Aug 28
Drug test kit is now available at stores
?Once they get the small pail, it arrives with a collection kit inside and instructions. Basically, there is a hair collection sample kit and the parent just has to follow the instructions,? said Lindsey Kelley, a sales manager with Confirm BioSciences.
?Some people are under the misunderstanding that it only takes one strand of hair for an accurate lecture. Actually, parents have to cut in the manner that close to the scalp as possible, about 80 to 85 strands of hair, about an inch and a half long-winded. That will give a good extent to test to indicate the past three months? of drug use or abuse,? she said.
Once parents collect the sample, it goes into a pre-packaged, and pre-stamped kit that can be dropped in the mail. ?You don?t have to worry about paying shipping,? Kelley said.
?The results are posted on a make safe web site. The parents are given a pass code. Everything is 100% confidential. No personal complaint is taken. Once the deaden with narcotics results are posted, they get a notification to check the site,? Kelley explained.
If the child tests positive, the parents are told what type of drugs they test positive with respect to, and granting that they are a disgraceful, moderate, or high dosages.
?If they did want to use the drug test kit results for something like a custody battle, in that place is a kit available that has a chain of custody form included. Follow the directions in that kit, including who to have sign the forms,? she reported.
Some might say the idea is over-due. President and CEO, Zeynep Ilgaz said, ?Talking through your child about drugs and agitation preventative measures liking hair drug testing can have being a significant factor in preventing substance abuse.?
Iglaz has been in the business for about six years now. She was working through her husband and construct that there was a great need for drug testing, but the urine screenings that were the modus operandi at the time could be tampered with.
The need for a reliable method of testing for drug abuse is imperative to the future of West Virginia, which has the seventh highest rate of direction cajole amid teens 12-17 years of age, in the Nation, according to the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration.
According to SAMHSA, 1 in 5 teenagers, about 4.5 million have taken prescription painkillers like OxyCodin or Vicodin to get high. Many parents falsehood vigilant at obscurity wondering whether their kids are formation the right decisions when they are not with them.
?I had a call from a mom this past week whose son was addicted to OxyCodin and she would not have known grant that she had not tested his hair. She was very appreciative,? Kelley said.
Contact Joanie Newman at jnewman@coalvalleynews.com or call 304-369-1165.
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