Reasons for Home Drug Testing

Series Summary

Drug abuse is a serious problem for many people around the world and being the friend or loved one of a person with a drug problem can be difficult. There are many parents who suspect their children are using drugs, as well as people who suspect their spouse of using drugs. Home drug tests are one way to check whether your loved one is telling the truth about their drug use. It is also a way to see if you will pass a drug test for work.

In this free video series our expert will show you how to use a home drug testing kit. You will learn about the different types of home drug tests and figure out how to pick the best drug test for your needs. You will also learn about various medications that may affect home drug tests or cause false positives. Get tips on how to collect a drug testing sample, how to use a home drug test and how to read the results. If you are interested in using a home drug test, let our expert show you the proper way to get an accurate result.

Video Transcript

"Today we are going to be doing an in-home test for drugs of abuse. There are a number of reasons why somebody might want to test for drugs at home. You may have suspicions about a loved one or a child being involved in illegal drug abuse. You yourself might be an illegal drug abuser or somebody who has casually used an illegal drug in recent history and has an upcoming test for employment or for a current employer or perhaps for the corrections or law enforcement in your community. And it might just be in your best interest to see what sort of test results are going to come up before you go and take a drug test of consequence. Home testing is not necessarily new. There have been test kits that have been portable. A urine or cheek sample does not require a doctor's office to take as I will be showing you here today. And not everybody wants to go through a blood draw and the cost of having their blood processed and examined for drugs of abuse. "