Please help!Blood tests for cannabis

Sleepless123 · 25-04-2008, 10:00 PM

I need advise on how to advise a friend and she has asked for my advice on something and i have run out of ideas and feel a bit useless and she has helped me through a lot so desperately want to return the favour!Please help.

I dont know if this is the right place to put this but cos its to do with blood tests i put it here.

Basically she is a 29 year old adult living in supported/shared housing currently. Twice during this week she has been accused to the staff [by different residents] of taking cannabis in the house or a suspicion of this.

The staff have now asked her to get a blood test done in the next 24 to 48 hours to prove she hasnt. They told her the police would do this. However she has tried to ask her GP,the police and various hospitals today and nobody will do it for her. I have had no luck with finding other ideas for her either.

There are no staff there till Monday now and she is panicking.Also another girl who was accussed has apparently managed to get the test but wont tell her where and is now away for the weekend. I am now worried how it will look for my friend if she is the once who hasnt managed to get it done and so is she. All ideas are greatly appreciated!

Sorry for posting.

l'il esky · 25-04-2008, 10:15 PM

not really sure, maybe try walk in clinic. are there drug crisis centres where she could go to see advice. ooh maybe phone FRANK.(if in england, google frank) sorry not much help

Animad · 25-04-2008, 10:28 PM

I don't know. They can't really accuse her of not getting one if they haven't told her how to get one. If in England, Talk to Frank may help or if not you could always look it up on the net. I know cannabis can be detected in the blood in minute levels for quite some time after so they may not be bothered about getting it instantly.

Mandimoo · 26-04-2008, 07:08 PM

certainly in my area the only way to get a blood test is if a dr/police/court orders one. the blood request forms from the GP don't have a cannabis test on it so it appears to be a speciality that probably only the court or police could order.

maybe try ringing a private hospital?

or tell her that she has been advised that in order to get the blood test a formal accusation has to be taken to the police who will decide if a blood test is neccesary.
mand x