| ion to various drugs has made the screening of | | | | which is excreted via the discharges thus the |
| addicts a cumbersome process. The testing for | | | | addiction becomes known on examination. For |
| various drug addictions can now be undertaken by | | | | example in cannabis addiction the active principle THC |
| the use of kits which are readily available in the | | | | ( tetrahydrocannabinol) is detected by using the urine |
| market. This helps to segregate the addicts from | | | | kit. As the kit comes with instruction for its use the |
| others and thus facilitates the medical intervention at | | | | test can be conducted by following the same. The |
| the earliest. When the addiction is detected at the | | | | urine test kit is commonly used for all practical |
| earlier stages the response to the treatment is also | | | | purpose. But nowadays the availability of various |
| fast and bereft of complication. The drug testing is a | | | | detoxifying drugs which mask the symptoms of |
| method devised to recognize the toxins produced | | | | addiction has made people to go for hair follicle |
| after intake of drugs. This is done on the saliva, urine, | | | | testing. This is an expensive type of testing. The |
| hair, blood and other reagents. Who gains the most | | | | results from this testing is dependable as the |
| from the test kit? - Every individual and organization | | | | medicines which are available for masking symptoms |
| gets to gain from the use of test kit because it is a | | | | are unable to effect the hair follicles. Medically drug |
| safer and easier approach for detection of addiction. | | | | addiction is defined as 'A state of periodic or chronic |
| - These kits are helpful to those who doubt the | | | | intoxication caused by repeated use of natural or |
| integrity of their kith and kin. - Also it is useful for | | | | synthetic drug'. This type of addiction is a set back |
| institutes and organization to screen their employees | | | | for the individual and the society. Our economy is |
| before and after recruitment. Sometimes random | | | | affected due to such habits and dependence. The |
| testing is done on employees when there is a doubt | | | | dependence can be of a physical or mental in nature. |
| on the efficiency of certain workers. - It is helpful for | | | | What begins as a fun trip to the world of pleasure |
| screening sports personnel and people involved in | | | | eventually becomes a bane. Temptation is a basic |
| competitive fields as usually in their quest to gain | | | | trait of teenage. When we come across fashionable |
| fame and create records they consume drugs. - | | | | item our first desire is to posses it. On a similar |
| Teenagers and children should be subjected to such | | | | ground we get provoked while watching others |
| tests because at any vulnerable time they may start | | | | enjoy the bliss of stimulating drugs. We should lend a |
| taking drugs due to peer pressure or for fun. How | | | | helping hand to eradicate drug addiction instead of |
| the testing is done In the drug abusers system the | | | | masking it to secure the future of the new |
| active ingredient of the drug produces metabolites | | | | generation. |