Amphetamines
• Uppers • Speed • Meth • Whites
• Dexies • Crank • Black Beauties • Benny
• Crystal • Jelly Beans • White Cross
Cocaine
•Yale Coke • Crack • Snow • C • Flake
• White Candy • Freebase • Toot • Blow
• Nose Candy • Rock
Benzodiazepines
• Downers • Tranqs
Marijuana
• Dope • Pot • Reefer • Joint • Smoke
• Weed
Opiates
• Heroin (Smack, Horse, Junk, China White)
• Morphine (M, Miss Emma) • Codeine
(School Boy) • Hydrocodone (Vicodin®’)
• Hydromorphone (Dilaudid®’) • Oxycodone
(Percocet®’, Percodan®’, Oxycotin®’)
• Oxymorphone (Numorpha®’)
Phencyclidine
• Angel Dust • Devil Stick • PCP
• Dummy Dust • Wack
MDMA
• Ecstasy • Adam • XTC • X • Hug drug
• Beans • Love drug • Lover’s speed
Barbiturates
• Downers • Dolls • Reds • Tuinal • Rainbows
• Yellows • Blues • Goofballs • M&Ms
• Red Devils
Methadone
• Done • Dolophine • Methadose • Dolls
Methaqualone
• Ludes • Sopor • Lemmon • Quaalude
• Mequin
Propoxyphene
GHB
• Liquid Ecstasy • Liquid-X • Everclear
• Soap • Easy lay • Goops • Georgia home boy
Rohypnol
• Rophies • Roofies • Roach • Rope
• Circles • Mexican valium
Ketamine
• Special K • Lady Kay • Vitamin K • Jet
• K • Keets • Super C • Cat valium • K-hole
LSD
• Acid • L • Blotter • Trips • Cid
• Tabs • Microdots
Anabolic Steroids
• Testosterone and its synthetic analogs
listed as controlled substances.
Androstendols, Androstendiones, their
19-nor versions, Dehydroepiandrosterone,
Designer anabolic steroids
Tuesday, May 12, 2009
Drug, Detection Times, Symptoms
• What to Look For: Physical Symptoms Dangers: Substances: Time Detectable
Methamphetamine, Amphetamine
Urine: 1 to 3 days
Hair: up to 90 days (depending on hair length)
Oral Fluid: 24 to 36 hours
Disorientation, severe depression, paranoia,
possible hallucinations, increase in blood
pressure, fatigue
•Tablets of varying colors, possible chain-smoking
Long periods without rest or sleep, loss of appetite, anxiety, irritability,
rapid speech, tremors, mood elevation
Benzoylecgonine
Urine: 1 to 3 days
Hair: up to 90 days (depending on hair length)
Oral Fluid: 24 to 36 hours
Shallow breathing, fever, anxiety, tremors,
possible death from convulsions or
respiratory arrest
• Glassine envelopes, razors, small spoons, bitter white crystalline
powder, granular rocks
Short-lived euphoria changing to depression, irritability, nervousness,
tightness of muscles
11-Nor-delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol-9-carboxylic acid
Urine - occasional use: 1 to 3 days; habitual/chronic use: up to 30 days
Hair: up to 90 days (depending on hair length)
◊ Delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol
Hair: up to 90 days (depending on hair length)
Oral Fluid: less than 24 hours
Psychological dependence, increased heart
rate, impaired short-term memory, anxiety,
lung damage, possible psychosis with
chronic use
• Plastic baggies, rolling paper, “roach” clips, odor of burnt rope
Altered perception, dilated pupils, lack of concentration and
coordination, craving for sweets, increased appetite, laughter
Codeine, Morphine
Urine: 1 to 3 days
Hair: up to 90 days (depending on hair length)
Oral Fluid: 24 to 36 hours
Hydrocodone, Hydromorphone, Oxycodone
Oxymorphone, 6-monoacetylmorphine
Urine: 1 to 3 days
Oral Fluid: 24 to 36 hours
Lethargy, weight loss, hepatitis, slow and
shallow breathing, possible death
• Glassine envelopes, needles and syringes, caps or spoons,
tourniquets, needle marks on arms
Insensitivity to pain, euphoria, sedation, nausea, vomiting, itchiness,
watery eyes, running nose
Phencyclidine
Urine - occasional use: 1 to 5 days; habitual/chronic use: up to 30 days
Hair: up to 90 days (depending on hair length)
Oral Fluid: 24 to 36 hours
Unpredictable behavior, flashbacks,
possible emotional instability and
psychosis, hallucinations
• Liquid capsules, white or brown powder on paper stamps,
sugar cubes, cigarettes, joints, injection paraphernalia
Increased pulse and heart rate, blood pressure and temperature,
possible mood and perception alteration, paranoia, panic, anxiety,
nausea, tremors, suicidal urge
3-4 methylene dioxymethamphetamine (MDMA)
3-4 methylene dioxyamphetamine (MDA)
Urine: 2 to 4 days
Hair: up to 90 days (depending on hair length)
Oral Fluid: 24 to 36 hours
Tachycardia, hypertension, hyperthermia,
mydriasis, diaphoresis, stimulant,
entactogenic effects, visual hallucinations
• White odorless crystalline powder, tablets in various colors and
stamped with various patterns
Euphoria, empathetic and unusually warm towards people, touch and
sight senses often heightened
Secobarbital, Butalbital, Pentobarbital, Amobarbital
Phenobarbital
Urine (all except Phenobarbitol): 1 to 3 days (short acting)
Urine (Phenobarbital): 1 to 3 weeks
Rigidity and painful muscle contraction,
emotional instability, possible overdose and
death, especially when mixed with alcohol
• Capsules of varying colors, longer periods of rest or sleep,
dizziness, cold and clammy skin
Depression, decreased alertness and muscle control, intoxication and
slurred speech, drowsiness
Common Benzodiazepines and/or specific metabolites:
Oxazepam, Nordiazepam, Temazepam (Restoril),
Flurazepam (Dalmane), Alprazolam (Xanax), Lorazepam
(Ativan), Chlordiazepoxide (Librium), Clorazepate
(Tranxene), Diazepam (Valium), Halazepam (Paxipam),
Medazepam (Nobrium),Prazepam (Centrax), Flunitrazepam,
Clonazepam (Klonopin), Midazolam (Versed)
Urine: varies from 1 to 14 days (depending on specific
Benzodiazepine)
Shallow respiration, cold and clammy skin,
dilated pupils, weak and rapid pulse, coma,
possible death
• Pills and injection paraphernalia
Slurred speech, disorientation, drunken behavior without
odor of alcohol
Methadone and metabolite
Urine: 1 to 3 days
Slow and/or shallow breathing, clammy
skin, convulsions, coma, possible death
• White crystalline powder, tablets, liquid (injectable)
Euphoria, drowsiness, respiratory depression,
constricted pupils, nausea
Norpropoxyphene
Urine: 1 to 3 days
Skin rash and other allergic reactions occur
occasionally and may be accompanied by
drug fever and mucosal lesions, stupor or
coma, convulsions, respiratory depression
•Tablets, capsules
Dizziness, drowsiness, headache, euphoria, sysphoria, asthenia
Gamma hydroxybutyrate
Urine: up to 72 hours
Bradycardia, respiratory depression,
hallucinations, amnesia
• White odorless powder, tablet or capsule
Relaxes or sedates the body and slows breathing and heart rate
Flunitrazepam metabolite (7-aminoflunitrazepam)
Urine: 1 to 3 days
Respiratory depression, hypotension,
disorientation, dizziness, visual disturbances,
anterograde amnesia
• Odorless, tasteless, white tablet
Sedative effects, including amnesia, muscle relaxation and the
slowing of psychomotor performance
Ketamine metabolite (dehydronorketamine)
Urine: 1 to 2 days
Tachycardia, hypertension, nystagmus,
respiratory depression, visual hallucinations,
cataleptic state
• Liquid or white powder
Disassociative effects similar to PCP, large doses put users into
a dreamlike, hallucinogenic state
Lysergic acid diethylamide
Urine: 8 hours
Tachycardia, hypertension, hyperthermia,
mydriasis, lacrimation, visual hallucinations,
synthesias ataxia, tremors
• Colorless, odorless tablets or capsules (microdots), liquid
solution on gelatin (window panes), liquid solution diluted
and impregnated on blotting paper (blotter)
Mood-altering effects, flashbacks, severe depression
Multiple metabolites, some parent steroids. Testosterone
to epitestosterone ratio (T/E) for detection of endogenous
steroids abuse
Urine – if drug taken orally: up to 3 weeks; if drug injected:
3 months up to 1 year
Liver dysfunction, cardiovascular disease,
hypertension, infertility
• Oil based injectable intramuscular solutions (ampoules, vials,
syringes, bottles), tablets or lozenges for oral administration,
sprays, skin lotions.
Yellow tint skin color, acne, gynecomastia, gain in weight, accumulation
of fluids, psychological disorders such as aggressiveness. In females:
marked masculinization, deeper voice, male-pattern hair growth
Methaqualone
Urine: 1 to 7 days
•Tablets Anxiety, insomnia
Slow heart rate and breathing, lowered blood pressure, sleepiness,
feelings of well-being, loss of coordination, laziness, impaired
perception, confusion, later hangover
Methamphetamine, Amphetamine
Urine: 1 to 3 days
Hair: up to 90 days (depending on hair length)
Oral Fluid: 24 to 36 hours
Disorientation, severe depression, paranoia,
possible hallucinations, increase in blood
pressure, fatigue
•Tablets of varying colors, possible chain-smoking
Long periods without rest or sleep, loss of appetite, anxiety, irritability,
rapid speech, tremors, mood elevation
Benzoylecgonine
Urine: 1 to 3 days
Hair: up to 90 days (depending on hair length)
Oral Fluid: 24 to 36 hours
Shallow breathing, fever, anxiety, tremors,
possible death from convulsions or
respiratory arrest
• Glassine envelopes, razors, small spoons, bitter white crystalline
powder, granular rocks
Short-lived euphoria changing to depression, irritability, nervousness,
tightness of muscles
11-Nor-delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol-9-carboxylic acid
Urine - occasional use: 1 to 3 days; habitual/chronic use: up to 30 days
Hair: up to 90 days (depending on hair length)
◊ Delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol
Hair: up to 90 days (depending on hair length)
Oral Fluid: less than 24 hours
Psychological dependence, increased heart
rate, impaired short-term memory, anxiety,
lung damage, possible psychosis with
chronic use
• Plastic baggies, rolling paper, “roach” clips, odor of burnt rope
Altered perception, dilated pupils, lack of concentration and
coordination, craving for sweets, increased appetite, laughter
Codeine, Morphine
Urine: 1 to 3 days
Hair: up to 90 days (depending on hair length)
Oral Fluid: 24 to 36 hours
Hydrocodone, Hydromorphone, Oxycodone
Oxymorphone, 6-monoacetylmorphine
Urine: 1 to 3 days
Oral Fluid: 24 to 36 hours
Lethargy, weight loss, hepatitis, slow and
shallow breathing, possible death
• Glassine envelopes, needles and syringes, caps or spoons,
tourniquets, needle marks on arms
Insensitivity to pain, euphoria, sedation, nausea, vomiting, itchiness,
watery eyes, running nose
Phencyclidine
Urine - occasional use: 1 to 5 days; habitual/chronic use: up to 30 days
Hair: up to 90 days (depending on hair length)
Oral Fluid: 24 to 36 hours
Unpredictable behavior, flashbacks,
possible emotional instability and
psychosis, hallucinations
• Liquid capsules, white or brown powder on paper stamps,
sugar cubes, cigarettes, joints, injection paraphernalia
Increased pulse and heart rate, blood pressure and temperature,
possible mood and perception alteration, paranoia, panic, anxiety,
nausea, tremors, suicidal urge
3-4 methylene dioxymethamphetamine (MDMA)
3-4 methylene dioxyamphetamine (MDA)
Urine: 2 to 4 days
Hair: up to 90 days (depending on hair length)
Oral Fluid: 24 to 36 hours
Tachycardia, hypertension, hyperthermia,
mydriasis, diaphoresis, stimulant,
entactogenic effects, visual hallucinations
• White odorless crystalline powder, tablets in various colors and
stamped with various patterns
Euphoria, empathetic and unusually warm towards people, touch and
sight senses often heightened
Secobarbital, Butalbital, Pentobarbital, Amobarbital
Phenobarbital
Urine (all except Phenobarbitol): 1 to 3 days (short acting)
Urine (Phenobarbital): 1 to 3 weeks
Rigidity and painful muscle contraction,
emotional instability, possible overdose and
death, especially when mixed with alcohol
• Capsules of varying colors, longer periods of rest or sleep,
dizziness, cold and clammy skin
Depression, decreased alertness and muscle control, intoxication and
slurred speech, drowsiness
Common Benzodiazepines and/or specific metabolites:
Oxazepam, Nordiazepam, Temazepam (Restoril),
Flurazepam (Dalmane), Alprazolam (Xanax), Lorazepam
(Ativan), Chlordiazepoxide (Librium), Clorazepate
(Tranxene), Diazepam (Valium), Halazepam (Paxipam),
Medazepam (Nobrium),Prazepam (Centrax), Flunitrazepam,
Clonazepam (Klonopin), Midazolam (Versed)
Urine: varies from 1 to 14 days (depending on specific
Benzodiazepine)
Shallow respiration, cold and clammy skin,
dilated pupils, weak and rapid pulse, coma,
possible death
• Pills and injection paraphernalia
Slurred speech, disorientation, drunken behavior without
odor of alcohol
Methadone and metabolite
Urine: 1 to 3 days
Slow and/or shallow breathing, clammy
skin, convulsions, coma, possible death
• White crystalline powder, tablets, liquid (injectable)
Euphoria, drowsiness, respiratory depression,
constricted pupils, nausea
Norpropoxyphene
Urine: 1 to 3 days
Skin rash and other allergic reactions occur
occasionally and may be accompanied by
drug fever and mucosal lesions, stupor or
coma, convulsions, respiratory depression
•Tablets, capsules
Dizziness, drowsiness, headache, euphoria, sysphoria, asthenia
Gamma hydroxybutyrate
Urine: up to 72 hours
Bradycardia, respiratory depression,
hallucinations, amnesia
• White odorless powder, tablet or capsule
Relaxes or sedates the body and slows breathing and heart rate
Flunitrazepam metabolite (7-aminoflunitrazepam)
Urine: 1 to 3 days
Respiratory depression, hypotension,
disorientation, dizziness, visual disturbances,
anterograde amnesia
• Odorless, tasteless, white tablet
Sedative effects, including amnesia, muscle relaxation and the
slowing of psychomotor performance
Ketamine metabolite (dehydronorketamine)
Urine: 1 to 2 days
Tachycardia, hypertension, nystagmus,
respiratory depression, visual hallucinations,
cataleptic state
• Liquid or white powder
Disassociative effects similar to PCP, large doses put users into
a dreamlike, hallucinogenic state
Lysergic acid diethylamide
Urine: 8 hours
Tachycardia, hypertension, hyperthermia,
mydriasis, lacrimation, visual hallucinations,
synthesias ataxia, tremors
• Colorless, odorless tablets or capsules (microdots), liquid
solution on gelatin (window panes), liquid solution diluted
and impregnated on blotting paper (blotter)
Mood-altering effects, flashbacks, severe depression
Multiple metabolites, some parent steroids. Testosterone
to epitestosterone ratio (T/E) for detection of endogenous
steroids abuse
Urine – if drug taken orally: up to 3 weeks; if drug injected:
3 months up to 1 year
Liver dysfunction, cardiovascular disease,
hypertension, infertility
• Oil based injectable intramuscular solutions (ampoules, vials,
syringes, bottles), tablets or lozenges for oral administration,
sprays, skin lotions.
Yellow tint skin color, acne, gynecomastia, gain in weight, accumulation
of fluids, psychological disorders such as aggressiveness. In females:
marked masculinization, deeper voice, male-pattern hair growth
Methaqualone
Urine: 1 to 7 days
•Tablets Anxiety, insomnia
Slow heart rate and breathing, lowered blood pressure, sleepiness,
feelings of well-being, loss of coordination, laziness, impaired
perception, confusion, later hangover
When Children are in the home of drug users...
In 2008, there were 85 children (under age 12 years old) tested in this area. Of these 85 children the average age was 2 years old.
82 of the 85 children tested positive for drug use by means of Hair Follicle Drug Testing. In almost all of these cases, the children's results were as high as the parent who was actively using the drug.
What does this mean?
This means that because Hair Follicle Drug testing does not detect exposure to contaminants in the air, the children are ingesting the drugs somehow and being as affected as the person in the household using the drugs.
This also means the child goes through all of the physical symptoms that the actual drug user themselves will go through upon quitting the use.
There are many methods for the children to become contaminated with the drugs being used in the household.
Although there is no physical evidence to prove (due to the nature of how to conduct testing), it appears some drugs (predominantly Methamphetamine) can be transferred by skin to skin contact.
We also find concerns that when a parent is in a state of a drug induced high, the children have all too easy access to handle the drugs in the home unknowingly.
82 of the 85 children tested positive for drug use by means of Hair Follicle Drug Testing. In almost all of these cases, the children's results were as high as the parent who was actively using the drug.
What does this mean?
This means that because Hair Follicle Drug testing does not detect exposure to contaminants in the air, the children are ingesting the drugs somehow and being as affected as the person in the household using the drugs.
This also means the child goes through all of the physical symptoms that the actual drug user themselves will go through upon quitting the use.
There are many methods for the children to become contaminated with the drugs being used in the household.
Although there is no physical evidence to prove (due to the nature of how to conduct testing), it appears some drugs (predominantly Methamphetamine) can be transferred by skin to skin contact.
We also find concerns that when a parent is in a state of a drug induced high, the children have all too easy access to handle the drugs in the home unknowingly.
An Ever Prosperous and Growing Industry
Regardless if the economy is booming or busting, one area always manages to prosper and be on a continual rise...
The dark and evil world of DRUGS!
Drug Abuse comes in many forms, prescription, over the counter, and illegal drugs.
Whether times are tough, or times are tight, drug use continues to rise, and with its rise, it collects members younger and younger every year.
No longer are teens and youth experimenting with "soft" drugs and alcohol...
Today's youth are well versed in harsh chemical drugs, and these same youth, are the future of our world...
The dark and evil world of DRUGS!
Drug Abuse comes in many forms, prescription, over the counter, and illegal drugs.
Whether times are tough, or times are tight, drug use continues to rise, and with its rise, it collects members younger and younger every year.
No longer are teens and youth experimenting with "soft" drugs and alcohol...
Today's youth are well versed in harsh chemical drugs, and these same youth, are the future of our world...
Hair Testing FAQ's
What is Hair Drug Testing?
Since hair growth is fed by the bloodstream, the ingestion of drugs of abuse is revealed by analyzing a small sample of hair. Our testing method measures the drug molecules embedded inside the hairshaft, eliminating external contamination as a source of a positive test result. Hair testing results cannot be altered with shampoos or other external chemicals.
Can hair be affected by cross-reacting substances such as over-the-counter medications?
Enzyme-immunoassay antibodies (EIA), similar to those used to test urine, are used for the initial screening test for drugs of abuse in hair; therefore the potential for substances such as over-the-counter medications to cause a false positive screening result does exist. To eliminate the possibility of reporting a false-positive due to cross-reactivity, Omega confirms all positive results by GC/MS for methamphetamine, opiates, PCP,cocaine and marijuana.
How effective is Hair Testing in detecting drug users?
In side-by-side comparison studies with urinalysis, hair drug testing has uncovered significantly more drug use. In two independent studies hair drug testing uncovered 4 to 8 times as many drug users as urinalysis.
Does external exposure to certain drugs, like marijuana or crack smoke, affect the Hair Test results?
To rule out the possibility of external contamination, Omega testing (where appropriate) looks for both parent & metabolite (bi-product) of drug usage. For marijuana analyses, Omega detects only the metabolite (THC-COOH) . This metabolite is only produced by the body and cannot be an environmental contaminant.
Since hair growth is fed by the bloodstream, the ingestion of drugs of abuse is revealed by analyzing a small sample of hair. Our testing method measures the drug molecules embedded inside the hairshaft, eliminating external contamination as a source of a positive test result. Hair testing results cannot be altered with shampoos or other external chemicals.
Can hair be affected by cross-reacting substances such as over-the-counter medications?
Enzyme-immunoassay antibodies (EIA), similar to those used to test urine, are used for the initial screening test for drugs of abuse in hair; therefore the potential for substances such as over-the-counter medications to cause a false positive screening result does exist. To eliminate the possibility of reporting a false-positive due to cross-reactivity, Omega confirms all positive results by GC/MS for methamphetamine, opiates, PCP,cocaine and marijuana.
How effective is Hair Testing in detecting drug users?
In side-by-side comparison studies with urinalysis, hair drug testing has uncovered significantly more drug use. In two independent studies hair drug testing uncovered 4 to 8 times as many drug users as urinalysis.
Does external exposure to certain drugs, like marijuana or crack smoke, affect the Hair Test results?
To rule out the possibility of external contamination, Omega testing (where appropriate) looks for both parent & metabolite (bi-product) of drug usage. For marijuana analyses, Omega detects only the metabolite (THC-COOH) . This metabolite is only produced by the body and cannot be an environmental contaminant.
Hair Drug Testing vs. Urine Drug Testing
How does Hair Testing compare to urinalysis?
The primary differences are
1) wider window of detection
2) inability to tamper with the test
Cocaine, methamphetamine, opiates and PCP are rapidly excreted and usually undetectable in urine 72 hours after use. The detection period for hair is limited only by the length of the hair sample and is approximately 90 days for a standard test.
At this time there are no known adulterants for hair tests. Since hair tests analyze the drugs inside the hairshaft, external contaminants/chemicals have no effect.
Additional advantages include non-intrusive collection procedures, virtual
elimination of test evasion.
The combination of an increased window of detection and resistance to evasion makes Hair Testing far more effective than urinalysis in correctly identifying drug users.
The primary differences are
1) wider window of detection
2) inability to tamper with the test
Cocaine, methamphetamine, opiates and PCP are rapidly excreted and usually undetectable in urine 72 hours after use. The detection period for hair is limited only by the length of the hair sample and is approximately 90 days for a standard test.
At this time there are no known adulterants for hair tests. Since hair tests analyze the drugs inside the hairshaft, external contaminants/chemicals have no effect.
Additional advantages include non-intrusive collection procedures, virtual
elimination of test evasion.
The combination of an increased window of detection and resistance to evasion makes Hair Testing far more effective than urinalysis in correctly identifying drug users.
Testing Services
You call, we come to you! Its that simple! No one wants to be seen walking into a facility that provides drug testing services! You feel a lot more comfortable in your own environment! That's why we go directly to you!
During a brief telephone call, an appointment will be arranged to set up a best time to meet.
The entire process takes approximately 15 minutes per person.
The hair sample is collected by a certified hair collector, and done under a strict Chain of Custody process.
An average of 120 to 150 strands of hair are cut. Hair is cut as close to the scalp as possible, and from several areas around the crown of the head. Hair is NOT plucked from head, and you will not be left with any noticeable bald spots!
The specimen is then prepared for shipment by courier. It takes an average of one week to ten days to have results completed.
If you have any questions, our certified hair collector will be able to explain anything you would like to know about the process.
During a brief telephone call, an appointment will be arranged to set up a best time to meet.
The entire process takes approximately 15 minutes per person.
The hair sample is collected by a certified hair collector, and done under a strict Chain of Custody process.
An average of 120 to 150 strands of hair are cut. Hair is cut as close to the scalp as possible, and from several areas around the crown of the head. Hair is NOT plucked from head, and you will not be left with any noticeable bald spots!
The specimen is then prepared for shipment by courier. It takes an average of one week to ten days to have results completed.
If you have any questions, our certified hair collector will be able to explain anything you would like to know about the process.
What Drugs Can Be Detected?
- Amphetamines (including Methamphetamine & Ecstasy)
- Cocaine
- Opiates (Codeine, Morphine, Heroin)
- PCP
- Marijuana
EXTENDED OPIATES:
- Oxycodone (Oxycotin, Percocet/Percodan)
- Hydrocodone (Vicodin, Lortab/Lorcet)
- Hydromorphone (Dilaudid)
Hair Dose Response levels indicate Low Use (Recreational), Medium Use (Daily/Weekends), and High Use (Constant). This information is based on various academic studies with admitted drug users. This is a guide only and not exact interpretation. This information is most useful to establish usage of the same drug user over seperate time periods.
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