| Today people have a fair amount of knowledge | | | | radioimmunoassay screen on all hair samples. If |
| (or at least think they do) about how to fool a | | | | this hair follicle drug test is seen to be positive, |
| home drug test. You don't really need to be a | | | | another confirmatory test is used that uses gas |
| professional to understand the manner in which it | | | | chromatography/mass spectrometry (GC/MS) so |
| is done. All that you need to do is to Google a bit | | | | that there is no doubt about the positive nature |
| and you will be provided with detailed instructions | | | | of the test. This is the reason why the GC/MS is |
| on how a home drug test can be cheated. These | | | | considered the gold standard for all home drug |
| methods include adding certain chemicals or | | | | testing. |
| detoxifying agents to the sample that is being | | | | When some people say that a prescription |
| sent for drug testing, changing the characteristics | | | | medication cross-reacted with their urine drug |
| of the sample by heat and more. So if you are | | | | test, you may be in a bit of a bind - how do you |
| the one administering the drug test, you might be | | | | prove this was not true? However, in the hair |
| wondering what you can do to get the best | | | | drug test, techniques are used that are far more |
| results considering what you're up against! | | | | particular and precise, so you don't have this |
| The good news is that hair drug testing doesn't | | | | problem. |
| have the same disadvantages as other types of | | | | Hair drug testing is a major player in the world of |
| drug testing and is the thing you need to stay | | | | drug testing, especially when you consider that |
| ahead of the game. Hair drug testing, which has | | | | each half inch of hair submitted represents 30 |
| become a standard method of testing for various | | | | days, and the submission of 1.5 inches of hair will |
| drugs in the US, has a very effective premise. | | | | tell you a 90 day drug history (a length of time |
| Since hair growth is stimulated by the blood in the | | | | that is industry standard in consumer tests). |
| system, the metabolized drug enters the hair | | | | Still, it takes 5 to 6 days for drugs to show up in |
| follicle and grows in the hair cortex. This means | | | | the hair. For those 5 to 6 days hair drug testing |
| that the hair drug test cannot be fooled by | | | | cannot help you. But fortunately, all the blanks can |
| shampoos and conditioners that can only cover | | | | be filled by other drug tests, urine and saliva |
| the hair follicle on the exterior. The drugs are | | | | based. From an hour after drug administration all |
| deep in the hair. | | | | the way to 90 days later, there is some |
| Then when the hair is analyzed by the laboratory, | | | | affordable way to detect drug use, don't worry! |
| it is liquefied. The drug traces are then released | | | | Try as you might to fool it, home drug testing |
| from inside the hair. Maybe then shampoos could | | | | has got you covered, especially in the area of hair |
| get to them, but by then it is too late. | | | | drug testing. |
| The hair laboratory drug test uses a | | | | |