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Thursday, July 1, 2010

Detecting the Abuse of Marijuana

Marijuana is one of the drug commonly abused drug these days. It is an illegal drug. People of almost all ages are being abused to this drug. Marijuana can be detected using a proper marijuana drug test.

By collecting different samples of blood, saliva and hair, one can detect the presence of the marijuana. Irrespective of the place of the test, marijuana drug testing can be done using these tests. These tests are mainly done by
the parents, in schools, by the employers to the employees and even done by the police in concern with road accidents.

Some tests will give results within minutes or even seconds. Some tests may take longer time for giving results. Depending on the samples, time of detecting will vary. Accurate results are being obtained for different types of tests. The detection periods will vary depending upon the factors like samples, age, sex, pH values and on health.

Some of the tests which are mostly used are : Saliva test, Blood test, Hair Test and the urine test. But among these the most preferable ones are saliva test and the urine test.

Saliva test: The best way for getting instantaneous results is saliva drug test. The person who takes marijuana can be easily detected using the saliva test. It is the most easiest test and the accuracy of the result will be around 97%. No extra equipments are needed apart from the mouth swab for the test. Saliva contains some remains of marijuana even some time is passed after consumption.

Urine drug Test: This also gives the result accurately and quickly. Sometimes the samples are to be sent to the laboratories. Marijuana can detected from 2 to 5 hours after the consumption of it. For the heavy smoker it can be detected till 15 to 30 days. For the people who have consumed for less number of times urine test cannot give the accurate results.

Hair Drug Test: This test also can easily detect the presence of the marijuana. The collected sample should be sent to the laboratory for testing. This type of test can be detected for a long time i.e. For 90 days.

Blood Drug Test: Here the samples of the blood are being collected. Apart from the saliva, urine , hair ,blood gets influenced a lot. The THC content which is present in the marijuana is used for detecting the presence of marijuana.

These are some of the types of tests which are used for detecting the presence of the marijuana in a person.

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