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If a person was fired for a positive drug test can that employer disclose to potential employers what drug they tested positive for?
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Certainly. An employer violates no law by giving an honest reference on a former employee. If someone tested positive for cocaine and was fired, the employer can tell anyone who asks that the employee was fired for that reason.

Rational employers would re-test the sample with a sensitive (and always more expensive) test before firing. And then would have no qualms about honestly reporting the reason for firing.

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