Tuesday, September 01, 2009

Heard: Advice Needed

[Editors Note: this was an e-mail submitted looking for information re: upcoming internship.]

Hi, I am starting a congressional internship this fall....and I was wondering if they drug test. I don't think they do, from what I've read. I smoked a joint with a friend last night and just wanted to find out for sure.

Thanks!

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  1. Shaking my head.

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  2. Three times a week. Better shave your head.

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  3. you love poppyseed muffins.

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  4. Only if you are working heavy equipment, like a stapler.

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  5. I think you should give up the position, just in case they do.

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  6. The better question would be if anyone can recommend a good rehabilitation center, marijuana addict!

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  7. They do not. There are plenty of interns and staffers that get high.

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  8. instead of being judgemental, why doesnt someone give him/her a real answer?

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  9. I quite certain there wouldn't be any hill interns left, if they did.

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  10. No way. If they drug tested half of the staff and congressmen would fail

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  11. Not as a policy, though individual offices might, generally there are no drug tests on the Hill. Might be different for committees with security clearances, but then you'd get tested for your clearance anyway.

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  12. get off your high horses, it is a legitimate question.

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  13. Why can't people stop attempting to give their 2 cent morality and simply answer the question? this kind of information is key and needs to be known; frankly you can STOP someone from doing drugs if they know they'll be tested.
    Of course though, more people would rather give their opinion instead of disseminating proper information.

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  14. Does the Smithsonian drug test its interns?

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  15. they don't, but tell me which member are you interning for, and I'll let them know! :P

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  16. i have a friend who is interning on hill right now and he told me that he has never been tested and that he has never heard of drug tests for hill interns

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