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Are more companies using drug tests to screen
their employees for drug use? |
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| A. Recent years have seen significant
increase in the use of drug tests for both
pre-employment and random testing of employees.
Particularly in industries where safety is
paramount, such as transportation, law enforcement
and security, utilities, and many military
units and government agencies. |
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How do I know that the accu-stat drug Test
works and is accurate? |
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| A. The First Check Drug Tests
have a built in Control Line that confirms
that the urine sample has traveled the entire
test strip and that the reagent is reacting
properly. The presence or absence of a line
opposite the drug being tested for indicates
the presence or absence of the drug being
tested for. |
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| Q.
At what level will the accu-stat Drug Tests
not detect Marijuana (THC), cocaine, opiates,
amphetamine, methamphetamine, and PCP? |
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| A. When the drug metabolites in the sample
are below the levels of concentration (cut-off
levels) established for drug testing by NIDA
and the Department of Transportation. Click
Here for table of Detection Cut-off levels. |
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| Q.
Do the products advertised on the Internet
to “Beat The Test” really work? |
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| A. Most do not work. The premise is primarily
based on consumption of large quantities of
fluid in hopes of diluting the urine and in
some cases use chemicals in an attempt to
contaminate the urine specimen. There are
many test strips that will indicate that the
specimen has been adulterated checking for
dilution, bleach and many of the products
being sold. |
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Q. How long after smoking marijuana will it
show up in a drug test? |
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| A. THC is the active metabolite that remains
in the body by attaching to fat cells. The
more you smoke and the heavier you are the
longer it will remain in your system. Click
Here to view a chart indicating the detection
periods of many drugs of abuse. |
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| Q.
What does THC mean? |
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| A. THC is an abbreviation for 11-nor-delta-9-tetrahydrocannibinol,
the primary metabolite of Marijuana, Marijuana
is a hallucinogenic agent derived from the
leaves, flowers or seeds of the hemp plant.
In general, the production and “curing”
of the marijuana plant into its useable form
closely resembles that of tobacco. Marijuana
is almost always smoked and inhaled into the
lungs where it is quickly metabolized (or
changed) by the body into 11-nor-delta-9-tetrahydroconnabinol-9-carboxylic
acid, which is excreted in the urine. |
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| Q.
What is the difference between Methamphetamine
and Amphetamine? |
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| A. Both amphetamine and methamphetamine
are potent symphathominetic agents. Methamphetamine
is the parent drug. It metabolizes (or changes)
into amphetamine in the body. Methamphetamine
and/or amphetamine are excreted in the urine. |
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| Q. What is Ecstasy? |
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| A. Ecstasy has recently become a popular
recreational drug among teenagers and young
adults. Ecstasy is refined processed form
of amphetamine with a chemical structure closely
resembling methamphetamine. |
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| Q.
What are the many names that these drugs are
known as? |
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A. The common street names for drugs are
as follows:
| Amphetamines |
| Speed, amp, bennies, black beauties,
chalk, uppers, hi, speed balls,
beans, hiballs, beenie babies |
| Marijuana |
| Pot, weed, herb, bud, MJ, doobie,
reefer, joint, blunts, grass,
rope, hemp, roach, ganja, chiva |
| Opiates (heroin) |
| Horse, smack, hairy hombre,
H, scag, jones, fix |
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| Methamphetamines |
| Crystal, meth, ice, glass, speed,
icebergs, bergs, ecstasy, Cocaine,
Coke, crank, snow flake, crack,
blow, rock, line, snuff, sugar,
snort, stones |
| Phencyclidine (PCP) |
| Angel dust, sherms, star dust,
magic dust, dust, silver/gold
glitters |
| Barbiturates |
| Downers, uppers, highway |
| Ecstacy |
| Lucky stars, motorola, versace,
E, X |
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How accurate are your drug tests? |
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| A. Independent laboratory studies, consumer
and clinical test results involving First
Check brand tests for drugs of abuse have
indicated a greater than 97% accuracy when
used according to the instructions. |
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| Q.
My teenager tests positive for THC but claims
exposure to second hand smoke is the reason.
Is this possible? |
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| A. No. Urine concentrations of THC above
the cut-off sensitivity level of the test,
or a positive result, is not possible by exposure
to second hand smoke. |
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| Q.
Will commonly ingested substances such as
vitamins, penicillin, aspirin, caffeine and
acetaminophen (Tylenol), affect the results? |
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| A. No. The tests are drug and drug metabolite
specific. Because these commonly ingested
substances are chemically and structurally
different after being metabolized by the body
from the drugs being tested for, they will
under most circumstances not interfere with
or compromise test results. |
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