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Reply To: Saliva Testing – pros vs cons

  • Bill Doig

    Member
    1 April 2021 at 1:52 pm

    Ditto to Marty Fox. Sent the following directly to Kim

    Saliva drug testing allows a shorter detection time frame to provide a better indication of potential impairment. I’ve been told that it will only detect more recent consumption of drugs, less than 24 hours for most drugs and less than 4 hours for cannabis use. The pH of saliva can be more easily altered or diluted by the individual which can reduce the amount of drug present in the oral fluid by a significant amount.

    The reality is consistent recreational marijuana use post work; peoples short term memory goes and you don’t want that.

    That’s my two cents worth.

    Regards

    Bill

    PS we don’t do oral testing