| Hair follicle drug testing is a new alternative to | | | | follicles, a marginal but traceable amount of the |
| urine testing which is more reliable is easier to | | | | drug is left on the hair follicle. Even after the hair |
| conduct. Unlike urine drug testing where the | | | | follicle grows out, a trace amount of the drug is |
| collection of the sample requires privacy and thus | | | | still left there which could be detected in the |
| promotes a multitude of evasion methods. Hair | | | | laboratory. |
| follicle drug testing is much more reliable since it | | | | A half inch of hair sample could resolve into a |
| goes back up to 90 days depending on the test | | | | 30-day history of drug abuse after being |
| and the type of test conducted. | | | | subjected to hair follicle drug testing. If the sample |
| The only sample required is hair of the subject | | | | as 1.5 inches long, the rule of thumb dictates that |
| which is analyzed to detect evidence of drug | | | | up to 90 days of drug abuse history can be |
| abuse. As usual with any abuse detection test in | | | | ascertained. People who are contemplating shaving |
| the market, there are products which are | | | | their heads to evade the test could use the fact |
| purportedly capable of cheating the hair follicle | | | | that body hair could also be used to test for |
| drug testing process and returning a clean result. | | | | drugs. The result of the tests is not affected by |
| The more prominent among these that are doing | | | | the use of bleaches or shampoos of any kind. It |
| brisk business over the internet are the so called | | | | would be comforting to know that second hand |
| cleansing shampoos. They only succeed in cleaning | | | | smoke of weed is not detected in hair follicle drug |
| the exterior of the hair and leave the inside with | | | | testing. |
| trace amounts of illegal drugs as evidence. | | | | Hair follicle drug testing is precise and sophisticated |
| In contrast, there are masking agents available to | | | | process, the low point being that it is also a slow |
| cheat the urine drug tests that are in wide use | | | | process. A proper hair follicle test could take as |
| right now. Just the fact that in most cases the | | | | long as 3 months before the results are returned. |
| urine samples are collected in privacy enables the | | | | This obstinate delay in the availability of the result |
| subject to provide a falsified or tampered sample | | | | puts many people off, but the accuracy of the |
| for the test. Hair follicle drug testing is better on | | | | results and the general reliability of the method is |
| this front because the person in charge of the | | | | an advantage that surely overrides any |
| test can personally collect a sample and ensure | | | | drawbacks of this process. |
| that there will be no tampering of the sample. | | | | The amusing fact is that no matter whether you |
| Conducting a hair follicle drug test is child's play | | | | chose to agree with the credibility of hair follicle |
| with all those do-it-yourself drug test kits available | | | | drug testing or not, this testing methodology is |
| in the market today. All you have to do is order a | | | | gaining wide opinion and devout followers. The |
| test over the internet and once the kit arrives, | | | | future would see the elimination of urine drug |
| just follow the instructions on it accurately. Hair | | | | tests in favor of this test for sure. The odds |
| follicle drug testing works on the principle that | | | | weigh in favor of the hair follicle drug tests, and |
| when a drug is injected (or otherwise infused) into | | | | for obvious reasons. |
| the blood stream which nourishes the growing hair | | | | |