The
hair drug test is one of the most effective, and only, ways to determine long-term drug use in the home market. Each one and a half inch sample of hair reveals a 90 day drug history when analyzed by a laboratory. The hair test you purchase comes with the storage materials you will need for the hair, and a pre-addressed envelope to be sent off to the laboratory for confidential analysis.
It is impossible to tamper with your hair in such a way to alter the results of a
hair drug test. This is because the laboratory evaluates how much of a particular drug's molecules are embedded in your hair shaft. Anti-drug shampooing will not effect the hair or alter the results. This method also eliminates external contamination as a factor.
If you are concerned that you will be unable to collect hair from the head that is long enough for the test, note that two of our hair drug tests accept body hair submissions. Those tests are the
Express HairConfirm Hair Drug Test and the
Standard HairConfirm Hair Drug Test. You cannot mix body hair and head hair when submitting your test though. Body hair grows much more slowly than head hair and though tested the same way it must be evaluated differently due to the slow growth - if you were to mix the two types of hair, you wouldn't have enough of either type to give you an accurate drug history.
A hair drug test does not have very complicated instructions and is easy to perform. It is not recommended however that you cut hair without the consent of the person whose hair is being cut. Hair from a hairbrush will be difficult to align the way you are supposed to, and also may not be exclusively from the person you want to test. This is an important point - when submitting a hair follicle drug test, you must be sure to keep all the hair in order, with all the root ends next to each other. This is necessary for the lab as they measure how far from the root the drug molecules are to determine drug history.
Hair drug testing is a very effective way to determine drug use. You can buy a hair follicle drug test that tests for
6 or
7 drugs. The drugs in common are marijuana, cocaine, opiates, methamphetamines, ecstasy and PCP. The 7th drug is amphetamines. Both PDT and HairConfirm lines are available. To give you some idea of the effectiveness of Hair Drug Tests, please note that HairConfirm's hair test technology has been accredited by the Ohio Department of Health, the New York Department of Health, and is a participant in the Federal Voluntary Hair Proficiency Testing Program.