artsalesman
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Hi all, first post here! I've been able to find a lot of info before actually registering so I'm already in your debt.
I was arrested three years ago for driving with ketamine and cocaine in my system. Biggest mistake of my life and I'm still paying for it now; luckily no-one was hurt. It was off the back of a few years being addicted to K which I've since gotten help for, kicked, and gotten my life back on track.
My ban was 18 months so I've been able to reapply for a while now but due to living in London pre-COVID I had no need for a car. That's changed now and I'm in the process of reapplying again.
I sent off the first medical questionnaire re: being addicted to drugs in the past. I've now received a letter this week with a second medical questionnaire enclosed – this time an M1 – due to the DVLA wanting to know more about some prior mental health issues which is fair enough. Based on what I've read here I can sense that a medical is probably around the corner, urine test and all.
In a moment of poor judgement and probably post-lockdown excitement, I recently took cocaine again for the first time in a very long while after having a few drinks. I'm so annoyed at myself; I barely drink at all and had been drug-free for well over a year.
I very carefully took a home urine test for cocaine this morning and tested negative. Given that it was Sunday when I last took coke, this makes sense; it's generally known to be out of your system within four days at the latest. Add this on to the fact that I exercise a lot and eat well, I must've metabolised it already.
The test I took was a 6-in-1 home test from Lloyds Pharmacy, so it's legit! The only thing is that the second line next to cocaine on the test was ever so slightly fainter than the other drugs which I definitely haven't touched. According to the instructions, however feint the line is it's still a negative. From what I can tell it implies some kind of presence in the urine but below the cut-off limit to fail the test.
The threshold for cocaine on the home test was 300ng/mL, which I'm apparently under. Does anybody know the cut-off amount in the DVLA drug test? It seems that the test I took is based off of widely accepted testing standards which allow for false positives. I guess another question is whether a trace amount of a drug that I have a history with (although not from an addiction standpoint) would cause them to dig deeper.
Sorry for the long one. Let me know if you need more details and I appreciate absolutely any help!
Thanks.
Edit: accidentally put my real name!
I was arrested three years ago for driving with ketamine and cocaine in my system. Biggest mistake of my life and I'm still paying for it now; luckily no-one was hurt. It was off the back of a few years being addicted to K which I've since gotten help for, kicked, and gotten my life back on track.
My ban was 18 months so I've been able to reapply for a while now but due to living in London pre-COVID I had no need for a car. That's changed now and I'm in the process of reapplying again.
I sent off the first medical questionnaire re: being addicted to drugs in the past. I've now received a letter this week with a second medical questionnaire enclosed – this time an M1 – due to the DVLA wanting to know more about some prior mental health issues which is fair enough. Based on what I've read here I can sense that a medical is probably around the corner, urine test and all.
In a moment of poor judgement and probably post-lockdown excitement, I recently took cocaine again for the first time in a very long while after having a few drinks. I'm so annoyed at myself; I barely drink at all and had been drug-free for well over a year.
I very carefully took a home urine test for cocaine this morning and tested negative. Given that it was Sunday when I last took coke, this makes sense; it's generally known to be out of your system within four days at the latest. Add this on to the fact that I exercise a lot and eat well, I must've metabolised it already.
The test I took was a 6-in-1 home test from Lloyds Pharmacy, so it's legit! The only thing is that the second line next to cocaine on the test was ever so slightly fainter than the other drugs which I definitely haven't touched. According to the instructions, however feint the line is it's still a negative. From what I can tell it implies some kind of presence in the urine but below the cut-off limit to fail the test.
The threshold for cocaine on the home test was 300ng/mL, which I'm apparently under. Does anybody know the cut-off amount in the DVLA drug test? It seems that the test I took is based off of widely accepted testing standards which allow for false positives. I guess another question is whether a trace amount of a drug that I have a history with (although not from an addiction standpoint) would cause them to dig deeper.
Sorry for the long one. Let me know if you need more details and I appreciate absolutely any help!
Thanks.
Edit: accidentally put my real name!
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