil instead of ambien....

Ha ha... just a pointless story I imagined just a second ago.

 

[UNMorBUST]

he got from "High"way Pain Clinics.

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[diastole]

At my school, we had to take a drug test before school started and I think we might have to take one again but I haven't received anything on that so I don't know if it is true. There are no random tests. So if a student wanted to use illegal drugs, they could safely do so as long as they stopped in time for the next test assuming we have one.

 

[pharmaceeforme]

At my school, we had to take a drug test before school started and I think we might have to take one again but I haven't received anything on that so I don't know if it is true. There are no random tests. So if a student wanted to use illegal drugs, they could safely do so as long as they stopped in time for the next test assuming we have one.

first normal post. Thankyou.

 

[deleted329060]

Lol I can see it all now.

Patient X into his neighborhood pharmacy. The pharmacist is on duty alone as it isn't time for the techs to come in yet. The pharmacist is still a little "out of it" from partying too hard last night. Patient X hands over the prescription he got from "High"way Pain Clinics. The pharmacist takes it, and dispenses some viagra instead of vicodin, some diovan instead of diazepam, some ondansetron instead of oxazepam, and some amoxil instead of ambien....

Ha ha... just a pointless story I imagined just a second ago.

dude, how did the pharmacist **** up so badly? those tablets don't even look the same!

 

[diastole]

dude, how did the pharmacist **** up so badly? those tablets don't even look the same!

It's a totally made up story. People on this thread are assuming that anyone who does drugs in their free time will a) steal drugs at work and/or b) come to work impaired. I think that reasoning is ridiculous. For example, when I was younger, I used to break the law on a regular basis by consuming alcohol before I was 21. However, I never even thought to steal alcohol and I never even came close to showing up at work drunk. Sure, I thought the alcohol laws were stupid and didn't follow them but I did recognize the importance of not stealing and doing a good job at work. Why people think other people can't make such judgments if they use drugs is beyond me.

 

[charfdorn]

first normal post. Thankyou.

I got a question: How come all you people don't post the subject of your question in the subject line? Grrr that irks me.

Anyway, you can't ask that question without looking like you want to get away with something. I haven't been drug tested by my school, but remember that your "friend" will almost certainly be drug tested by every employer she has for the rest of her life.

Since this thread is nothing but moral judgment anyway, if you need a friend to ask that question on an anonymous Internet forum, I don't think I want you filling my prescriptions, and if you think you're helping your friend by doing it, you're wrong.

 

[diastole]

Anyway, you can't ask that question without looking like you want to get away with something. I haven't been drug tested by my school, but remember that your "friend" will almost certainly be drug tested by every employer she has for the rest of her life.

Is that true? I keep wanting to ask the pharmacists I come in contact with if they get drug tested but I don't because I'm afraid they will think I want to do drugs. In reality, I'm just curious. Generally, I think that the lower paying jobs require drug testing whereas the employers generally leave the professionals alone. I was wondering how often pharmacists get tested, if at all. One of the pharmacists I worked with told me this story about how she had to get drug tested because C-IIs were being stolen from her store but that sounded like a special case.

 

[rxlea]

If they drug tested all the professionals/residents in a hospital, they would probably can a lot of people for popping pills or snorting cocaine.

 

[whatbout2morrow]

Is that true? I keep wanting to ask the pharmacists I come in contact with if they get drug tested but I don't because I'm afraid they will think I want to do drugs. In reality, I'm just curious. Generally, I think that the lower paying jobs require drug testing whereas the employers generally leave the professionals alone. I was wondering how often pharmacists get tested, if at all. One of the pharmacists I worked with told me this story about how she had to get drug tested because C-IIs were being stolen from her store but that sounded like a special case.

It depends on where you work. Some retail companies will ask for a drug test after you receive your conditional hire and then may randomly test.

 

[whatbout2morrow]

It's a totally made up story. People on this thread are assuming that anyone who does drugs in their free time will a) steal drugs at work and/or b) come to work impaired. I think that reasoning is ridiculous. For example, when I was younger, I used to break the law on a regular basis by consuming alcohol before I was 21. However, I never even thought to steal alcohol and I never even came close to showing up at work drunk. Sure, I thought the alcohol laws were stupid and didn't follow them but I did recognize the importance of not stealing and doing a good job at work. Why people think other people can't make such judgments if they use drugs is beyond me.

It's nice that you never stole from work nor came to work impaired. But just because you didn't, it doesn't make it safe to assume that no one else will.
Hate to break it to you but companies like trying to look good and moral. And if by some chance, through some random drug test, you are caught with your pants down....

 

[charfdorn]

Is that true? I keep wanting to ask the pharmacists I come in contact with if they get drug tested but I don't because I'm afraid they will think I want to do drugs. In reality, I'm just curious. Generally, I think that the lower paying jobs require drug testing whereas the employers generally leave the professionals alone. I was wondering how often pharmacists get tested, if at all. One of the pharmacists I worked with told me this story about how she had to get drug tested because C-IIs were being stolen from her store but that sounded like a special case.

You know, I just assumed, with the way people drug test in every field these days, that pharmacists wouldn't be exempt. I'll ask around.

 

[diastole]

It's nice that you never stole from work nor came to work impaired. But just because you didn't, it doesn't make it safe to assume that no one else will.
Hate to break it to you but companies like trying to look good and moral. And if by some chance, through some random drug test, you are caught with your pants down....

I never assumed that nobody would steal drugs or be impaired at work. Of course there are people like that. But many people on this forum seem to automatically assume that if someone wants to smoke pot at a party that they are on this path to doom where they are going to endanger patients or steal from their employers. That's just crazy. Some people can compartmentalize their behavior but the posters on this forum don't seem to ever account for that. One joint is the sign of a life of tragedy. It is quite comical.