Category: How to pass

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• What will you do to pass a drug test?

  Posted on July 30th, 2010 How to pass

  How do you pass a drug test? There are as many opinions about that question as there are people you ask. But how do you know which one is the right one? Is simple abstaining will work for you? What about masking, substituting, diluting? Sure, you’ve heard about all those fancy strategies before, but how do they work exactly?

  The cheapest and the easiest way to pass a test is to get clean – eliminate not only all illicit substances from your “regimen,” but also all prescribed or over-the-counter medications and vitamins that you might be taking. Also, check the detection times for each substance and add a couple days on top of the number – depending on the frequency and duration of usage, metabolism rate of your body, age and body mass can vary detection times that are different for every human being – metabolites retention in a body does not follow the table exactly to the letter.

  There are a lot of products out there that will help your body to rid of metabolites faster than you could do on your own. Permanent cleansers will boost your liver and kidney functioning – the primary organs that are responsible for detoxification of the body. Products specifically designed for that purpose contain a high concentration of vitamins, minerals and herbs, and taking them on daily basis cuts down metabolism retention time in two, and maybe tree times less.

  Also, keep in mind that there are different sensitivity levels – some test only detect recent usage, whereas some test can go lower on sensitivity to detect drugs that might have been used in the past.

• Using a synthetic urine? Things to consider

  Posted on July 29th, 2010 How to pass

  Nowadays labs are changing there policies on who, what, where, when, and how you give your specimens. Below is a list of things that are a NO-NO in labs.

  You cannot bring in coats, bags, purses, or anything else that may not be part of your person so they can avoid an adulterant being smuggled in. Do not think for a minute they will not search you for any kind of banned products. There have been reports of people trying to sneak in products or adulterants to try and pass a drug test. Laboratories have the right to search people if they want. I have read testimonials that labs have gone as far as making a man lift his shirt and drop his pants to his knees to make sure there was nothing hidden on him. Little did they know he was smarter then that when he suspected that they may search him.

  Soap, paper towels, hand sanitizer etc. anything to keep your hygiene up is not in the bathroom. Also, the water is typically turned off and toilet water is tinted most of the time blue. Any lab that follows NIDA standards will require you to wash your hands before entering to give your UA so you cannot smuggle anything on the skin or under the nails.

  So before you think home remedies work think again and try a synthetic urine. The ones that are 100% guaranteed with all the same properties as humans.

• How is it possible to test positive?

  Posted on July 28th, 2010 How to pass

  We have addressed many issues concerning the need to pass a drug test when or after having used a certain substance. There are many products that help to detoxify, that cleanse bodies and just help us get where we need to be. However, the issue of the opposite nature arises – what if a person tested positive whereas he or she did not use any substances for a long period of time, if not at all? What means “false positive” and how to protect yourself against being wrongly accused of using illicit drugs?

  There are many reasons why you should know about little things that can go wrong with a drug test. Approximately 5% of all positive tests are false positive. Contaminated sample containers, tampered samples, improper lab procedures, damaged or lost paperwork, simple human error can lead to the results you least expect. One of the most common reasons to result in a positive opiate drug test is when a person had consumed poppy seeds not long before the procedure. A breakfast that seems normal to you, like a poppy-seed bagel or a muffin, may not give out the results of the test that you consider normal for yourself. Also, such foods as nut bars may contain hemp seeds, which, like poppy seeds for opiates, can lead to false positive test results for marijuana. Hemp seeds are high in fiber, and certain companies use them in power-bars. Know what you eat and the ways it can affect you. When going for a urine screen, you are asked to fill out a form listing all medications you are taking at the moment. Make sure to include not only all prescription medications that you currently taking, but also over-the-counter pills and vitamins, and inquire with an assistant about the foods that you’ve eaten in the past 24 hours. Sometimes it does make a difference.

• Confirmatory Tests

  Posted on July 26th, 2010 How to pass

  What happens if you tested positive on initial screening? Is it over now? Not yet. There are many reasons to suspect a false-positive result, which can be due to taking prescribed or over-the-counter medications, human error, etc. Each positive screening should undergo a confirmatory test, which is more sensitive and precise.

  One of the most popular confirmatory test is GC/MS – Gas chromatography/ Mass Spectrometry. This test presents a combination of two analytical techniques, and because of the specific procedure it requires and high costs of it, is always used either for confirmatory tests or for forensic tests for court orders. Unlike drug screens, GC/MS not only detects the drugs presented in a sample, but also measures the quantity, normally in nanograms. This test is effective on all biological fluids, which is very important since blood levels of certain drugs indicate the actual level of intoxication, whereas urine testing cannot determine that.

  GC/MS test works by mixing a sample with organic solvent, which is then evaporated in order to concentrate the drug presence. Gas chromatography forces helium (or other gas) through a thin tube layered with silicone polymer by which the drugs are being separated. Once the drug metabolites have been separated, mass spectrometry identifies the substance – a molecule of certain drugs always break down to unique fragments, always the same, and is compared to a computer library. A 98% match is considered a confirmation of a positive test result. This kind of testing is very precise and not only confirms that presence of toxins in a sample, but also gives an accurate estimate of the levels of any certain substance.

• Pre-Employment Drug Tests

  Posted on July 22nd, 2010 How to pass

  No employer wants to hire somebody who tested positive for illicit drugs. But what you do in your own time – shouldn’t it be your own business? Unfortunately, big companies can afford to choose its employees, and for a person looking for a job, the choices of where to work might not be as great as the company’s choice of who to hire.
  When you apply for a job first you have an interview and if they are interested in hiring you, you’ll be sent to take a drug test, usually within a short period of time following the interview.
  Most common pre-employment tests are urine tests – they are cheap and give as good results as any other tests. When you submit a urine sample to a lab technician, it is placed in a special tube and marked in front of you and initialed by you, so there is no confusion who’s sample which. Later on approximately half a sample is tested in initial screening. Normally, a positive test results in a person not getting a job, and when they inform you that you weren’t picked for a position, they are not required to let you know why: it might be the drug test results, or it just might be they picked somebody else over you. In case you already have a job and tested positive in initial screening, the company is required to do a second, confirmatory test on the same sample. They do not perform another test, but simply retract the remains of the first sample that is kept in the lab and execute a more advanced test to confirm or disprove the results of the screening.

• What is Immunoassay Screen?

  Posted on July 20th, 2010 How to pass

  We all know there are different types of tests, but what are they and how do they work?
  Most common is an “Immunoassay” testing – it requires the least amount of money a company needs to spend on employee drug testing.
  How does it work:
  Immunoassay is a screening test which gives a positive or negative result. The sensitivity of this test is pretty high. The toxins present in a sample bind with anti-bodies that are created specifically for this kind of testing. The anti-bodies are created by injecting toxins (drugs) into animals like rabbits or sheep. Their immune system produces anti-bodies against any specific toxin; later they are extracted and purified in laboratories so they can be used further in drug screening. When a sample (urine or hair) is combined with these chemical agents, drug metabolites that are present in the sample bind with the anti-bodies thus making a test result positive. If there are no drugs present in a sample, there is no reaction and test comes up negative.
  There are different types of Immunoassay screens: Enzyme- and Radio-immunoassays.
  The first one is based on extracting enzymes from animals’ blood: when an animal is injected with specific drug (or drug metabolite) there are certain antigens that are produced in the blood that bind with that specific drug. After extracting those antigens, there are created into enzymes that are later used to detect drugs in a sample. The degree of reaction between enzymes and drugs metabolites is proportional to the amount of drugs presented in the sample.
  Radioimmunoassay is a similar test that uses radioactive isotopes to detect and measure results of a drug screen.
  Normally, samples that tested positive need to be confirmed by more precise tests.

• How do I know what test I’m going to have?

  Posted on July 16th, 2010 How to pass

  If you are looking for a new job, there is a high chance that you will need to pass a drug test following your interview. But do you know what kind of test you going to face? Do you know what procedure is going to be like?

  Each of the fifty states has their own laws that dictate specific requirements for alcohol and drug abuse in a workplace. It varies from state to state, and sometimes restrictions are very distinct. For instance, some states restrict random testing, others – encourage it; some let companies decide how to handle a positive drug test, some – prohibit on-site drug testing at all. Laws change every year, and to follow each little aspect could be very hard.

  Besides state laws, there are also Federal Drug Testing Laws, and one of those is a Department of Transportation mandatory rules regarding the prevention of substance abuse in a workplace. Over 20 years old, this regulation is very austere. If you are involved in transportations industry, railroad or any other transit company, aviation, or if you are operating a commercial motor vehicle that enters US from Canada or Mexico, you need to undergo a procedure of DOT drug testing. The rules are very strict and specifies every little detail: what is the exact volume of a sample, how to use split samples, and which ones use for testing and which for confirmation, the exact time to check the temperature of a sample, and when to conduct the tests: before hiring, randomly, following an occurred accident, when there is a suspicion about certain employee, etc.

  If you are interested in all of the specifics regarding drug testing laws, you can inquire within your local library a “Guide to State and Federal Drug-Testing Laws” – the book is a bit pricy, but any major library can acquire it for you.

• How much confidentiality?

  Posted on July 14th, 2010 How to pass

  Every drug test made invades your private life to some extent. Of course, your employer wants to know if you are taking any illegal substances, if you are under the effect of anything while performing your duty. But some tests go beyond just a simple drug check – they can show if a woman is pregnant, if a person is on any prescribed medications, even consumption of alcohol, which for some people constitutes a good percent of the past time. These and other things are not a necessity for an employer to know – the only thing they should be concerned about is an employee’s productivity and possibility of any accidents that might be possible die to drug usage. The rest is your private life.

  Unfortunately, in today’s market it is not in our favor to choose between employers and really, one cannot afford to fight for their privacy rights at a cost of his/her job. Your employer should notify you when first applying for a job: what kind of test they will need you to undergo, when and how it will happen. If the company practices random testing, it will be stated so in the documents you receive when applying for a job. Also, you can refer to an employee manual – it should be mentioned there too, along with all details about the testing procedure.

  Before the test, you will be asked if you are taking any prescription or over-the-counter medicine, and they’ll give you a form to fill out. Make sure to put everything that you’re currently taking, unless using a detox product that will provide a pure sample – in that case it might raise suspicion: mentioned pain reliever will not show up on the test results. Be careful, and do not sign any form that would allow your employer to request your medical records – that information should never be released to your workplace and is a total confidentiality between you and your medical provider.

• Help yourself – test yourself

  Posted on July 12th, 2010 How to pass

  Back in late 80’s such “luxury” as a home drug-testing device became available to the public. Of course, they were a little different from the ones we are using now – back then there were special specimen bottles and mailing tubes that you had to send to a processing lab. The results were mailed back to you in two weeks. Nowadays, home-tests are made easier – a little testing panel gives you a result within minutes, and lets you know whether you are ready or not to pass an official drug test. A simple device, it can dramatically change a person’s life. Make use of the convenience of our time.

  Home drug tests can only show a positive or negative reading. A one-time-use test can check for presence of such toxins as nicotine, alcohol, marijuana, cocaine, opiates, amphetamines, methamphetamines, benzodiazepines, etc. Some panels might include several of toxins that it can test for. If you need to check the exact levels of toxins present in your body, you can go to a private lab, and a simple urine or blood test will tell you how much off you are from a standard cut-off level. If the toxin concentration in a sample is above cut-off level, the sample is considered positive; if the toxin concentration is below cut-off level – the sample is negative. Normally, broad spectrum analysis (first official test that tests for presence of ANY toxins) has the same cut-off level similar to a home-testing device. If the test outcome is positive, it can be sent out for further analysis that might lower the sensitivity levels and determine more detailed drug usage.

  Besides urine home-test kits, there are saliva and hair home-tests available for public. Saliva samples, similar to urine, can be tested in the privacy of your own house; hair samples have to be sent off to a lab since there is no at-home device that can get inside of a hair shaft to determine drug usage yet. Hopefully, they will be available in the future.

• What should I use?

  Posted on July 8th, 2010 How to pass

  So, you know you have a test coming up, and you know you have to get ready for it, but how? You’ve asked all your friends, you’ve looked on the internet, and they all seem like good ideas, and you decide to combine them all just to make sure that it’ll work. But is that the right decision?

  - Hello, I have just a few questions about a drug test. It is tomorrow, and I just want to make sure that I’m doing everything right.
  - Ok, what kind of test is it going to be?
  - It is a saliva test, and I’ve been rinsing my mouth with lemon juice and vinegar for a couple of days now, and I also got some mouthwash strips that you use instead of gargling, you know, and just wanted to know when do I put them in?
  - Well, first, lemon juice and vinegar don’t really remove any toxins and is absolutely not necessary to do that unpleasant stuff; secondly, what type of mouthwash strips did you get? Regular mouthwash or special detoxifying one?
  - It’s a regular mouthwash strips, for bed breath, you know… I didn’t know there was a special kind… I’ve been told that lemon juice and vinegar dissolve the mucus that saliva is stored in, and those strips will coat the insides of my mouth with gelatin that works as a barrier between the swab and my mouth…
  - No, all of that is not true. Lemon juice and vinegar just make you salivate a lot, and as far as destroying the mucus – it does not really get rid of toxins that are stored within your body and produced in saliva every minute. Special detoxifying mouthwash coats the insides of your mouth with special chemical compound that makes it impossible to detect any toxins in a sample collected in a swab test. Regular mouthwash just eliminates bacteria that cause bad breath.
  - Ok, can I get some of that detoxifying mouthwash overnight?

  Most of home remedies do not work. If you trying to purify your body naturally, just exercise and water will help you get healthy in a long run. But if you need to pass an upcoming test, don’t waste your time with anything but special detoxifying products.