What type of drugs can be detected in a standard hair test?
Essentially all sorts of drugs can be detected along wih consumption patterns by hair follicle testing. Natables are cocaine (cocaine & benzoylecgonine), marijuana, opiates (Codeine, Morphine & 6-monacteyl morphine), methamphetamine (Meth/amphetamine & Ecstasy), and phencyclidine (PCP) to name a few.
Most often hair from ones head is used for drug testing if at all possible. The growth rates for body hair can be considerably slower than the hair from your head. It is challenging to precisely represent the time period of a standard screen with body hair other than your head hair, so substances may be detected in body hair for up to 1 year after the substance left the blood stream.
• What time period does a standard test cover? • What is the shortest time period that can be accurately evaluated? • Can body hair be drug tested like hair from the head? • How much hair is needed? • How do drugs get into hair? • What is the difference in Hair Drug Testing compared to urinalysis? • Can hair be affected by cross-reacting substances such as over-the-counter medications? • How effective is hair follicle testing in detecting drug usage? • Does treatment of the hair affect test results? • What is external contamination? • How fast does head hair grow? • Can tests be run on people with little or no hair? • Can hair collected from a hairbrush be used? • What are the different domains in a hair fibre? How they can affect hair drug testing? • How soon after use can a drug be detected in hair? • Does external exposure to certain drugs like marijuana or crack smoke affect the Hair Test results? • Does hair color affect results? • How a hair follicular Drug test is peformed in La
