I think this guy Michael Barnes is absolutely off his rocker and seems like a dangerous person. He runs or manages the drug testing business in Gunnison and can be extremely volatile. He’s also the country coroner, an elected official. His demeanor is our business as voters.

I had made a mistake with a dui and was on probation and this guy screamed and yelled at me because I was having trouble peeing after my hernia surgery. I did pee, with a lot of strain; and eventually I did provide a sample that came back clean. But this was after he accused me of being dirty and screamed at me in his office, in front of numerous people; with zero basis whatsoever. He harassed me and told me that I was just dirty and I was going to go to jail. Again, I did end up pushing so hard I hurt myself to provide a sample and it was clean.

As a testimony to my character, my probation officer discontinued drug testing because of how negative the owner of this facility was towards me personally. And the Gunnison probation department is NOT the sort to be lenient with this sort of thing.

Not to mention the guy overcharges for a service that is the most expensive in the whole state. You can get drug tests done for much cheaper in many other places than you can here. I tend to think it’s probably because more money is pocketed in light of their little monopoly.

I’m not on probation anymore. It’s not like this guy got me in trouble. But I do feel the need to warn people about him.

EDIT; the pushing to urinate was not what caused the hernia. This was after hernia surgery

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