Hair Tests for Alcohol
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Are hair tests for alcohol reliable and can they detect alcohol ingestion? Read on to find out the answers to these
questions.
The Main Characteristics of Hair Drug Tests
An analysis of a person's hair can result in a significantly longer testing window for the detection of drugs and
drug metabolites. This provides a more complete drug-use history that can go back in time as far as 90 days.
Similar to urine testing, hair testing does not reveal evidence of
current impairment, only past use of a specific drug. And of special note, hair testing cannot be used to detect alcohol.
Hair Drug Tests have the following characteristics:
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They are currently many times more costly than urine tests.
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They are a relatively non-intrusive method of drug testing.
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They detect substance use over a longer period of time.
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They do not usually detect drug use within the past seven days.
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They require a sample of hair approximately the diameter of a pencil and about 1.5 inches long.
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They cannot be done with a single hair.
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They reveal positive test results more than twice as often as urine tests.
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They are not significantly affected by brief periods of abstinence from drugs.
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They can sometimes be used to determine when drug use started and if it has been discontinued.
Can hair testing be defeated or beaten? No adulterants have been found that can beat hair tests for drugs. Plus, the risk is minimized
due to the fact that every collection is directly and easily observed.
Drug Hair Tests Strengths
The following list represents some of the advantages of employing drug hair tests:
Drug Hair Tests Weaknesses
The following list typifies some of the downsides of drug hair tests:
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Hair Tests for Alcohol: Conclusion
While hair tests can be and have been used for drug testing, hair tests for alcohol are not possible.
Why? Unfortunately, because hair tests cannot detect alcohol.
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