Vacationing while in monitoring

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Hi I am going on a trip to Hawaii in October. I was told I may have to get tested there. I'm going to an all inclusive resort and I will not have a car to go to center to get drug tested. My case manager told me to take proof kits along I asked her will there be a fed ex place to drop them off to? She said there should be. Has anyone been in a similar situation? Has anyone been on vacation and was selected to drug test while on vacation? Any info or insight would be greatly appreciated 

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People have been asked to test on Vacation.  Look now for a fed ex location. If you need to Uber or Lyft to get there do it.

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In my state you can ask for a monitoring interruption.  I never asked for one when we went to the beach or mountains, but did when we went out of the country, on cruises, or to Disney.  I wonder why yours is so draconian.  Regardless, if you're going to a nice resort, I guarantee you that they have a FedEx pickup, maybe even daily. Call and ask the concierge.. 

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Thanks for some tips guys 

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Specializes in Psych, Addictions, SOL (Student of Life).

One year in to my program my father passed away. He had cancer but had been doing well in remission so it was sort of unexpected. He and my momlived in Hawaii at the time but wanted to bring him back for a funeral in our hometown. I did my research and found test sites aand meetings in the area where we were going, presented all of this to my DEC and instead they granted me an interuption. I had one more interuption for a nine day hiking/camping trip. 

Hppy

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Hawaii is a US state, so you may not get a "out of country exemption."  Most everyone I've spoke to, they tell their case manager that they are going out of the country on vacation.  Right when they come back, they are Peth tested by whole blood or the DBS dried blood spot test finger prick, which is Peth and all the other drugs.  That way, you don't hav to worry about foreign countries testing.

But in Hawaii, they said you can take Proof tests?  Is that the saliva test?  That is easy to do, as long as you have reliable internet connection.  Record yourself doing the saliva swab, package it up, just drop it off in a Fedex box.  I did that back in 2022 when covid was still a thing until the monitoring agency realized that alcohol etg do not stay in saliva for long at all and got rid of Proof tests as an option.

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Tested multiple times during monitoring over the years in TPAPN and had no problem finding a site in the US.

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Big Blondie said:

Tested multiple times during monitoring over the years in TPAPN and had no problem finding a site in the US.

I concur. I traveled all over the US after 2 years in monitoring. Twice I got an exemption from testing due to camping in the wilderness with boy scouts. 

Hppy

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hppygr8ful said:

I concur. I traveled all over the US after 2 years in monitoring. Twice I got an exemption from testing due to camping in the wilderness with boy scouts. 

Hppy

Was this after Covid?  

Because after covid, it is not easy to find a lab site that has enough hours and that's the last thing you want to do on vacation.  Much easier to ask for an exemption where you can just do a peth test when you get back from your trip.  Much easier and less stress.  The last thing you want is wondering each day if you have to check in and it will say that you need to stress.  Who wants to vacation like that?

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