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Tested positive for drugs i dont do

Hello, i need your help.  I have been on pain medicine for 20 years well i started going to a pain management doctor about 2 years ago.  I absolutely loved this clinic.  I went in every month and every month i gave my urine sample.  I never worried about it cause i knew i didnt do illicit drugs,  well last month i went in and the nurse practitioner said and showed me the results that i tested positive for methamphetines and morphine, i was shocked and humiliated and i started crying really bad,  i asked to speak with the doctor cause i knew this was a terrible mistake,  when the nurse walked out , she was gone for about 10 minutes and then he came back and handed me a letter and he said,  the doctor is not coming in here and he has decided to drop you from his care cause we do not tolerate illicit drug use
I couldnt believd it.  My question is does this mean that i can never go to a pain doctor?  Am i black balled from now on.  I am in the process of looking for another pain doctor but im afraid the new doctor is gonna ask me about why i was dropped from the other doctors care and then the new doctor isnt gonna see me.  Please help,  im innocent and i dont know what to do.  I live im texas.  Please i need answers.
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19499155 tn?1478831919
I know, for a fact ,that urine tests are not accurate.My pain specialist doctor and I tried 4 separate tests-Not 1 came back as it should have-I was on morphine then-about 400 mgs a day-3 tests came back saying no morphine in my system-1 came back showing cocaine-no |I don't and 2 came back showing THC-no I haven't in years.According to McMasters pain guideline patients are supposed to be asked by their doctor if they wan't to divulge anything before a pee test-not spring it on them.
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1999214 tn?1475367159
I was in treatment in 2009 and tested positive for Marijuana in a Urine Sample. I knew I was clean. Had been for over 8 months. Fact is, false positives happen. Those tests are not 100% accurate. So, I went and had a hair test done. It cost me 40$ but it vindicated me. Those tests are admissible in court and are far more accurate.
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