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A Look at Hair Drug Testing
By Damian Sofsian

Drug testing has become very common in both the workplace and schools within the last twenty years or so. Generally, urine testing is the most common form of drug screening. Many people are creative in their efforts to beat drug tests and have formulated many products to mask the appearance of drugs in the system. Products such as masking chemicals and even synthetic urine are widely available, and even the most severe cases of drug abuse may go undetected. Because of the ever-expanding market of products designed to help a drug user pass a screening, many employers are turning to hair follicle drug testing.

Although hair drug testing is significantly more expensive than urine, sweat or saliva testing...
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U.S. says drug abuse needs treatment, not just jail
LONDON (Reuters) - The United States sees drug abuse as a public health problem as much as a crime issue and is seeking to learn from countries in Europe and elsewhere about how to treat addiction as a disease, Barack Obama's drugs policy chief said on Tuesday. Gil Kerlikowske, the U.S. president's director of national drug control policy, said the United States is taking a more balanced ... Read More ...

Rising prescription addiction presents treatment challenges
Prescription addiction is an epidemic, but people who need treatment often can't get help. Recent numbers show prescription addiction certainly has a hold on our region.     Read More ...

Deep concerns over government plans to cut benefits for alcoholics and drug addicts who refuse treatment
Doctors and addiction charities today expressed deep concerns over government plans to cut the benefits of people suffering from alcoholism or drug addiction who refuse treatment. Read More ...

 

 





 
 
 
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