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Random drug testing is getting more popular with government agencies, the military, corporations, police and fire departments, drug rehab centers, prisons and schools. Now and then parents also apply drug testing on teens. Detection statistic is higher on random testing versus other testing methods and this aids keeping drug users in deterrence. The methods of random selection vary, from cho...   More... >>

Recent research based on hair alcohol analysis has revealed that in recent years excessive alcohol consumption and constant alcohol abusers within the United States and United Kingdom has been steadily increasing. The hair, when it grows, soaks up toxins called FAEEs (fatty acid ethyl esters) and EtG (ethyl glucuronide), which remain in the hair shaft for a long period of time. These toxins...   More... >>

There are more than 250 prescription and non-prescription medications that could cause a false positive result on the drug test. That’s why it is really important to mention all medications one has taken that could cause the same positive results as consuming of illegal drugs. If a positive result occurs on the test, one can always appeal against it at the court. In this case test form is a ...   More... >>

Post-incident drug tests are not commonly applied testing yet, but they are getting more popular among employers because can protect a company from liability if the injured individual was under the influence of alcohol or drugs at the moment of the accident. Usually individuals have no time to accomplish quick-detox program to beat screening. If alcohol or recreational drugs are detected in ...   More... >>

Hair drug screening provides a much longer gap of drug of abuse detection. These tests are useful for safety-critical positions as they have zero tolerance of drug consumption. Even if subjected to test individual in preparation for the test has a shaved head, hair can be obtained from other areas of the body such as face, arms, legs and underarms. So far hair tests cost more than urine test...   More... >>

Like other toxins fatty acid ethyl esters (alcohol metabolites) get into the hair shaft via the keratinocytes, the specific cells that are responsible for hair growth. Hair is constituted in the root follicle; then grows through the skin surface absorbing all toxic substances. Sebaceous glands also produce fatty acid ethyl esters in the scalp and they migrate together with sebum along the en...   More... >>

United States Compulsory drug testing was introduced into American life through two diverse historical routes. In the common law system there were precedents derived from the rules governing the "king's highway" and the "king's forest". These laws allowed legal authorities to examine a person suspected of driving under the impact of alcohol or psychoactive narcotics. The second route appe...   More... >>

According to some states’ legislation (e.g. South Carolina), a person suspected in alcohol or drugs intake is offered a breath test, if he or she is conscious. Other states (e.g. Georgia) put responsibility to the officer in the field to decide which test is to be taken, with no regard if a person is conscious or not. Some states don’t apply urine analyses at all. Blood testing regulation i...   More... >>

Modern cities environment is full of harmful chemicals created by the mankind progress. As a result of polluted environment diseases flourish around the planet. Nowadays the air we breathe, the water we drink and the food we consume affects our health. Liver is an organ that function as a blood filter; if we don't take preliminary measures (like liver detoxification) it can get overloaded wi...   More... >>

If you have decided to undergo detoxifying process and appointed the date you are going to start from, try to manage and reduce your using habit to a controlled level in advance. Successful solution of drug dependence problems consists of two stages: 1. Complete a detox program – for better detoxification and excreting unhealthy toxins drink plenty of still pure water; other fluids lik...   More... >>