| Testing for marijuana use is becoming more | | | | test. A hair drug test analysis can provide |
| and more popular on the job market today. Not | | | | a drug history from over a 90-day period and |
| only for health reasons, but also for safety | | | | has consistently proven to be more effective |
| issues. For those of you who are not | | | | than urinalysis and other methods in |
| familiar with marijuana, it is a | | | | correctly identifying marijuana users. Hair |
| greenish-gray mixture of the dried, shredded | | | | analysis evaluates the amount of drug |
| leaves, stems, seeds, and flowers of the hemp | | | | metabolites embedded inside the hair shaft by |
| plant, Cannabis sativa. It is typically | | | | using a small sample of hair cut at the |
| smoked in hand-rolled cigarettes (joints), | | | | scalp.Saliva drug tests provide fast and |
| cigars (blunts), pipes, or water pipes | | | | accurate results. This is the preferred |
| (bongs). The active ingredient in marijuana | | | | method of drug screening at home and in the |
| is delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol (THC), which | | | | workplace and the saliva drug test can detect |
| is responsible for the potency and effects of | | | | up to 6 drugs at a time, instantly. This |
| marijuana intoxication. Over the past two | | | | drug test shows marijuana use and the |
| decades, THC levels of marijuana in the | | | | residues of marijuana use for up to 3 days |
| United States have increased.There hasn't | | | | because the residues do not remain in oral |
| been a formula discovered to compute how long | | | | fluids as long as they do in urine. Most |
| it takes a person to rid their system of THC. | | | | saliva drug detection kits come equipped with |
| There are only guidelines and even they are | | | | a sponge, which is used to rub the inside of |
| somewhat arbritrary.When testing for | | | | the cheek to collect a saliva sample.Residue |
| marijuana use, it is determined how clear the | | | | tests or drug identification tests are |
| THC is in a person's system by the following | | | | effortless and easy methods of determining |
| factors: frequency of use of marijuana, | | | | what drug is being used. Simple wipes can be |
| duration of use of marijuana, amount of | | | | used on a surface of a table, desk, or an |
| marijuana smoked and the potency of the | | | | other surface where drug use is suspected. |
| marijuana. Clearance of THC in a person's | | | | Law enforcement agencies and school officials |
| system varies from 10 to 90 days according to | | | | now have the ability to test substances at |
| the usage of the previous listed | | | | the scene and obtain fast and laboratory |
| factors.There are five types of marijuana | | | | accurate results.Perspiration tests are also |
| tests used on testing for marijuana use; a | | | | approved for testing for marijuana use. |
| urine test, a hair test, a saliva test, a | | | | There are studies that have shown the value |
| residue test and a perspiration test.Urine | | | | of detecting drug use through sweat patch |
| drug tests are one of the most popular | | | | testing. But, the major drawback of sweat |
| methods of random drug testing for recent | | | | patch testing is that the production of |
| marijuana drug use, as they are easy and | | | | liquid perspiration varies with room |
| convenient to use and provide fast and | | | | temperature and amount of physical activity. |
| accurate results. Also, the big advantage to | | | | So, the volume of perspiration collected by |
| urine drug testing, is that you have the | | | | the patch during the week that it is worn is |
| ability to test up to 10 different drugs at | | | | unknown.There is nothing anyone can do to |
| one time.Hair drug tests are one of the most | | | | hasten the metabolism of THC before testing |
| trusted methods of drug detection today. | | | | for marijuana use! Not drinking lots of |
| This method is not only accurate but even the | | | | water, no special teas or vitamin formulas. |
| smallest amount of drugs will show up on the | | | | |