Hair Follicle Drug Testing

A really bizarre drug testing case has come out of Connecticut recently.  In the case of Schofield v. Loureiro Engineering Associates, Inc., the courts have found that Connecticut drug testing laws only apply to urinalysis testing and not to hair follicle drug testing. Actually, the fact that the state offers any protection was somewhat of a surprise.  Apparently, … Read more

According to a recent report by Transparency Market Research Drugs of Abuse Testing Market, the drug testing market is expected to grow to $3.4 billion in revenues by 2018. I often have people claim that the drug testing industry is a neutral, unbiased, scientific service.  It’s not. While I believe that the drug testing labs and … Read more

There was a story out of Colorado today which illustrates some of the asinine rules concerning medical marijuana.  Although both medical and recreational use of marijuana is legal in the state, an employer can still terminate your employment based on testing positive on a drug test. Unfortunately many employers haven’t caught up with the times. … Read more

Shaving your head to pass a hair follicle drug test is probably the biggest myth about the hair follicle drug test going around on the internet.  I’ve seen it offered, seriously, as advice hundreds, if not thousands, of times.  On message boards, on Yahoo Answers, and blogs all have people recommending that the ONLY way … Read more

Drug test labs conjure up all sorts of fear in people.  And when people are afraid they tend to create their own unreasonable fears on top of any logical reasons to be afraid. For instance, Psychemedics is one of the most feared drug test labs out there.  If you cruise around the internet there are plenty … Read more

If you believe some of what’s out there on the internet, hair drug tests can detect if you’ve ever take a drug anytime in your life. Fortunately, most of what is out there on the internet is wrong. How Far Back Can a Hair Drug Test Go? First off, drug tests work by looking for … Read more

Many people assume that whether you fail or you pass a hair drug test that there is not much they can do to influence the outcome. In reality, there are steps you can take that can impact whether you pass a hair drug test which I’ll outline below. 1. Quitting Using Drugs Will Help You … Read more

While most people are not as at much risk as they believe there are, there are certainly some warning signs that you are likely to fail your hair drug test that you should be aware of. 1. Sign You May Fail Your Hair Drug Test: Very Little Clean Time Your clean time is the amount … Read more

Maybe you’re applying for a new job or for some other reason you’ve found out that you need to pass a hair drug test. Now what? First off, and this should go without saying, don’t freak out. Freaking out has not helped even a single person pass a hair drug test. Instead of freaking out, … Read more

Welfare drug testing, or put more simply, conditioning the receipt of welfare benefits on the passing of a drug test has become quite the rage in many states. In 2013 alone, 30 states proposed bills that in some way or another attempted to tie welfare benefits to drug testing. A common argument by proponents of … Read more