What Can A Hospital Do With Drug Screen Info?
If the hospital called the police for every ER patient who tested positive on a drug screen, the police would probably have a station in the ER. They do not. Draw what conclusion you will. The police would in any case need to have a subpoena or warrant to get that information, and as Palmcorder Yajna notes, it would be subject to evidentiary rules. I believe it’s not illegal to have mood-altering drugs in your system unless you are driving. (Being high doesn’t count as possession under the law, in other words.) There is “public intoxication,” which you could conceivably get nabbed for if you are behaving erratically, but that’s usually a misdemeanor in jurisdictions where it is a crime at all. In the U.S. it is entirely up to the state to set such laws. In Montana, for example, not only is public intoxication not a crime, it is illegal for the police to even keep a record that you were detained for being a danger to yourself or others (which they can do in such cases). Very much in kee
