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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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