A health educator's guide to understanding drug abuse testing
By: Amitava Dasgupta.
Publisher: Jones and Bartlett Publishers
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Sudbury, Mass
Language: eng
Number of pages: 230
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: title: Drugs of abuse : past and present; title: Pharmacology and genetic aspects of abused drugs; title: Designer drugs : a new challenge; title: Evolution of pre-employment and workplace drug testing; title: Testing of SAMHSA and non-SAMHSA drugs; title: Legal issues; title: Methodologies for drugs of abuse testing; title: Point-of-care devices for drug testing : advantages and limitations; title: "Beating" drug tests with flushing, detoxifying agents, synthetic and substituted urine; title: Household chemicals as urinary adulterants; title: Urine luck, klear, urine aid, stealth, and related urinary adulterants; title: Alternative explanations for true positives in drug testing; title: Miscellaneous drugs-of-abuse testing issues; title: Over-the-counter drugs that interfere with drug testing; title: Prescription medications that interfere with drug testing; title: Passing pre-employment and workplace drug tests; title: Drug testing of hair, oral fluid, sweat, and meconium; title: Herbal remedies and drugs-of-abuse testing.