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I’ve heard the terms ‘false positive’ and ‘false negative’ used relating to drug testing. What do they mean?

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I’ve heard the terms ‘false positive’ and ‘false negative’ used relating to drug testing. What do they mean?

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The term false positive is frequently misused. The term false positive is often used when a person has a positive drug test, but didn’t knowingly take a banned substance or “illegal” substance. A true false positive would be an instance where a substance is identified incorrectly.