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[H8]Hair Drug Test Information
by Smart, Sma
Workplace drug testing has been an ever increasing trend in increasing the workforce of a company while off-putting costs due to incompetent and drug impaired employees and for this reason drug dependent individuals are always in search for ways to pass drug tests. They view drug testing as a menace for different reasons therefore looking for various ways to escape the test that has eventually led to an ever increasing growth of a market niche that help people pass drug testing. Online is the best place for you where you will find numerous products that claim to beat different kinds of drug tests from traditional urine and blood tests, to saliva and hair follicle drug testing?

Drug testing has not only become a mandatory for some companies due to several good reasons but it has become an initial requirement also for college admission by the use of sports scholarship or during a physical competition. It is said that shampoos and detox liquid solutions help erase drug residue in the hair and there are also certain home remedies to pass hair drug testing. But how far are they true is the question? It even claims that passing drug tests is easy. Well, it is true but there is the minute possibility in passing a hair drug tests, many would agree while others will not. Even I too fall in the second category because if it would have been totally impossible then people would not have bought those detox kits.

Anyway there are certain detox shampoos on the market for the drug dependent individuals claiming to remove drug traces in hair. These shampoos use different ingredients that help to remove common toxins such as marijuana, THC, nicotine, and alcohol right into the scalp of the hair. But research have shown that there are several methods through which hair can be scrutinize up to its smallest parts and can even detect the use of detoxifying shampoos. So in such cases hair drug examiners can pick over the cheaters easily. It is also said that blonde hair has a better chance of passing a hair drug test. Yes, it is true because it has been confirmed with studies proving that melatonin present in the hair can help increase drug level reading. Melatonin is a hair pigment and it is more numerous in black hair. It is believed that people can pass hair drug testing easily by changing their hair to a lighter color. This is a myth. Though not permanently but this is only a superficial solution similar to detox shampoos. You should understand that artificial hair coloring will not change the melatonin levels of an originally black hair and so dissolving drug sufficiently enough to pass hair drug testing is therefore not confirmed.

Therefore it could be concluded that the best and confirmed way to pass a hair drug test is to not take drugs at all. So it is essential that you avoid joining the hoopla of assuming that you can pass a hair drug test that will surely put you into greater trouble than you already are.

Drug tests are performed to determine whether a certain drug, or any of its metabolized traces, exists in a body part or product of a person. A hair drug test is conducted to determine the presence (or absence) of a particular drug in the hair samples of a subject. The primary significance of a hair drug test lies in its high degree of accuracy; usually a typical hair drug test would trace the subject's possible abuse of a particular drug to as far back as six months, especially for subjects who keep long hair. This is because the suspected substance of abuse gets encased in the hair shaft and is preserved there, making it easier for the tester to detect it even months after its use.
The process of performing a hair drug test is fairly simple. Hair samples are taken from any part of the subject's body, preferably from the head, and tested at a chemical laboratory for detecting the presence of different kinds of drugs including marijuana, cocaine, opiates (morphine, codeine etc.), and amphetamines (e.g. Ecstasy). It is not very useful for subjects to try to get a negative result by shaving their head because hair samples from other body parts also provide evidence of drug abuse. Further, in case hair is not available, hair follicles can be tested for a particular class of drug without affecting the accuracy of the test. This can be much more painful for the subject on account of the extraction of hair follicles out of the skin.
A hair drug test should always be performed at an accredited chemical laboratory, showing whether the drug exists (positive) in the hair or not (negative). The result also shows, in case of a positive result, whether the subject is an occasional or high-level user. Efficient laboratories usually provide the test's result in two days after receiving the sample. It is important not to mix hair from different body parts in a single sample i.e. hair collected from head are not to be mixed with that from the body. Also, samples collected from hairbrush, or some other object of use, are not recommended for testing.
Conducting a hair drug test of prospective employees is a growing trend in the US despite the cons of hair drug testing. While advocates of hair drug test stress that the results are not affected significantly by usual treatments like shampooing or dying etc., some studies claim that hair washed with certain brands of shampoos show a significantly lower concentration of drugs. Hair testing procedures have also been criticized for being racially biased, particularly against Africans. Further, hair tests may not prove sensitive for certain kinds of drugs, e.g. pot. Despite these points of criticism, the trend of using a hair drug test for determining a history of drug abuse is on a rise in the US.
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