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A health educator's guide to understanding drugs of abuse testing

Print Book, English, ©2010
Jones and Bartlett Publishers, Sudbury, Mass., ©2010
xviii, 230 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
9780763765897, 0763765899
288983329
Drugs of abuse : past and present
Pharmacology and genetic aspects of abused drugs
Designer drugs : a new challenge
Evolution of pre-employment and workplace drug testing
Testing of SAMHSA and non-SAMHSA drugs
Legal issues
Methodologies for drugs-of-abuse testing
Point-of-care devices for drug testing : advantages and limitations
"Beating" drug tests with flushing, detoxifying agents, and synthetic and substituted urine
Household chemicals as urinary adulterants
Urine luck, klear, urine aid, stealth, and related urinary adulterants
Alternative explanations for true positives in drug testing
Miscellaneous drugs-of-abuse testing issues
Over-the-counter drugs that interfere with drug testing
Prescription medications that interfere with drug testing
Passing pre-employment and workplace drug tests
Drug testing of hair, oral fluid, sweat, and meconium
Herbal remedies and drugs-of-abuse testing