• Question: can you tell if someone took drugs?

    Asked by bmx4life247 to Nik, Hitesh on 18 Jun 2012.
    • Photo: Nicola Ibberson

      Nicola Ibberson answered on 18 Jun 2012:

      There are certainly tests that can be done to detect residual levels of drugs in your system – and some drugs can stay in your system for a long time! Tests on urine, hair, blood or saliva can be done, depending on the time since it is presumed the drug was taken. If you test someones hair, you can detect if they have taken cannabis up to 90days after they last did it. These tests are often used in sports, or in the case of a suspicious death.

      Of course if you suspect if someone is high on drugs at that particular moment, then there are many different signs that may indicate that, depending on the drug. Alcohol causes slurred speech and staggering, cannabis can cause red, dazed eyes and increased hunger, and cocaine can result in restlessness, dilated pupils and excessive talking.

    • Photo: Hitesh Dave

      Hitesh Dave answered on 20 Jun 2012:

      Yes, our company GSK is currently proud sponsor of all doping testing in olympics..the simple funda is they check body fluids like urine or blood or saliva and they test it with different chemicals…and they can easily catch if someone takes the drugs by changes in the appreance of test, chages in enzyme levels etc…

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