A Health Educator’s Guide to Understanding Drugs of Abuse Testing

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Jones & Bartlett Learning, 2009 M03 18 - 230 pages
The drug free workplace initiative was started in 1986 by President Ronald Reagan when he issued an executive order to develop guidelines for drug abuse testing for Federal Government employees. Since then, most state, government, and private employers have adopted the policy of a drug free workplace. Today, pre-employment drug testing is almost mandatory and passing the drug test is a condition for hire. A Health Educator's Guide to Understanding Drug Abuse Testing describes in layman’s language the process of testing for drugs and provides coverage of what potential employees are being tested for, how the tests are performed, and what foods and drugs may affect the test results and may jeopardize a person's chance of being hired. Written by a practicing toxicologist, this text gives health educators a solid foundation in the process of drug testing and helps them understand how different methods of cheating drug tests are rendered ineffectual.
 

Contents

Past and Present
1
2 Pharmacology and Genetic Aspects of Abused Drugs
13
A New Challenge
33
4 Evolution of PreEmployment and Workplace Drug Testing
45
5 Testing of SAMHSA and NonSAMHSA Drugs
55
6 Legal Issues
67
7 Methodologies for DrugsofAbuse Testing
73
Advantages and Limitations
95
12 Alternative Explanations for True Positives in Drug Testing
135
13 Miscellaneous DrugsofAbuse Testing Issues
145
14 OvertheCounter Drugs That Interfere with Drug Testing
157
15 Prescription Medications That Interfere with Drug Testing
167
16 Passing PreEmployment and Workplace Drug Tests
179
17 Drug Testing of Hair Oral Fluid Sweat and Meconium
189
18 Herbal Remedies and DrugsofAbuse Testing
207
Appendix
217

9 BeatingDrug Tests with Flushing Detoxifying Agents and Synthetic and Substituted Urine
103
10 Household Chemicals as Urinary Adulterants
113
11 Urine Luck Klear Urine Aid Stealth and Related Urinary Adulterants
123

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Professor of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of Texas Health Sciences Center, Houston, Texas

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