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26 Jan 2010The debate over random student drug testing in high schools has often been a contentious one, but today the consensus is that school drug testing programs are a highly effective deterrent to drug abuse. School districts which have implemented drug testing programs have reported tremendous success in the reduction of student drug use.
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23 Jan 2010Emerging scientific data has conclusively linked the advent of powerful hair follicle drug testing to a drastic reduction in dangerous drug abuse by employees across the country. Since hair follicle drug tests became the predominant employment drug testing method, businesses and corporations, results have shown a severe decline in the abuse of cocaine and methamphetamine by the American workforce.
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20 Jan 2010After a decade of expanded drug testing programs in American schools, there is now conclusive evidence that school drug testing is the most effective deterrent to teen drug abuse. Federal officials have found that “an average of one school a month around the country has added testing programs in the past several years,” a trend which illustrates the growing confidence that parents and teachers have in school drug testing.
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12 Jan 2010With drug testing becoming an increasingly useful tool for both parents and employers, the federal Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved at home drug testing kits in 1997. Strict guidelines were instituted to ensure that testing kits are manufactured according to FDA standards.
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10 Jan 2010Responding to the rising tide of drug abuse in suburbs across the country, government and school officials in Suffolk County, Long Island have demonstrated clearly that home drug test kits are the best deterrent available. A new program has distributed 350 home drug test kits to parents of high school students, illustrating the crucial importance of home drug testing for parents everywhere.
Parents can usually rely on their instincts to alert them to a child’s potential drug abuse, but it can sometimes be very difficult to determine exactly which illicit substances are being used. Fortunately for concerned parents, the innovative Multiple Substance Test, or M.S.T., can be used to detect the presence of up to 5 drugs at once.
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2 Jan 2010In previous eras, the issue of drug abuse in schools was thought to be a problem for only a fringe element of students, but today we know that even successful student-athletes can fall prey to the dangers of addiction. While this problem used to be relatively unnoticed, new drug testing programs enacted at high schools and universities around the country have begun targeting drug abuse by student-athletes.
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