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Hair Drug Testing Information
How Hair Drug Testing reveals the information you need. For Parents,
Corporations and Small Business Owners.
Students
- The risk of injury is not isolated only to athletics. A school is responsible
for the health and safety of its students during all extracurricular activities,
including traveling to and from such activities.
- With athletes there is a risk of physical harm to the user and other
players. Athletes must be healthy to withstand the rigors of sports. Since
drug use impairs health and reaction time, it is beneficial to drug test
student athletes to reduce the risk of physical harm to the tested student
and other athletes.
- Random drug testing is not currently mandatory
for all students in public schools, but a program can be administered to students who have voluntarily
chosen to participate in extracurricular activities. Students are free to not
participate and thus avoid a drug test.
- Student athletes and students in
extracurricular activities take leadership roles in the school community.
They set an example for other students, many of who
are vulnerable to illicit drug use. Deterring drug use by athletes and students in extracurricular
activities has a beneficial effect on all students.
- Students are children
under the temporary custody of the school and the schools takes on the role
of surrogate parent.
- Public school children have less expectation of
privacy than the general population because they have to submit to physical examinations,
including urine tests, and be vaccinated.
- School athletes have even less
of a expectation of privacy because communal undressing is inherent in
athletics. Additionally, they are subject to more stringent and frequent medical examinations.
Employees/Pre-Employment
- Candidates that are drug-free have a lower turnover, reducing hiring
and training costs.
- A well-publicized pre-employment drug testing program
will "pre-screen" unwanted
job candidates.
- Drug-free employees have fewer health problems, creating
lower health costs.
- Drug abusers create worker's compensation claims at
more than twice the level of non-abusers.
- Drug abusers are four times more
likely to injure a fellow employee.
- Employee theft is a significantly greater
problem with drug abusers.
Key Facts
- Hair drug testing is the most effective test for long term drug use.
- 25% of high school seniors admitted using an illicit drug in the past
month
- A recent survey reported that nearly 16 million Americans had used illicit
drugs in the previous month
- The most commonly used drugs of abuse are marijuana and cocaine
- In the first half of 2002 there were over 300,000 visits to emergency
rooms related to use of illegal drugs or non-medical use of a legal drug
- In 2000 Americans spent $36 billion on cocaine, $11 billion on marijuana
and $10 billion on heroin
- In 1992 the overall cost of drug abuse in the U.S. was $102 billion, 8
years later it was $162 billion
- Federal spending on drug control will exceed $11 billion in 2003
- Over 10% of high school seniors report using the drug ecstasy at least
once
- In 2000 there were over 900,000 new cocaine users in the U.S.
- An estimated 270 metric tons of cocaine entered the U.S. in 2001
- Substance abuse adds over $40 billion per year to the cost of elementary
and secondary education in the U.S.
Hair testing is the most accurate and effective method
of finding users of drugs of abuse. Using a small sample of hair cut at the scalp, hair analysis
evaluates the amount of drug metabolites embedded inside the hair shaft.
When compared to the more traditional forms of testing, i.e. urine testing,
hair samples can detect a longer period of drug use. With urine, most drugs
are undetectable if urinalysis is done more than 2-3 days after use, with the
exception of marijuana, which may be detected for a slightly longer period
of time. After the 2-3 day period, a urine donor will test negative and slip
through the urine screening process. With hair samples, the only time limitation
for detecting drug usage is imposed by the length of the donor’s hair.
Each ½ inch of head hair provides a 30-day history of drug use. The
standard for the industry is to test 1.5 inches, which provides a 90-day history
of the donor’s drug use.
If no head hair is available, body hair can be used. Bleaches, shampoos and
external contaminants (i.e. marijuana smoke) have no known impact on test results.
Collection of hair samples can be done at one of the hundreds of locations
across North America in the Omega Collection Network. If you would prefer to
provide your own collection, we can train and certify your personnel in the
proper hair sample collection process.
Private Lab Testing now offers Hair Drug Testing Kits that are processed by
the CLIA accredited Laboratory, Omega.
Accredited by the College of American Pathologists (C.A.P.)
CLIA accredited laboratory
Approved by the Ohio Department of Health
Participant in the Federal Voluntary Hair Proficiency Testing Program (administered
by Research Triangle Institute, Research Triangle Park, NC)
Accredited by the New York Department of Health - Hair Testing Certification
Maryland Department of Health Medical Laboratory Permit
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