A health educator's guide to understanding drugs of abuse testing
By: Amitava Dasgupta.
Publisher: Jones and Bartlett Publishers
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Sudbury, Mass
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780763765897
Subjects: Drug testing.; Substance Abuse Detection -- methods.; Substance-Related Disorders -- urine.; Drug Monitoring -- methods.; Employment -- legislation & jurisprudence.; False Positive Reactions.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: value: Drugs of abuse : past and present; value: Pharmacology and genetic aspects of abused drugs; value: Designer drugs : a new challenge; value: Evolution of pre-employment and workplace drug testing; value: Testing of SAMHSA and non-SAMHSA drugs; value: Legal issues; value: Methodologies for drugs of abuse testing; value: Point-of-care devices for drug testing : advantages and limitations; value: "Beating" drug tests with flushing, detoxifying agents, synthetic and substituted urine; value: Household chemicals as urinary adulterants; value: Urine luck, klear, urine aid, stealth, and related urinary adulterants; value: Alternative explanations for true positives in drug testing; value: Miscellaneous drugs-of-abuse testing issues; value: Over-the-counter drugs that interfere with drug testing; value: Prescription medications that interfere with drug testing; value: Passing pre-employment and workplace drug tests; value: Drug testing of hair, oral fluid, sweat, and meconium; value: Herbal remedies and drugs-of-abuse testing.