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For the episode of the American television series The Office, see "Drug Testing".

A drug test is commonly a technical examination of urine, blood, semen, sweat, or oral fluid samples to determine the presence or absence of specified drugs or their metabolized traces.

Contents [hide] 1 General information about drug testing in the USA 2 Detection periods 3 Common types of drug tests 3.1 Urine drug screen 3.2 Hair drug testing 3.3 Hair alcohol testing 3.4 Saliva drug screen / Oral fluid-based drug screen 3.5 Sweat drug screen 4 Drug testing methodologies 5 Types of testing 5.1 Pre-employment drug testing 5.2 Random drug testing 5.3 Post-incident drug testing 6 Drug testing methods 6.1 Urine drug testing 6.2 Saliva drug testing 6.3 Spray (sweat) drug testing 6.4 Hair drug testing 7 Legality and ethics of mandatory drugs testing 7.1 United Kingdom 8 See also 9 External links 10 References

See also

• Urinalysis
• School district drug policies
• Equine drug testing

[edit] External links

• US National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) Website
• US Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) Website
• Marijuana Detection Time Shorter Than Previously Assumed
• What You Need to Know about Drug Testing Methods
• The National Clearinghouse for Alcohol and Drug Information
• A Political History of White House Drug Policy
• Ronald Reagan's Executive Order 12564
• The (US) National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism
• Pass Drug Tests
• European Workplace Drug Testing Society
• European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction
• The Drug and Alcohol Testing Industry Association
• Erowid Drug Testing Information
• How to Pass Drug Tests

[edit] References

1. ^ "Drugs of Abuse Reference Guide," LabCorp Inc, Retrieved online April 11, 2007.
2. ^ Federal Court Drug-Testing Device Under Fire, PharmChem Sweat Patch May Be "Too Good" (2001-01-05).
3. ^ Jim Barlow. "A Little Dab Will Do It", LASNews, University of Illinois, November 2006. Retrieved on 2006-11-29.
4. ^ Drug testing in the workplace: Summary conclusions of the Independent Inquiry into Drug Testing at Work. Retrieved on 2008-01-17.

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