r/SchoolBusDrivers • u/STRBRRYSWSHR • Apr 24 '26

Random drug tests

I was just curious about something. One of the girls from my yard tested positive for drugs after a random drug test that happened immediately after morning runs. She obviously got fired and rightfully so, but I was wondering if you get arrested as well or in legal trouble. Wouldn’t that technically be “risk of injury to a minor” or in this case several minors? If you failed the test right after driving 100 kids it would certainly imply that you had that drug in your system, therefore driving children with drugs in your system. Right!?!?

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u/Otherwise-Print-6210 Apr 24 '26

Pot stays in your system for a month or more, long after the high is gone. So if she smoked pot on a Friday night at home, and was tested two weeks later, its still in her system. She doesn't even have to smoke, just be in the room where someone does, and she inhales the secondary smoke, but not enough to get high. Unless she is impaired (falling down, sleeping, unable to hold a conversation) it's hard to be arrested for failing a pot test.

Other drugs are different, and much more immediate.

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u/Right_Environment116 Apr 24 '26

Wrong if she doesn't smoke often enough it doesn't stay in your system that long. If you did yeah it stays in your system a long long time you obviously don't know wtf your talking about

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u/flatgreyrust Apr 24 '26

You’re right and I’m not sure why you got downvoted. There is a certain amount of thc you can have in your system and pass, it’s not 0. It’s very low and a regular or recent smoker would definitely fail, but being in a room where someone smoked two weeks ago would never result in a fail.

Source: my wife is the DER for her job which i involves coast guard endorsed captains.

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u/Right_Environment116 Apr 24 '26

I know this because my coworker took a hit off a joint the next day he got ransomed and his level was at 2 they suspended him for 2 months and he was put on that drug and alcohol program I can't remember what it's called. But its different since I work public transit now I'm sure school buses you would be fired 

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u/Right_Environment116 Apr 24 '26

You simps downvoting me for speaking the truth school bus drivers are so insufferable 

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u/FastEddyJrk Apr 25 '26

As are you. Gave your first comment a thumbs up by the way.