Tuesday, February 15, 2011

Listing the Benefits of Home Drug Test Kits

Illicit drug abuse is common in youth and parents are concerned about their health. Drug addiction among youth results in morbidity and mortality during adolescence or during later stages of life. So it is necessary to conduct regular drug tests at home. Home drug test kits can be used by parents for checking drug addiction in their children.

  • Home drug test kits are easy to use. Their design is made in such a way that they can be easily administered by parents.
  • A drug testing kit used at home can avoid expensive laboratory tests.
  • There are no privacy issues involved in using of home drug test kits. Drug testing can be conducted by parents safely and privately.
  • Quick and accurate results are provided by home drug test kits. The kits are checked by FDA for approval to maintain reliability of results.
  • Single or multiple drugs including cocaine, marijuana, alcohol, amphetamines, and others can be detected.
  • Cost of these kits is very less when compared to laboratory testing. They are thus affordable to use at home. The cost of a drug test kit which can check for multiple drugs also ranges from $5 to $15.
  • Drug addiction among children can be checked frequently at homes. This helps in maintaining health of children.
  • Consumption of drugs in past few hours to few days can be detected by home drug test kits. Thus, requirement of sending the sample to laboratories can be eliminated.

Because of these benefits, home drug test kits are used at homes, schools and other organizations. These are also used by some job applicants who are to be facing a random drug test at interviews.

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