| Alcohol abuse has been one of the most common | | | | detects the actual amount of any kind of drug or |
| causes of accidents and violence all over the world. | | | | amount of alcohol in the body at the time that the test |
| Everyday we hear news about somebody having an | | | | is made. |
| accident related to drunk driving or perhaps a child or a | | | | 3) Breath-alcohol test - this test uses a breath sample |
| wife beaten by a drunk husband. Everyday we hear | | | | to detect alcohol. This test, however, would only give |
| them as if they aren't news anymore. They seem to | | | | results for a breath sample taken within the day. |
| be happening as if they were routine. | | | | 4) Hair strand drug testing / hair strand alcohol testing - |
| It really hurts if you are the victim of any of these. You | | | | this is the most recent test developed for detecting |
| also feel bad if something bad happens to someone | | | | drugs and alcohol in the body. A hair strand sample |
| you know just because of somebody else's abuse of | | | | from any part of the body is used. The main |
| alcohol. Detecting alcohol abuse or alcohol dependence | | | | advantage of this test as compared to the earlier |
| really helps a lot. Alcohol testing has been effective in | | | | methods is that alcohol and/or drug use history can be |
| serving this purpose for quite some time now, and | | | | detected for up to six months for hair strand alcohol |
| methods are continually developed in finding the most | | | | testing and up to twelve months for hair strand drug |
| efficient way to detect alcohol in our system. With | | | | testing. This is very useful in distinguishing between an |
| alcohol testing, someone's alcohol problem can easily | | | | abusive user and a one time only user. Another |
| be detected and be solved before that person causes | | | | advantage of this test is that samples are more |
| any accidents or violence. | | | | tamper proof than the other methods. |
| There are a lot of methods for alcohol testing. Some | | | | As much as possible we don't want to hear accidents |
| of the methods are also used for drug testing. The | | | | or violence related to substance abuse. More |
| following are some of them: | | | | importantly, we don't want to be a victim of any of |
| 1) Urine test - one of the most common tests for drug | | | | these. Being able to detect drugs or alcohol |
| testing. In this test, a urine sample is analyzed for | | | | dependency of someone is very important so that we |
| traces of drugs. | | | | can do something to help that person before he/she |
| 2) Blood alcohol test / blood drug test - this method | | | | could actually be the person that we see on the news. |