Case Study 1

Proof of treatment for heroin addiction in a custody case
Ms B sought to regain custody of her child. With a history of drug misuse, in particular heroin addiction, she declared that following treatment she had stopped using heroin and had been following a methadone treatment programme for over a year. The child's guardian requested a hair test. TrichoTech were instructed to carry out a 5-drug test for the most common drugs of abuse. Our collector met Mrs. B at her lawyer's office and cut a small lock of hair from her head. The process took less than 10 minutes and there were no visible signs to the donor's cosmetic appearance. Because the mother had hair over 12 centimetres long, and hair grows approximately 1cm a month, sample analysis provided a profile of drug use or abstinence over a 12 month period. The results were positive for methadone, but negative for all other drugs, supporting the mother's self-reports.

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