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Hi, i'm entering my senior year of highschool. The last time I smoked marijuana was June 23 of this year. That is the last time I'm ever going to do it cause it's stupid! I'm wondering
how strict the cadet corps drug testing is and if i'm going to pass the hair test? Do they
always take hair from your body or just hair from your head? (I always have a good amount of hair on my head)

If you shave Everywhere, you can circumvent the hair test. No hair = no test...

i know that. i'm gonna have hair on my head like always. if you have hair on your head, are they gonna get hair from your arm, legs or armpits?

Hey, I was kidding in that reply.

Dunno about where they take samples from...

Hey, I was kidding in that reply.

Dunno about where they take samples from...

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Hi, i'm entering my senior year of highschool. The last time I smoked marijuana was June 23 of this year. That is the last time I'm ever going to do it cause it's stupid! I'm wondering
how strict the cadet corps drug testing is and if i'm going to pass the hair test? Do they
always take hair from your body or just hair from your head? (I always have a good amount of hair on my head)

What cadet corps are you talking about for one thing? Also, what makes you think they're going to test your hair and not just a standard urine test? Maybe you should have thought about not being able to pass a drug test before you went ahead and did drugs! You probably knew before you did it that it was stupid, am I right?

Unless they get the hair from someone who doesn't smoke weed, you're going to fail.

Unless they get the hair from someone who doesn't smoke weed, you're going to fail.

And, if you give that a try, you MIGHT want to get some hair that MATCHES - e.g. if your hair is short, straight, and black, you PROBABLY wouldn't want to submit a strand that is long, blonde, and wavy... and vice versa... just sayin...

i stopped smoking in june of this year, and not gonna do it again. i'm gonna try to get in the nypd and test in june of 2014. would i pass the hair test? i heard they could only trace 3 months back. (no gonna smoke anymore)

i stopped smoking in june of this year, and not gonna do it again. i'm gonna try to get in the nypd and test in june of 2014. would i pass the hair test? i heard they could only trace 3 months back. (no gonna smoke anymore)

You shouldnt believe everything you hear. Hair tests show MUCH longer than three months for starters. Secondly, I am assuming you plan on LYING about your cannabis use, and WE hate liars in general expecially liars who ATTEMPT to become LE.

I have a feeling NYPD has at least a "minimum three years since last use" regarding cannabis and thats for "experimentation" not for "chronic" use.