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Krista Wenz has been on thousands of interview panels hiring EMS professionals and firefighters for public and private agencies.
The interviewer advises you of their pre-employment drug screen and asks if you'll pass, so they can decide if they want to continue with you in the hiring process. Agencies invest a lot of money in hiring employees, and they want to avoid sending you for a drug test if you will not pass. Working with narcotics and prescription medications requires employers to be diligent in who they hire.

Krista Wenz has been on thousands of interview panels hiring EMS professionals and firefighters for public and private agencies.
"No, passing a drug test will not be an issue. I do not use drugs and never plan to."

Krista Wenz has been on thousands of interview panels hiring EMS professionals and firefighters for public and private agencies.
"There will not be an issue passing the drug screen as I do not take illicit or prescription drugs."

Krista Wenz has been on thousands of interview panels hiring EMS professionals and firefighters for public and private agencies.
"No, not at all. I never have and will never use any drug. I have seen too many people's lives ruined by drug addiction, and it was never a path I wanted to take."
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