newmom
newson |
Question about reading
hair drug test results
My son's father's Drug Test Result just came back the detection
cut off for meth was 500 pg/mg his showed positive with 2300
pg/mg the test was for a 12 month detect period. Is there anyway
to know on average how often or how much he was using? Does this
mean he is an addict or just a casual user as he claims? |
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| vctry7 |
Re: Question about reading hair drug test results
I don't know anything about the levels.
However, there is no such thing as a casual user, from my
experience.
Why would a casual user, who isn't really addicted, use a drug
that could land them in jail, cause them to lose visitation, or
kill them? Someone who says they are a casual user is just an
addict in denial.
Was it a hair follicle test? I am just curious because I read
they will only go back six months. I would like to know if that
is wrong.
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newmom
newson |
Re: Question about reading hair drug test results
Hair Follicle and if the hair is taken from
the body it can go back 12 months. I know he is an addict, I
just can not get him to wake up and realize it, I am the bad guy
keeping his son from him.
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| vctry7 |
Re: Question about reading hair drug test results
I'm glad you realize you aren't the bad guy.
If and when your ex gets clean, he'll realize that too. Then,
he'll be grateful his son had a mom that loved him so much and
did what she had to do to protect him.
Thanks for the hair follicle info.
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| danimal55 |
Re: Question about reading hair drug test results
I used "casually"....every 3 hrs.
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| imlostinky |
Re: Question about reading hair drug test results
They said 12 months?
Generally from what I understand it is a month for every half
inch or so.
I haven't read of any drug testing that can go for a year.
I'd say that is use for the past 3 months- maybe longer.
But not by much. Call the testing facility and ask.
I agree with Vctry. Why would a casual user use a drug that
carries a felony charge? Plus denies him access to his
child?
That in and of itself is enough to say Hey you got a problem
here.
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| Sfj |
Re: Question about reading hair drug test results
Test Information
The Amphetamine test is a one step competitive immunoassay that
is used to screen for the presence of amphetamine in urine. It
is a chromatographic absorbent device in which drug or drug
metabolites in a sample compete with drug conjugate immobilized
on a porous membrane for a limited number of binding sites. This
test is a rapid, qualitative immunoassay for the detection of
amphetamine in urine. The cutoff concentration for this test is
1000 ng/ml, as recommended by the Substance Abuse and Mental
Health Services Administration and NIDA." The cutoff for GC-MS,
which detects d-amphetamine and methamphetamine, is 500 ng/ml.
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The answer to your question:
"Is there anyway to know on average how often or how much he was
using? Does this mean he is an addict or just a casual user as
he claims?"
There is no way of knowing. |
So much
guilt |
Re: Question about reading hair drug test results
Addict or casual user, doesn't matter. He
still uses meth and meth will kill. In some people it only takes
1 time use to totally destroy them as a person and everything
around them. Meth will continue to take hold of him if he
doesn't stop it now. My 22 year old son Austin took his life
this past August. Austin struggled with drug addiction for 10
years, the past 6 years being meth. His use increased and so did
the destruction. He couldn't live with it and couldn't live
without it. He thought to be a casual user at one time too.
Please visit his website, light a candle, read his story. Let
Austin's story give you strength and education.
www.austin-hesse.last-memories.com
God Bless You! |
