Drug and Alcohol Testing Q&A - 2008

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Re: Hair test

From: Robert Swotinsky MD
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Date: 05 Apr 2008
Time: 06:40:31 -0800
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If a hair drug test has been ordered but the employee has no hair, the collector should ask the employer for authorization to collect a different specimen (e.g., urine) for drug analysis. Hair testing does not distinguish use of Marinol from use of marijuana.