Hair follicle drug testing??help??

okay so i use to smoke marijuana on a consitant basis...i recently quit for good( dont smoke at all ne more and prolly wont again) about a month ago....im trying to get into my local union .. my local union says they require a urine test and a hair follice drug test upon acceptence...no guarentees i will get in but if i do, i have to take these drug test. my question is ... if they test urin and hair what drugs ae on the hair test....i never have done any hardcore drugs or any prescrption drugs except last january when i broke my hand .... doc's gave my vikoden......anyways whta drugs are they testing for in the hair.....why are they asking for both test's (urine and hair) and what do i have do to to pass....i need this job and not stupid answers ...i quite thats it.....no need to lectures....just sum helpfull information please.....thanx

Hair follicle drug testing??help??

I would shave my head and beard, and try to put off the test for as long as possible.

And stay clean.

The vicodin doesn't stay in your system like marijuana does - and since it was that long ago, it isn't anything to worry about.

You can try some of the things that they sell for cleaning your system out (they probably make stuff or washing your hair with to 'clean' it too, but I can't vouch for any of them).

Drink lots of water, and cranberry juice. And put off the tests for as long as possible. Make some excuse - go out of town or something. But stay clean!

Hair follicle drug testing??help??

Generally, a hair follicle test is used to screen for drugs that are metabolized rather quickly and excreted through the urine. Drugs that are freebased like crack cocaine and methamphetamine can be detected in the hair a few days after they are excreted in the urine. Urine test are really only designed to screen drug use within the last few days or marijuana use. The problem is the longer you use marijuana the more THC is stored in adipose tissue and builds up. This means that a long term marijuana user may still fail a urine drug test several months after they have stopped using. I would explain to the employers about your past, or wait at least 3 months for the drug to be metabolized.