What happens if a student drinks wine as part of a religious ceremony, and alcohol shows up on a drug test as a result? (private college, public school)
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What kind of a religious ceremony would have a "student" drink enough wine for it to show up in a test that a school pays for? Is the child an athlete who is randomly tested? For alcohol consumption?
What kind of a religious ceremony would have a "student" drink enough wine for it to show up in a test that a school pays for? Is the child an athlete who is randomly tested? For alcohol consumption?
What kind of a religious ceremony would have a "student" drink enough wine for it to show up in a test that a school pays for? Is the child an athlete who is randomly tested? For alcohol consumption?
Just curious.
That is a good question. Most churches that use wine for communion (Lutherans, Episcopalians) either have you take a sip from a common cup or serve it in these tiny plastic cups that don't hold more than about a tablespoon, and they're not usually filled to the brim.
There’s probably more alcohol in a swig of mouthwash than a sip of communion wine, so I wouldn’t worry about drug testing for that. Besides, no public school can discriminate against a student for practicing his/her religion. I guess a private college could. But imagine administrators or coaches kicking a kid off a team....because he went church! I don’t think that would be a newspaper headline any college president would want to see.
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I thought alcohol was processed quickly out of our bodies, so unless the test was within an hour of two of consumption, it would not show up.
I think that's a common misconception. I'm not sure where all the information that people process a drink an hour comes from. In a urine test, it can be detected up to 80 hours after consumption.
If you are at all concerned, just pass on the wine, or pretend to drink it. Not worth stressing over imo
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