| Heroin is popular among high school and college | | | | to the Urine Drug Testing. This test can be used |
| grads. According to the Monitoring The Future | | | | to detect substance use for a long period of time, |
| study, 1.3% of the 8th grade students abused | | | | but it cannot detect drug abuse within past one |
| heroin in their past lifetime, and .8% in the past | | | | week. The cut off level for this test is 0.1ng/mL. |
| year, and .4% in the past month. The | | | | It takes several months to detect the drug. This |
| percentages were much higher in the 10th and | | | | test gives positive result if the drug in the hair |
| 12th grads. These alarming numbers tells the need | | | | specimen exceeds cut off level and negative if it |
| for active heroin drug testing at schools, colleges, | | | | is below the cut off level. |
| and other places to deter the drug abuse. | | | | Saliva Drug Testing: |
| Heroin drug test is usually conducted to identify | | | | Saliva drug testing test is also not the common |
| the presence of its drug metabolites in a body. | | | | method. This test can detect more recent use of |
| The presence of the drug can be monitored by | | | | the drug and it is very easy to administer but it is |
| different types of tests suitable to the | | | | still more expensive than Urine Drug Testing. The |
| convenience of test administration. | | | | cut off level for this test is 40ng/mL. It takes |
| Urine Drug Testing: | | | | some weeks to detect the drug. This test gives |
| Urine drug testing is the most common method | | | | positive result when the drug in the saliva |
| used for drug detection. It is less expensive when | | | | specimen exceeds cut off level and negative if it |
| compared to other tests. The cut off level for | | | | is below the cut off level. |
| this is 300ng/mL. The detection period of the | | | | With increase in use of Heroin, concerns on health |
| drug is 2-4 days. This test strip gives positive | | | | of abusers and effects on the society are |
| result if the drug in the urine specimen exceeds | | | | growing. Parents should observe their |
| the cut off level and negative if it is below the cut | | | | children’s habits in order to reduce the usage |
| off level. | | | | of drugs. For tracing these two drugs one should |
| Hair Drug Testing: | | | | select appropriate method of drug testing which |
| Hair drug testing is not the common method used | | | | gives accurate test results. |
| for drug testing. It is expensive when compared | | | | |