Posted on 10/28/2010 1:38:10 PM PDT by JoeProBono
PITTSBURGH (AP) -- A Pennsylvania couple claims in a federal lawsuit filed Thursday that their newborn was taken by county officials when a drug test the mother took came out positive because she had eaten a poppy seed bagel.
The American Civil Liberties Union filed the suit on behalf of Elizabeth Mort and her fiance, Alex Rodriguez, against the Lawrence County Children and Youth Services and Jameson Health System.
The suit says the couple's 3-day-old daughter was taken from the couple's home and held for five days before authorities admitted they had made a mistake and returned the child......
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Never give a bagel access to the evidence locker key, and you won't have this problem!
From what I understand, that’s a legitimate concern.
It was for the children!
Elaine: Well, this you’re not gonna believe. I found out why I was testing positive for opium. Poppy seeds!
Jerry: Poppy seeds!
Yep. The poppy seed muffins at Costco are a big no-no too. However, I thought that this would only affect a “preliminary” drug test and a more stringent “second pass” would expose it as a false positive.
Maybe I’m wrong. I was wrong once in 1982 and it was a really icky feeling. I hope I’m not wrong this time.
‘Jameson Health System has a policy in which they test all patients in the maternity ward for drugs, the suit says. But Rose said the level that determines whether a result is positive for illegal drugs is low and not the standard used by many other entities, including the federal government.”
Well, it used to be a free country ...
Turns out he had been to the dentist the day before and received three injections of something called lidocaine(sp).
A few months later the drug testing company came back and proudly said, “oh, we've altered our questionnaire to include asking if they've been to the dentist and if they received any injections.”
I wonder how often these drug testing companies get the snot sued out of them?
Several bagels' worth.
Not only do I doubt that there is a bagel at the bottom of this, but I also doubt that a single positive drug test is the basis for their loss of custody.
Not to mention what your teeth look like after eating those poppy seeds...
Jameson Health System has a policy in which they test all patients in the maternity ward for drugs, the suit says. But Rose said the level that determines whether a result is positive for illegal drugs is low and not the standard used by many other entities, including the federal government.
The suit alleges CYS violated the couple's rights to due process by not doing a better investigation before taking the baby and alleges the hospital was negligent by administering a test that was flawed, among other things.
Do most hospitals do drug test on maternity patients without their knowledge?
Surprised they held the baby only five days. In my state, they would have kept the baby, farmed it out to a foster family at least once, put the mother in prison, and she would have needed years just to find the child, not to mention getting it back.
Guilty until proven innocent. Always, always, always in the eyes of Child Protective Services. Except, of course, when the child is actually and brutally abused by drug using mothers and their pusher boyfriends. Then the child is readily returned, and usually turns up the next time in the morgue.
Believe it. It happens.
I saw a test once, and a bagel wasn’t enough to set off the alarms. You’d need to eat many. Eating a slice of poppy seed cake would do you in though.
It's not that simple.
Bagels can be very wily.
I've seen bagels sneak up and take keys (and sometimes even money!) right out of someone's pocket and the person was never even aware.
The poppyseed ones are the worst. The onion ones can be pretty bad, too.
Always be on guard.
I had a doll with that exact facial expression.
WHAT THE HELL????
Are they doing this for some sort of kickback or something? What is their motivation?
I hope they get sued into OBLIVION and lose all their customers, whose medical privacy they have so little concern for.
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