Becoming Who You Want To Be

It has become pretty common among employers to require new employees to undergo a drug test before they can start working for the company. A drug test is often required in lieu of or along with a background check. Drug tests help employers determine whether or not their new employees are clean or reliable. Usually, employers would require new employees to submit themselves to a urine drug test. However, there are cases when urine drug tests do not prove to be effective in giving a history of a person’s drug use. This is mainly the reason why more and more companies are starting to consider the use of hair strand test for drugs.

Most of the traditional methods of drug testing cannot give enough information on a person’s drug use, especially over a long period of time. At most, traditional methods of drug testing can only reveal drug use for the past couple of weeks.

On the other hand, a hair strand test for drugs can reveal drug use for the past 90 days. This means employers can have a good idea on whether or not a certain employee has been using drugs for the past 90 days and which kinds of drugs were used, if any.

Typically, a hair strand test for drugs uses hair samples from the head. However, in cases when the subject is bald or it is simply not possible to gather at least an inch and a half of hair from the head, hair samples can be taken from other parts of the body. If you are wondering how our hair can hold such information, you need not wonder any longer. All the substances we take in get stored in our hair follicle. Over time, they form different layers. As our hair grows longer, it is able to hold a good history of all the substances we have been exposed to.

While there are people who have found ways on how to dodge traditional drug test, evading a hair strand test still appears to be impossible. While there are some who claim that you can easily pass a hair drug test by using hair masking products or having your hair treated, you must take note that hair drug tests cannot be performed on damaged hair. In cases when the sample hair that has been provided proves to be damaged, new hair samples must be collected from other parts of the body – this means little, if any, chances of escape.