: Tue Jun 23, 2009 11:17 pm
Pie Eyed wrote:
Depends on the test.
Use the hair follicle test and any residue will be visible for as long as the hair has been growing - Weeks or even months.
Yes, you can "beat" the test with a special shampoo, but that will only cover your tracks for 8 hours.
Therefore, you get them all in early one morning, then do your training, have lunch, have an extra training/swimming/weights session in the afternoon, and after 9 to 10 hours, you test them.
For those that shave their heads (whether to get around the test or not), pubes, leg-hairs, moustaches all carry the same results.
Intrusive - Maybe
Necessary - Definitely
Lenagan should make this happen, as the ONLY players that would not want to be tested are those with something to hide.
If the players have any integrity as a group, they should offer to be tested in this way, to prove that they have nothing to hide.
To really understand how long does cocaine stay in your system, consider the following facts
•Cocaine is expected to be present in the body for 72 hours since its intake
•Cocaine is expected to be detected in your urine for 1-3 days since its intake provided the intake is only once
•Habituated use of cocaine results in traces of cocaine being detected in urine for up to 12 weeks.
•Cocaine is said to be retained in your hair for a period of 3 months since its intake.
•There are also reports available that suggest the presence of cocaine for a time frame of 25 years since its intake.
