Home drug testing
All about testing for drugs at home and the varieties of drug tests available. Sometimes, drugs are a heavy subject in countless house holds. As you know drugs are illegal and the upshot for either possessing them or having them in your system can be dire. There are many forms of drugs, often with various ‘street’ names resulting in them being harder to identify, by non-users, in conversation.
The most common drugs used are:
•Cannabis – weed, marijuana, draw, hash, puff
• Cocaine – charlie, coke, crack,
• Methamphetamines – ecstasy, MDMA, E
• Amphetamines – whiz, speed, dexies, uppers
• Opiates – heroin, morphine codeine
• Benzodiazepines – downers, tranx
• Methadone
Home drug tests available
The three main varieties of drug test are urine tests, oral tests and hair tests, each test shows different periods of usage; a hair test shows a drug usage over months, a urine test shows drug usage over days and saliva sample tests show if drugs have been used within hours.
There are many different home drug test kits available to purchase; there are single cassette urine tests, which are sometimes used as a test for cocaine, to test for cannabis and to test for opiates etc. There are test cups which are used to test for several variations of drugs all in one test, there are saliva (oral) tests which also tests for various forms of drug. There are also hair sample tests which can test for several of drugs, inconveniently these are rather costly and they cant be undertaken at home.
What can you do if you think a family member is in possesion of drugs?
First of all it is advantageous to sit down with them and speak to them about it, stay calm and explain that you are concerned for their health. If they denies taking drugs but you still have a strong belief that they are, challenge them to take a drugs test to show they are not on drugs. But, if they do take drugs they are less likely to do it unquetionably and unfortunately the majority of drugs tests require the individual’s cooperation. In this situation it is recommended to speak to an expert.
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