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