| If you've seen the signs of drug use or | | | | The health records may be secure and |
| symptoms of drug use in your teen, then you | | | | confidential today, but as the shift continues |
| might be wondering if you want to use a home | | | | toward electronic record keeping, there are |
| drug test kit and do it yourself or take your son | | | | legitimate security risks in the future, not the least |
| or daughter to see your local doctor. Since instant | | | | of which is who has access to those records. Will |
| drug tests offer accuracy that compares | | | | private doctors always possess sole access to |
| favorably to lab results, many doctors are using | | | | those records, or could access expand to |
| the same type of instant kits you can get and | | | | insurance companies or government agencies? |
| use at home, in their doctor's office. The testing | | | | Can anyone guarantee that in the future, no laws |
| technology is similar. The big differences revolve | | | | will be changed that would allow insurance |
| around who administers the tests, how the | | | | companies, government agencies or anyone else |
| results are handled and cost. | | | | for that matter, access to your child's medical |
| The doctors office will be more expensive and | | | | records? Nobody can guarantee it. By contrast, |
| you don't need a medical background to read test | | | | when home tests are used, there is no written |
| results. The bigger question is this. Do you really | | | | medical record and the results are kept private |
| want a record of your child's drug test on file? | | | | between you and your child, as they should be. |