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HAIR DRUG TEST

DRUG TESTS• THERE ARE A DIFFERENT TYPES

OF DRUG TESTS AND EACH REQUIRES DIFFERENT KINDS OF SPECIMEN FOR ANALYSIS. ONE OF WHICH IS THE USE OF HAIR SAMPLE FOR DRUG TEST.

• MORE PRECISE

• NON-OFFENSIVE

• DOES NOT REQUIRE ISOLATED AREA FOR SAMPLE COLLECTION

SUBSTANCE ABUSE AND MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES ADMINISTRATION

• “SAMHSA” REQUIRES MOST EMPLOYERS TO SCREEN FOR 5 COMMONLY USED DRUGS

• AMPHETAMINES

• COCAINE

•MARIJUANA

• OPIATES

• PHENCYCLIDINE (PCP)

DRUG METABOLITES IN THE HAIR• DRUG METABOLITES CAN BE

FOUND IN THE BODY FLUIDS AND ON THE HAIR. DRUG TEST ANALYZES THE INNER PORTION OF THE HAIR; THE HAIR CORTEX. DRUG METABOLITES CAN STILL BE FOUND IN THE HAIR EVEN AS HAIR FOLLICLES DEVELOP.

HAIR SAMPLE•WHAT TO CHECK FOR IN YOUR HAIR SAMPLE

• ABOUT AN INCH AND A HALF LONG

• 50-100 STRANDS

• HAIR MUST BE CUT NEAREST TO THE SCALP

• BODY HAIR CAN ALSO BE TESTED

• FALLEN HAIR IS NOT A GOOD SAMPLE FOR AGE OF THE HAIR CANNOT BE DETERMINED AND AS TO WHOSE HAIR IT WAS

• PRIOR TO USE, IT USUALLY TAKES 5 DAYS FOR DRUG METABOLITES TO REACH THE SCALP. THUS, HAIR DRUG TEST CANNOT BE CONDUCTED JUST AFTER DRUG USE.

• HAIR DRUG TEST IS CAPABLE OF DRUG DETECTION WHICH HAPPENED FOR THE PAST 3 MONTHS

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