If You Snort A Couple Of Adderalls Does It Show Up In A Drug Test?

[TexasTowelie]

Much has been made of Trump's snorting and sniffling at the debates. So Saturday, Mr. Projection Man suggested that Hillary was hopped up on drugs and that they should both agree to a drug test. Great idea-- and I suggested it an hour into the first debate when he was so obviously out of his mind on something he tooted before he went out on stage. Many have said cocaine, though I subsequently found out through his former doctor's office that it was Adderall.

Since Trump was in New Hampshire Saturday morning, ostensibly to address the state's serious opioid problem, what better time to accuse his opponent who is leading him in every poll in the state by increasing numbers, of being a drug abuser? (The RealClearPolitics polling average shows Hillary beating him in the Granite State by 3.6 points. The most recent poll, from U. Mass shows her up by 6 points-- 45-39% among likely voters). But he was in Portsmouth and none of the Republican candidates in state where anywhere in sight (just Jeff Sessions and Rudy Giuliani), so he decided to channel his rage into claiming Hillary had been "getting pumped up" before the last two debates. He then described his own state of drug abuse and attributed it to her, claiming, for example, that "at the beginning of her last debate, she was all pumped up at the beginning, and at the end it was like, huff, take me down." Tens of millions of Americans had seen that had been Trump, not Hillary. Anyway, as you can hear on the video above, Trump wants drug tests. Hillary should call him on it. And, while we're at it, how about an evaluation by a panel of impartial psychologists and psychiatrists?

I'm not taking the Wikileaks revelations all that seriously. There's no way of knowing how much of it is doctored Russian propaganda and how much is real. So I'm basically ignoring it all. Although, when investigating the numerous claims about Trump's cocaine use back in his Studio 54 days, I did stumble across a report from Kenneth Vogel in Saturday's Politico about how Clinton operatives tested out a line of attack against candidate Obama in 2008 that involved his own admitted youthful cocaine use. They never used it. But he wasn't sniffling like a mad dog on the debate stage.

http://downwithtyranny.blogspot.com/2016/10/if-you-snort-couple-of-adderalls-does.html

[Drunken Irishman]

1. Probably.

Even a five-panel drug test (the urine test that tests the fewest amount of drugs) tests for amphetamines, which Adderall is. So, if someone snorts Adderall, they'll test positive for amphetamines.

[LeftInTX]

2. Yes

[pnwmom]

3. The problem with drug testing is that there is a significant false positive rate.

If you give it to a group of people not at risk for drug use, there will be more false positives than real positives.

Besides the fact that it's demeaning, I wouldn't want to subject Hillary or any other Democrat to that risk. There is no reason for most of the drug testing we're doing already. Why set this example -- and encourage even more widespread testing -- except to make bigger profits for the test makers?

[ColemanMaskell]

5. Agreed that drug tests are not reliable tools, especially with innocent unsuspecting non-users

[ColemanMaskell]

4. Apparently he could detoxify -- but would need to abstain for 48 hours first for best results

But presumably he could take more Aderall right after giving the urine sample.

Here are some relevant links

http://www.passadrugtestingforall.com/super-quick-caps-p-2700.html

http://www.passadrugtestingforall.com/facts-about-panel-urine-test-a-89.html

Excerpt:

How to Pass a 5-Panel Urine Test

Whether you need to take a 5-panel or extended drug test, a detox drink is an effective way to flush your urinary system clean. These drinks enhance the body's own cleaning mechanisms, so you can have clean urine within an hour.

Over time, drug metabolites will accumulate in your urine again, so the effects are temporary. Even so, you will have a few hours in which to safely submit a urine sample.

If you prefer, you can also get a similar product in pill form. Some people prefer these because they're easier to carry and store. The effect is much the same, but they usually involve drinking more water with them.