Feds and drug tests

[blueclaw]

Hopefully someone can help me win a bet. What is the most common type of drug test for FBI, Customs and the USMS? I'm saying the hair follicle test, am I right?

[dmclark]

DEA used urinalysis for all the years I took it. Hair is good to detect use longer than urine, but once you're tested regularly (like DEA) then it's of little value AND more expensive.

We test randomly by SSN and to the best of my recollection, have never had an 1811 test positive. Can't say the same for support personnel, or should I say FORMER support personnel?

[blueclaw]

I guess I lost, I would have sworn that drug testing prior to employment would have been done through hair but I guess not everything the government does has to make sense all the time.

[Housecop]

The USSS also uses urinalysis but will be going to Hair and Nail samples within the next year.