Hector Says:
What Gives A False Positive For Cocaine In Hair Test
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IAarggh! Says:
Recently had a positive result for cocaine on a hair test. I'm a 56 yr. old diabetic and i'm in dire need of this job. Suggestions?? I've already gone the route of contesting the result.
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Re: Hector (# 42) 
I have the paperwork when I sign her in to the dentist
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Hector Says:
I came out positive for cocaine because i took my 7 year old daughter to the dentist and got her tooth fixed and they gave her lots of shots around her tooth and i remember i kissed her and the same day she went to the dentist after she brushed her teeth and was bleeding and i had to clean it off of her mouth and around her face. Can somebody help me please?
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Marie Says:
Re: Case Manager (# 4)
Hair dye can cause a false positive. I'm dealing with cps right now. I had a false positive in my hair but not my urine and they said it happened within the last 48 hours. It would still be in my urine if I had done it. I don't even smoke cigarettes.
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Tonya Says:
Re: Case Manager (# 4)
Are you serious cps worker because all im hearing from you is that she is guilty? Look I'm dealing with cps myself and I can guarantee that I've never done a drug in my life and I came back positive for cocaine and you may not believe this either. I wear lace front wigs, I had this new lady do my braids and I know that is how I got cocaine in my follicle. So if you are a woman you should be ashamed of yourself for insinuating that this person is lying and that she needs to get help. I know people that put that s*** in their noses and it's a damn shame...
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Suebee Says:
Re: Concerned Citizen (# 37)
I totally agree. I took 3 different hair topical test with in days of each other and received 3 completely different test results concluding the bogus science associated with damning people as druggies when in fact there is so many external influences along with internally different of the chemical make up of our bodies. This test is questionable at best and should not be allowed to destroy good people.
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Tanya Says:
Re: peaches (# 3)
Check out on Google 9 wierd ways you can test positive...... plz look at it, it might help
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Concerned Citizen Says:
Don't think a false positive can't happen to you. I tested positive for cocaine when I took a pre-employment hair follicle drug test, and I have never used it in my life. This cost me a job opportunity in which I'd be making significantly more money than my current position. If I were a user, I wouldn't have been foolish enough to take the damn test.
The doctor who called to give me the results was extremely rude and refused to allow me to retest, and human resources was of no help. Unfortunately, I didn't have the money to hire a lawyer and fight. I plan to have my hair sample retested before the lab disposes of it. I wish that I'd taken an independent test elsewhere.
Those of you accusing everyone of being a drug user need to get off your high horse. There is research that proves that this type of drug test can yield false positives. Even the federal government doesn’t recognize hair as a reliable sample for federally regulated programs.
Studies have proven that hair can absorb drugs from environmental exposure and may show higher concentrations in dark-colored hair and hair that has been damaged by cosmetic treatments, including dying and thermal straightening.
The American Chemical Society published a study in their journal which confirmed that "a pre-treatment step can cause the drug on the outside of a hair shaft to wash into it and potentially lead to falsely identifying someone as a drug user."
I found it interesting, yet hardly surprising, to learn that every independent scientific organization that has studied hair testing concluded that it isn’t reliable, except for scientists with ties to the industry.
We should not be using such an unreliable testing method when people's families and livelihoods are at stake.
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Rick Says:
Re: Case Manager (# 4)
What causes a false positive for cocaine? I don't mess with cocaine. I tried methamphetamine, but that didn't come out in my hair test, so what gives?
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Bosslady99 Says:
Re: sarah (# 34)
Hello,
The person you sleep with has the residue in his/her pores. The substance is potent and leaks out when they sweat.
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sarah Says:
I'm having this same problem. I'm trying to understand why this is happening.
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Bosslady99 Says:
Re: IKNOWIDONTTOUCHTHESTUFF (# 13)
I believe y'all. A drug counselor told me in 2015, that cocaine can get in your hair through oral sex and or when your sex partners sweat if he or she uses it. I hope that is helpful. Go to another lab and take your own test. It will be your negative results against their positive results. Take care of you and your family and stay away from folks that cause a mess in your life...
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Suebeelee Says:
Dye your hair blonde well bleach it out and then dye it back your color and then take another one. There is human erra u know
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Bob Says:
Re: Case Manager (# 4)
Who cares what you believe she said she had no part of any drug prove her wrong before you pass judgment can't stand people that thinks like you
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Suebee Says:
What state are u with as a cps case worker? I had a life changing issue with the state of tennessee. And i have been a foster parent since 1999. Do u know who i could report this travisty to in order to obtain change in a terribly uneducated system. People need to band together and challenge their qualifications to even violate your private life
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Tommy Says:
I had a false positive for cocaine on my hair drug screen. I take lisinopril, pravastatin and ketorolac. Could this be the cause?
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Moni Says:
As a CPS worker you corrupt you don't know what ppl go through out here.. Same thing happened to me and I haven't touched it..
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MIKE Says:
I have been clean from cocaine for 15 years now, went to treatment and had kids. Now that I went to jail for a tag on my car, my past is coming back. My urine tests are all neg(-) for 3 months and my hair was positive!!! How? I have not touched this s*** in years. How did this happen??? Help! I raised my 2 kids, 1 in in pre med and the other one 17 years old. I cant see why they don't care about my 10 negative urine tests, but this 1 hair test will end me and my son. What do I do? Why is it showing positive?
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suebeelee Says:
Who cares....only someone that is totally incompetent in other areas little man
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suebeelee Says:
Joing the club those hair folicals are distroying peoples lives i have a civil lawsuit against labCorp because they screwed up and sent me someone elses results. So try using a different lab
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Tashita Says:
Thank you for that. I'm not giving up. I'll pay for my own hair follicle test using the same ppl CPS does and see what happens then. I can't even talk to my babies on the phone!!!
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