| <a title=Alcohol hair tesing at TriMega! | | | | needed. The second time the same person is |
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| a> is quickly becoming a leading form of | | | | Several legal professionals besides outraged kids |
| testing students for alcohol and drug abuse. | | | | and parents think that the country was founded |
| What’s exciting is the new alcohol testing | | | | on the basis that people were free to make their |
| device is the discovery that allows a parent, | | | | own choices and that mandatory testing like this |
| coach or teacher to test a student’s hair for | | | | already sends a message to students that "you |
| drugs as well as alcohol abuse. Previously, only | | | | are not trusted" and therefore have to be set |
| drugs were detectable with hair testing, but now, | | | | under a microscope. Some parents feel this lack |
| alcohol can also be detected. | | | | of privacy goes against so much of what our |
| This new alcohol detection device is by far the | | | | country is founded on. |
| least invasive form of substance abuse testing on | | | | How Hair Alcohol Testing Works |
| the market compared to urine alcohol testing, | | | | If a person has been asked to give a hair sample, |
| saliva or other forms of blood alcohol testing, like | | | | a certified nurse will make an appointment to |
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| Form Of Screening, Others Are Not So | | | | show up on the hair shaft. These special markers |
| Some parents, school counselors and other people | | | | only appear if the person has been drinking or |
| in the community think that hair alcohol testing in | | | | abusing drugs. What is so unique at EtG alcohol |
| schools is a great idea for preventing even worse | | | | testing is that it will reveal a history of abuse |
| problems that could come out of early alcohol | | | | instead of hours or at most- a couple days like |
| abuse. School officials want to save kids from | | | | urine alcohol testing would. Actually, EtG testing |
| drinking and driving and other dangerous acts that | | | | can prove up to 12 months of alcohol abuse. |
| can happen under the influence of drugs and | | | | Drug follicle hair testing is quite remarkable, and |
| alcohol as well as set a standard for high school | | | | now alcohol detection in hair is available to schools |
| athletics. | | | | where it wasn’t a possibility before. Even |
| Other parents feel that it is an abuse of too | | | | though some parents and other people in the |
| much power into someone’s life. Some other | | | | community may be upset about the choice to |
| parents think that their child could be wrongly | | | | randomly test students for drugs and alcohol using |
| accused simply because many household products | | | | hair alcohol testing, the benefits greatly outweigh |
| contain small amounts of alcohol like mouthwash, | | | | the negatives. Angry parents and students is one |
| cold medicine, hand sanitizers and interfere with | | | | thing, help saving a kid’s life from drunk |
| the test. Most often no legal action will be taken | | | | driving or other reckless behavior due to drugs |
| to any student that happens to come up positive | | | | and alcohol is quite another. Most schools are |
| for drugs or alcohol but a counseling session will | | | | willing to deal with the upset over rights than the |
| most likely be required with the parents to see if | | | | upsets over a preventable catastrophe. |
| help can be administered before legal action is | | | | |