I’ll reiterate that goldenseal DOES NOT WORK for cleaning you up for drug testing. It’s a valuable herb for many other ailments, but has been flirting with the endangered species list due to this rumor. Please don’t waste it!
As a veteran of many, many urine tests I can tell you that the best thing to do is not smoke the stuff! A lot depends on how you are allowed to submit your urine sample. I worked on an oil-field supply boat, and you weren’t given any opportunity to tamper with your sample. One of the sample-collecting team members accompanied you to the bathroom and watched you. Since I am female and there were rarely any female members of the team, I was allowed to use the bathroom by myself, but they had a few special tricks for me. They had a purple dye of some kind that they put in the toilet water, and I wasn’t allowed to flush the toilet or run water in the sink (wash my hands) until I had handed the sample over. I wasn’t allowed to close the bathroom door all the way, and someone stood just outside the door waiting on my sample. And of course the sample jars have a temp sensitive strip on the outside and the temp is noted on the paperwork.
I used to give them a hard time because they were never prepared for taking samples from a female, and would hand me one of those itty-bitty bottles. I would look at the bottle and look at them, and ask how in the hell I was supposed to pee in that little thing? The smart ones brought little plastic cups for me to use - the others just turned red and stammered a lot.
Also, a rule was made while I was still taking the urine tests that the detection of any foreign substance that might interfere with the test was an automatic ‘fail’. Cloudy urine or urine with an unusual odor would also fail you, unless you had a urinary tract infection. However, in these cases they gave you a grace period and came back for retesting.
About the hair thing - there are a few facts about hair that might be helpful in understanding why this test is almost impossible to beat if they are doing a serious test. (I say impossible because someone may have discovered a way.)
Hair is composed of dead cells pushed out from the hair root. These cells contain traces of whatever substance was in your body at the time of the cells’ formation. These cells grow in the root and are pushed outward by the growth of more cells beneath/behind them. If you smoked pot 3 months ago and then didn’t touch it again, and your hair grows 1/2 inch a month, the contaminated cells will be in the hair shaft about 1 1/2 inch from your scalp, while the newer cells closer to your skin will be clean. One way to possibly get around the drug test would be to quit using a couple of months before the test, then cut your hair real short.
It’s my understanding that the testers prefer to pluck the hair so that they get the root and all. This way, they can test you for drug use for whatever time period is represented for the entire length of your hair.
Bleaches, dyes, etc. may be useful, but most do not penetrate the hair shaft entirely, and they do not touch the roots, which are below the skin line. You might interfere with results for a month ago, but not what is present in the hair root.
And what if they decide to pluck hair from some other part of your body? Are you going to dye the hair on your legs or arms, or in your crotch?
I guess a lot depends on how thoroughly they want to test you, and what lengths/expense they are prepared to go to.
The little bit I know about hair-testing is pretty old information, but, if anything, I’m sure the methods have improved. A cosmetologist or hair dresser might be able to tell you more about how fast hair grows, how long before the cells in the root grow out, etc.
Carpe diem - Seize the day
Carpe noctem - Seize the night
Carpe cerevisi - Seize the beer
If a company is doing real to life drug tests you will not beat the test. If you drink a lot of water…they can tell because the proteins will be watered as well…that is the first thing you don’t want to do. We do random drug testing…which means a computer selects a certain amount of social security numbers per day…the supervisor cannot notify you more than one hour before the test…and buddy you better not be late or to them that is a sign you are not cooperating. You are not allowed to take anything in the bathroom with you…you must remove everything from your pockets…and you cannot wash your hands until after you have handed over the sample. On an average…it stays in your system 30 days for an average user. We received an email last week that now they can test your urine to see if you have taken any altering drugs. Before they tested the urine only for certain things…now they will test it for all things. There is no sure way to beat a drug test…some people might get lucky…but rarely