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Updated On: 22 August, 2009 07:11 AM IST | | Alisha Coelho
Foolproof method that allows parents to detect drug abuse in their child from hair samples taken on the sly, now in India.
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Foolproof method that allows parents to detect drug abuse in their child from hair samples taken on the sly, now in India.
Your child is a recovering drug addict, but you have the sneaky and a rather bilious feeling he/she has been snorting on the sly.
There's nothing you could do about it, except keep the faith, because your child would never allow you to take blood or urine samples for testing.
Now, there's a way out, albeit surreptitious, but if rehab experts are right, the new product could damage parent-child relationships.
US pharmaceutical company, Confirm Biosciences Inc, has made available a testing kit in India, just last week, that allows parents to check whether their son/daughter has been doing drugs on the sly.
The way to do this, says the promo for the testing kit, is to lop off a lock of hair, whilst the 'suspect' is asleep and mail it to a laboratory in the US. The traditional blood or urine test requires the child's consent.
Revealing
Results of the test can reveal whether the person has consumed drugs in the last 90 days and the drug taken.
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The major substances that can be tested using this method include cocaine, marijuana, codeine, morphine, 6-monacteyl morphine, crystal meth, ecstasy and Phencyclidine (Angel Dust).
Interestingly, the test can also reveal whether the person is a heavy abuser or a recreational user (uses it on occasion).
Your child is a recovering drug addict, but you have the sneaky and a rather bilious feeling he/she has been snorting on the sly.
There's nothing you could do about it, except keep the faith, because your child would never allow you to take blood or urine samples for testing.
Now, there's a way out, albeit surreptitious, but if rehab experts are right, the new product could damage parent-child relationships.
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Short Cut: The child need never know about the hair sample, as it can be taken surreptitiously, says the online promo for the testing kit. The results state drug use in the last 90 days, the drugs taken and even the quantity |
US pharmaceutical company, Confirm Biosciences Inc, has made available a testing kit in India, just last week, that allows parents to check whether their son/daughter has been doing drugs on the sly.
The way to do this, says the promo for the testing kit, is to lop off a lock of hair, whilst the 'suspect' is asleep and mail it to a laboratory in the US. The traditional blood or urine test requires the child's consent.
Revealing
Results of the test can reveal whether the person has consumed drugs in the last 90 days and the drug taken.
u00a0
The major substances that can be tested using this method include cocaine, marijuana, codeine, morphine, 6-monacteyl morphine, crystal meth, ecstasy and Phencyclidine (Angel Dust).
Interestingly, the test can also reveal whether the person is a heavy abuser or a recreational user (uses it on occasion).
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