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What Causes False Positive Drug Test Result For Alcohol?
I am in drug court program an yesterday I was told I got a positive for alcoh on a redwood drug screen I didn t change anything in my daily routine I don t understand how I got that we usually go thru a different company norchem an I don t get positives with them but they switched it last Friday an now they telling me it s positive for alcohol so I GCMS it today the thing is if it comes back positive again I do double the time please help
Tue, 30 Jun 2015
Hello.
Please avoid things like mouth wash, cough syrup, etc; that have a certain amount of alcohol in them. Check whatever you eat and consume to avoid returning a positive result. Wait for another 2 days with a strict liquid diet and then go ahead with a retest.
Best wishes
Please avoid things like mouth wash, cough syrup, etc; that have a certain amount of alcohol in them. Check whatever you eat and consume to avoid returning a positive result. Wait for another 2 days with a strict liquid diet and then go ahead with a retest.
Best wishes
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