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Up to 3 - Month Drug History vs. 3 days for Urine
- Easy to collect, ship and store
- Difficult to alter
- No risk of infection
- A 1 1/2 inch specimen represents approximently three months of hair growth and therefore three months
of history of drug exposure.
Types of Narcotics that can be found:
- Cocaine
- Opiates (Codeine, morphine, heroin)
- Marijuana - THC
- Phencyclidine
- Methamphetamine, amphetamine (Ecstasy)
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Traditionally, urine has been used as the specimen
for drug testing.
However, there are numerous products available
which are designed to render a urine drug test unaccurate such as: UrineLuck, UrineAir, Gluteraldehyde,
oxidants, nitrites, as well as the dilution of the specimen by the donor with tap or toilet water.
Hair offers a much longer history of drug exposure
and is an excellent specimen for pre-employment, criminal, civil or even child custody cases.
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Accuracy and Legal Acceptability
Courts in jurisdictions throughout the United
States have recognized the value of confirmed drug analysis in hair and have admitted such analysis as evidence.
In criminal cases such as Alaska v Richard Majdic (1982) or
People v Miel (CA 1985), hair analysis have been used to gain convictions when urine tests were negative.
Similarly, civil cases such as Koch vs. Harrahs (Nevada
1990) and Holmes vs. Hotel San Reno (Nevada 1993) confirmed
that hair drug analysis were acceptable for pre-employment testing and in unemployment disputes.
In a recent employment case, Hicks v City of New York, the
Supreme Court of the State of New York upheld the termination of three officers through the use of hair analysis drug testing.
Dalman Investigations
P. O. Box 815
East Lansing, MI. 48826
Phone: (517) 575-0074
Fax: (517) 575-0204
(This is a local call from Mid-Michigan)
E-mail: LADalman@cablespeed.com
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