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My friend took a single hit of meth and has to take a hair test in 60 days will he come up positive or negative?

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Dr. Stephen Southard answered

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Very possible: Hair testing can be very sensitive for methamphetamine detection in a 60-90 day windown depending on the test and hair sample collected.

Answered 7/4/2014

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A member asked:

My friend took a single hit of meth and has to take a hair test in 60 days will he come up positive or negative?

A doctor has provided 1 answer

Dr. Stephen Southard answered

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