6 months is a lot, usually it's 3months. His hair would need to be 6cm long. It's usually done by a private company. In the courts ideal world, they want zero and if you get asked for a test, it's good practice to say if it'll come back positive for alcohol and explain the celebrations etc. They can segment by month, too as opposed to working out an average. It doesn't actually take much to tip the balance when you look at the science of it. I had it worked out at one point, something like 8g of alcohol in 1 unit. So you add the units, times by 8g/6months/100 =alcohol in mg. Google the cutoff values but I'm fairly certain it's about 30mg. I'd abstain now, just incase you don't get a good result, atleast you can say it's not indicative of your drinking and do another. I think anything above 20mg is at risk drinker, you don't want that either. If memory serves, I calculated my vacation at around 13mg, test came back much lower. I also scored high, but my first test wasn't indicative of my normal alcohol intake, ended up doing 3 tests before they were satisfied, so it really pays to abstain, and takes away the worry of results. Best of luck .Hi all, I’ve been supporting my partner through his battle for access. He hasn’t seen his children in 2 years they are 8 & 4, the mother has accused DV and alcoholism. Section 7 has been done and they suggested a hair strand test, no evidence of DV and this wasn’t even brought up by the judges at the last dispute hearing. My partner will start contact centre contact almost immediately and then there is another hearing in December following the HST. The court have requested a test to show 6 months via the GP. Although he wouldn’t drink alcohol when the children were in his care we are now a little
Concerned after reading various things. They’re testing for chronic/excessive alcohol use. What does this mean? We’ve had a couple of 2 week all inclusive holidays in that time period and birthday/wedding celebrations. Usually I’d estimate 2 drinking days a week this could be a few whiskeys and the sharing of a red wine or sometimes a few ales. What units do they go off does anyone know? As I read excessive drinking to be 7.5 units a day or 52.5 a week which he’d be no where near. Thanks in advance.