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Although the majority of drug testings are performed using urine specimens, more recently drug testing in alternative specimens such as hair, oral fluid, and sweat have been gaining popularity. One advantage of performing drug testing using these alternative specimens is that it is extremely difficult for the donor to adulterate the specimen as occurs with urine drug testing when the urine collection process is not supervised. Nevertheless, there are commercially available shampoos and hair cleaners which claim to wash out drugs from hair follicles. In addition, mouthwashes are available to pass drug testing using oral fluid specimens. Unlike various urinary adulterants which are effective in masking some drug testing, most of the products marketed for cheating drug tests involving hair, oral fluid, and sweat are ineffective.
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Dasgupta, A. (2010). Adulterating Hair, Oral Fluid, and Sweat Specimens for Drug Testing. In: Beating Drug Tests and Defending Positive Results. Humana Press. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-60761-527-9_6
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