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The hair drug test is a test where laboratory equipment breaks down the hair so the lab tech can find which elements are in the hair or hair follicle. It not only measures drug particles but it can also determine the sex and DNA of a person.
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∙ 13y ago
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∙ 14y agoThey cut off some of your hair--it doesn't necessarily have to be HEAD hair; if you shave your head they can use arm hair or something--dissolve it in a solvent, then put the liquid in a drug testing machine.
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∙ 14y agoThe sample is a quantity of hair. The lab dissolves it in chemicals, then drug tests the liquid.
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∙ 12y agoThey cut off a few strands of hair, dissolve them in a solvent and process the solvent in a gas chromatograph/mass spectrometry machine.
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∙ 14y agoHair can be tested for drugs in a laboratory.
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∙ 13y agoHair can only be used to test for marijuana. Anything else is fine
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∙ 11y agoCocaine
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How are new AIDS drugs tested?
AIDS drugs are tested on people infected with the disease.
When are athletes tested for drugs?
Usually, players are randomly selected by the league to get tested for drugs at a random time.
How soon can someone be tested for drugs after death?
Someone can be tested for drugs at any time after death. The testing for drugs and other substances usually occurs at the time of autopsy if their is suspicion that the use of drugs or other substances attributed to the death of the deceased or other people. The process in which drugs tests are performed on the deceased is known as forensic toxicology.
In North Carolina do newborns get tested for drugs at birth?
Yess all babies get tested for drugs wen they are first born.
Should Olympic athletics be tested for drugs?
yes, they should be tested
What drugs are athletes tested for?
Athletes are tested for steroids and performance enhancers.
Are animal medicines tested on animals?
Experimental drugs and vaccines are tested on animals. Other medicines that are tested on animals include new cancer drugs and medicine for HIV.
Why should pro sport teams not be tested for drugs?
becasue they wouldnt want people to know there buisness and if they still do drugs after you try and they dont than its there falt
Can aretest be done on an item that has tested positive for drugs be retested before trial?
There is nothing that can really be done that can get drugs out of your system. A lot of people try drinking water.
What are drugs tested on in laboratory trials?
placebo
Who is tested for drugs?
sniffer dogs from the police
Do all drugs need to be tested?
yes
