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Susan Horton had been a stay-at-home mom for almost 20 years, and now—pregnant with her fifth child—she felt a hard-won confidence in herself as a mother.

Then she ate a salad from Costco.

Horton didn’t realize that she would be drug-tested before her child’s birth. Or that the poppy seeds in her salad could trigger a positive result on a urine drug screen, the quick test that hospitals often use to check pregnant patients for illicit drugs. Many common foods and medications—from antacids to blood pressure and cold medicines—can prompt erroneous results.

If Horton had been tested under different circumstances—for example, if she was a government employee and required to be tested as part of her job—she would have been entitled to a more advanced test and to a review from a specially trained doctor to confirm the initial result.

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[–] [email protected] 135 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (3 children)
[–] Wrench 90 points 2 months ago (1 children)

There was even a Mythbuster episode where they confirmed it. IIRC, their test popped reliably after two bagels.

[–] Sarmyth 35 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Yeah it was a good episode. They were blown away.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 months ago (1 children)

The last thing I saw about this very topic had mentioned that most newer tests did not have this false positive issue, but many older tests did.

[–] [email protected] 19 points 2 months ago (2 children)

More reliable tests cost more money and the hospitals won't pay for it (often, anyway).

[–] ZoopZeZoop 12 points 2 months ago (2 children)

You'd think they'd opt for it after the cheaper test popped positive before people lost their jobs or children.

[–] Sleezy_Salesman 10 points 2 months ago

You'd think they'd just pass the cost of the better test on at an 8000% markup like they do with everything else.

[–] Snowclone 5 points 2 months ago (1 children)

They can just do a definitive test before reporting, that would solve all of this.

[–] ZoopZeZoop 5 points 2 months ago

Isn't that what I said?

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 months ago

Sorry we took your new born away, but ya know, we just can't afford a better test.

[–] [email protected] 21 points 2 months ago

I remember myth busters testing this

[–] [email protected] 12 points 2 months ago

Also that Seinfeld episode.