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To: bart13 who wrote (129612)	2/2/2017 4:02:08 PM
From: Elroy Jetson	1 Recommendation Recommended By Cogito Ergo Sum Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 217576

Roughly 10% to 20% of humans have addiction problems, and it's the same all around the world and it's been the same throughout time. What's amusing is you think addiction problems has something to do with our education system. When I was young I was surprised how many attorneys and other well-paid people at a company like Chevron were alcoholics. Chevron only took action when the people they reported to felt their alcohol use was interfering with their job. So attorneys would openly carry around their china tea cups down the hall filled with bourbon as they took a short break from their work. I once needed an approval signature from someone and thought he was dead - motionless with his eyes open even as I waved my hand in front of his face. My co-worker suggested I "try him again in the morning when he's fresh." I've long since realized people in less tolerant situations merely hide their addictions better. Drug testing typically identifies people who have used drugs sometime in the past 3 weeks. Hiring for a very responsible position at Weyerhauser, the CFO would tell applicants they would need to stop using marijuana and other drugs for three weeks before they took the mandatory drug test as part of the hiring process. He would then schedule the drug test for 3 week into the future. It frustrated him how many successful applicants for $100k plus jobs would subsequently fail the drug test they knew about in advance simply because they didn't give up their periodic drug use for 3 weeks. If companies tested for drug and alcohol use in the 1950s the problem would have been the same.

To: bart13 who wrote (129612)	2/2/2017 4:03:43 PM
From: ggersh	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 217576

Yep it certainly sounds like those FED gov's came right outta Hawfard, Yale, and the rest of the ivy league shit schools.

To: bart13 who wrote (129612)	2/2/2017 4:28:33 PM
From: Elroy Jetson	1 Recommendation Recommended By Pogeu Mahone Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 217576

An incredible 46% of anesthesiologists have been through the California drug diversion program after they were caught using the drugs they have access to. This is the result of two factors. 1.) The drugs they have access to are very pleasant and physically addictive; 2.) The drugs they use are tightly monitored with used and unused vials checked back into the pharmacy after each surgery along with real-time record-keeping of the amount administered during each procedure. Infrequent quantitative tests of used vials to determine if the the liquid remaining in a used vial is pure Fentanyl or has been diluted is all it takes to determine if the anesthesiologist or pharmacist is using. A 2008 study states, "Fifteen years after the original article, 'Opioid Addiction in Anesthesiology', was published, addiction still remains a major issue in the anesthesia workplace. Between 1991–2001, 80% of U.S. anesthesiology residency programs reported experience with impaired residents, and 19% reported at least one pretreatment fatality." - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov Ultimately a large, but poorly documented, percentage of anesthesiologists with recurrent usage of their drugs are redirected into other medical specialties where they don't have access to these drugs. - wvmphp.org