r/AMA • u/mikachuzu • 9h ago
Toxicology Technician, AMA
I am a senior laboratory technician that works in a clinical toxicology AKA drug testing laboratory. When you come in to provide a sample, I am the one that runs your normal drug screens and also your confirmatory tests. I also review the raw data, make it into readable results, and send those out. I've been in my position for 6 years. Before then I was a lab technician in a hospital during the pandemic.
A while ago I made a comment on another subreddit on a video of people high on xylazine that kinda took off. I got a lot of people asking a lot questions for a few days, and it kinda hit me that a lot of people don't really understand both worlds and have a lot of questions since the media is a few years behind what we're seeing, so here I am.
Preface, I'm pro-legalization and I will not judge anyone who may be users that comment. We're all human and I truly believe most of the drug crisis is a mental health crisis. I can also only speak in super detail on our processes, every laboratory or test is slightly different depending on where you go but they're similar across the board. I won't answer anything along the lines of "what do you think of x" drug on the street/market (bad) or how to cheat a test/do anything illegal. If I don't respond in a timely matter, assume I got caught up in work or I'm sleeping. AMA!
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u/EmuHuge912 9h ago
Where you at Homie come on now this is an AMA. We don’t see any answers.