| Drug addiction poses a serious threat to health | | | | Spray (Sweat) Drug Testing |
| and well being of an individual and to entire | | | | Spray (Sweat) testing is used to detect drug |
| society. Drug abuse can destroy lives of | | | | abuse over a period of couple of weeks or more. |
| youngsters, ruins families, and leads to loss of | | | | It is used when other methods like urine testing |
| productivity and efficiency at workplaces. | | | | can not detect substance abuse for such longer |
| Depression, anxiety, seizures, violent behavior, and | | | | period. It is an effective drug-monitoring method |
| social problems are some of the fall outs of | | | | as a sweat patch affixed on the person's skin |
| addiction. There are various testing methods to | | | | collects sweat over past couple of weeks. If the |
| check drug abuse. These methods test for | | | | person abuses in this period, then the sweat |
| presence of drugs in urine, saliva, sweat, blood, | | | | which contains the metabolites is absorbed by |
| and hair. | | | | these patches. The sweat testing is also |
| Urine Drug Testing | | | | non-invasive and easy to perform. It provides for |
| Urine drug testing is an easy, reliable, and | | | | a longer window of substance detection. It is also |
| convenient way to check for presence of | | | | tamper proof as it is difficult to paste it again |
| substances and metabolites. A number of drugs in | | | | once removed. However, sweat testing is prone |
| any combination can be detected through urine | | | | to contamination, and even difference in rates of |
| testing in accurate way. Urine testing can be easily | | | | sweat production in persons can give erroneous |
| performed in homes, offices, schools, and colleges. | | | | test results. |
| The urine testing can detect the drugs taken in | | | | Hair Drug Testing |
| the past 2-7 days. Various onsite urine testing kits | | | | Hair drug testing method can provide drug abuse |
| can test for presence of number of drugs at | | | | history for upto 90 days. In this testing, a small |
| single time and give quick results. There is always | | | | sample of hair is analyzed for presence of drug |
| a risk of adulteration of sample in urine testing. | | | | molecules and metabolites which gets deposited in |
| Hence, sample collection for urine testing should | | | | hair. The metabolites get deposited in hair as blood |
| be done under supervision to maintain integrity. | | | | containing these molecules constantly nourishes |
| Saliva Drug Testing | | | | the hair. If the person is completely bald, then hair |
| Saliva drug testing provides a reasonably accurate | | | | strands can also be collected from other parts of |
| way to detect presence of substances in the last | | | | body. There are very less chances of adulterating |
| few hours. This testing method is non-invasive | | | | the hair sample. Hair testing is accurate and |
| and provides results for presence of number of | | | | expensive than other forms of testing as it is |
| substances at single time. Saliva testing can be | | | | performed in laboratories using advanced analytical |
| easily performed at homes, workplaces, schools, | | | | techniques. |
| colleges, and other locations. There are very less | | | | Various testing methods provide only preliminary |
| chances of adulteration of samples as they are | | | | analytical results. More advanced methods like Gas |
| taken in front of everyone. Various onsite saliva | | | | Chromatography/Mass Spectrometry (GC/MS) |
| testing kits are easy to handle and provide quick | | | | needs to be conducted for confirmation purposes. |
| results. However, saliva testing has a short | | | | If person is found to be addicted, then immediate |
| window of detection and detects substance abuse | | | | steps should be taken to refrain the person from |
| within past 48 hours. | | | | using drugs to avoid further harmful complications. |