Tuesday, June 1, 2010

What is Drug Detection Period?

After using the drugs the time period for which the drug testing gives a positive result is called as the drug detection period. The detecting periods varies for different types of drugs and also varies for different types of drug tests. The detection periods varies with the following factors like drug class, age over all body mass, health and pH value of the urine.

Naturally the detection periods for the hair will be more; it lasts for about 90 days in the hair. In general, drug testing normally involves the concentration of the drug above the cut off level rather than finding out just the presence of the drug. A general cut off level is the level which is used for finding the concentration of the drug present in the body.


Some of the drug detection periods for some of the drugs are as follows.

Detection Period for Urine test: The detection periods varies for various types of drugs. Suppose if the drug consumed is alcohol then the period is 6 to 24 hours; for cannabis it is 3 to 7 days; if it is of high consumption the period may be more than 30 days; for cocaine it is 2 to 5 days; morphine 2 to 4 days; heroin 3 to 4 days. These are some of the drugs and their detection periods for urine test for the common illegal drugs which are used frequently.

Detection period for Hair Drug test: The detection periods for the commonly used drugs is very high using this hair drug test it is about 90 days or more. Which means that the hair lasts the drug for about 90 days; the strands of the hair store them for 90 days which gives the more effective result.


Detection Period for blood/saliva test: The detection periods are very less. Depending upon the time of the drug used the detection period will be: for alcohol- 12 to 24 hours; cannabis-2 to 3 days; cocaine-2 to 5 days; Morphine- 1 – 3 days; heroin- 1to 2 days.


Detection Period for Sweat Test: Generally it is very low: 1 to 4 hours and sometimes upto 20 days.


So, detection periods vary differently for different drugs. It also depends on the physical strength of the body.

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