Need some help with regds to hair testing!!!

[molly1979]

Hi,
A friend has got a hair test at the begining of next week,
He took about 5 lines of coke 2 months ago and one ecstasy pill 2 and half weeks ago.
Is this likely to show up in thier hair test?
Please help...as my friend will loose his job if it comes back positive!

[KomodoMK]

Usually 1.5 inches of hair is taken providing approximately 90 days of drug use information. If the hair is shorter than this then the detection time is obviously lower, so the answer to your question is probably yes. Little fishy usually has his hair shaved to a length of 3mm so detection period would be fairly small for him - would shaving be an option for your friend?

Another problem is unlike opiate in which the drug use is specific in location on the shaft of the hair, drugs like cocaine can extend down the shaft. Therefore it possible to estimate the exact time opiates were taken but much less so for cocaine.

Hope this helps.

[molly1979]

Can anyone else help me here....my friend is being told lots of different things, someone on the drugs helpline said because he only took each of the drugs once on seperate occassions it wont show?
Does anyone else have any experience with such tests?

[jon-q]

Little fish speaks the truth mrs molly.unfortunately drugs can be detected after only 4 days from consumption and even if your freind as only been using on a few occasions it will still show up in the test.
Un-like a urine test there is nothing you can do to try and cloud the findings,your best hope is that your friends company only do random lab analasis of the random samples they take..(they dont always send the hair strands off to be sampled)your freind could always claim they had ther drink spiked!!!!

[darkglobe]

Who spikes drinks with E/Coke?? LOL!

Your friend is probably in a bit of trouble here. From my friend to your friend - shave!!

[KomodoMK]

You wouldn't see my little fishy complaining if someone spiked his drink with E/MDMA. In fact it's almost a dream! :P