tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17043579.post84981276707432..comments2023-10-16T05:45:16.388-05:00Comments on Never that Easy: *But literally: just enough.Never That Easyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04008749218695113192noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17043579.post-26969715728120418992014-07-18T15:58:30.440-05:002014-07-18T15:58:30.440-05:00You are awesome. You don't have to put much ef...You are awesome. You don't have to put much effort in.<br /><br />I'm so very sorry this happened today. It's absolutely baffling and I don't think you said the wrong thing at all. What do you say? What can you do? An addict who cleans up can prove they're clean by testing negative. But it would be too easy for someone dealing their prescription meds to take a dose in order to test positive. <br /><br />Of course, if you <i>were</i> doing that, you'd have taken a single dose when you went to the pain clinic, because that's exactly the sort of thing a drug-dealer would know about...<br /><br />It's a terrible rule. It's a terrible system. You've been a good patient, doing all the "right" things... it really is terrible.<br /><br />The only weird thought that comes to mind is that I'm aware that if you were worried about your teenage kid taking drugs, you could take a hair and send it off to be tested for opiates and some other drugs. I've no idea of costs, what drugs they can look for or whether a pain clinic could be swayed by such information. I only mention it just in case it's not occurred to you.<br /><br />Hope you are able to relax a little, somehow. Thinking of you. Will e-mail soon.The Goldfishhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15213378454070776331noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17043579.post-78157400503633913102014-07-18T15:58:29.626-05:002014-07-18T15:58:29.626-05:00You are awesome. You don't have to put much ef...You are awesome. You don't have to put much effort in.<br /><br />I'm so very sorry this happened today. It's absolutely baffling and I don't think you said the wrong thing at all. What do you say? What can you do? An addict who cleans up can prove they're clean by testing negative. But it would be too easy for someone dealing their prescription meds to take a dose in order to test positive. <br /><br />Of course, if you <i>were</i> doing that, you'd have taken a single dose when you went to the pain clinic, because that's exactly the sort of thing a drug-dealer would know about...<br /><br />It's a terrible rule. It's a terrible system. You've been a good patient, doing all the "right" things... it really is terrible.<br /><br />The only weird thought that comes to mind is that I'm aware that if you were worried about your teenage kid taking drugs, you could take a hair and send it off to be tested for opiates and some other drugs. I've no idea of costs, what drugs they can look for or whether a pain clinic could be swayed by such information. I only mention it just in case it's not occurred to you.<br /><br />Hope you are able to relax a little, somehow. Thinking of you. Will e-mail soon.The Goldfishhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15213378454070776331noreply@blogger.com