Drug Testing | Screening

ANY LAB TEST NOW® facilities throughout the country now offers several drug tests affordably, conveniently and anonymously. All drug screens are performed by certified and professional DOT collectors and sent to a SAMHSA certified laboratory.

There are several reasons why you might need a drug test…

• For your own personal knowledge
• Your employer requires all employees to get one
• The judge or your attorney mandates it.
• You are a concerned parent

Key Facts

• 25% of high school seniors have admitted to using one or more illicit drug in the past 30 days
  • Drug abuse is a problem facing all ages, but youth are particularly vulnerable to peer pressure.  Prolonged drug abuse can have a number of negative effects on young people (Psychological and physical).  Please go to www.theantidrug.com for more information
  • The most commonly used drugs are cocaine and marijuana
  • A recent survey reported that nearly 16 million Americans had used one or more illict drugs in the past 30 days
  • In the first half of 2002, there were over 400,000 visits to emergency rooms related to illicit drug use or non-medical use of a legal drug
  • Substance abuse adds over $40 billion per year to the cost of our education system
  • An estimated 275 metric tons of cocaine entered the US in 2002
  • In 2001, there were over 900,000 new cocaine user in the US
  • Federal spending on drug control will exceed $14 billion in 2010
  • Over 15% of high school seniors report using ecstasy (MDMA) at least once
  • The estimated cost of drug abuse in the US is currently $189 billion per year
  • In 2000, Americans spent an estimated $35 billion on cocaine, $12 billion on marijuana and $10 billion on herion
  • Hair testing is the most effective test for long term drug abusers

Pre-Employment and Institutional testing

Corporations and small/medium size businesses

• Becoming a Florida Drug Free workplace is becoming a necessity.  Not only can you save 5% off your workers compensation insurance, but the liability, productivity and health issues surrounding drug abuse in the work place are a major concern for employers.
• Small businesses that drug test their employees have increased by 29%.  The increase is even greater for medium-sized businesses (25 to 499 employees) which saw an increase of 58%.  75% of companies that have 500+ employees currently drug test

Courts/Law Enforcement

• Courts and law enforcement agencies are taking advantage of the superior capabilities that hair drug testing offers.  Hair drug testing’s accuracy and large detection window, have allowed our society to make better decisions in court cases and parole situations

Educational Institutions

• School administrators have recently been given more latitude from parents and the community to establish testing programs to find and remove drugs from the educational environment.  Parents no longer have to guess.

Types of Drug Screens:

• URINE DRUG TEST
  • This is the most common type of test used by employers and institutions
  • It provides an efficient and cost effective solution for drug screening with high accuracy
  • The urine drug test works by detecting “metabolites”.  When a drug is ingested, it passes through the liver, enzymes convert the “parent drugs” to active compounds that are detectable during immunoassay and mass spectrometry tests.

• HAIR FOLICLE DRUG TEST
  • Hair testing is the most accurate and effective method of drug screening.  Using a small sample of hair, hair analysis evaluates the amount of drug metabolites embedded inside the hair shaft.
  • Each ½ inch of head hair provides a 30 days history of drug use.  The industry standard is to test 1.5 inches, which will provide a 90 day history of drug use.
  • If no head hair is available, body hair can be used.  Shampoos, bleach, and external contaminants have no known impact on test results

Please contact us with any questions you may have