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Drug and Alcohol Testing

Teen drug and alcohol statistics are alarming with 1.8 million kids age 12 and over currently using cocaine, which is a stimulant affecting the central nervous system. Cocaine can cause hallucinations, itching and paranoid delusions with prolonged use. Twenty percent of kids in the 8th grade have tried marijuana, which is a mixture of being a stimulant, depressant or hallucinogen. Long-term use can cause respiratory problems, depression, anxiety and psychosis. Prescription drug use is increasing, because many teens think they are safer to use. However, prescription drugs are more addictive and have more severe side effects. Alcohol use among teens costs the U.S. $58 billion every year. Kids, who started drinking at age thirteen, 40% will develop alcohol dependence. Teens, who drank after the age of seventeen, 10% of them will abuse alcohol. Teens are 50 times more likely to use cocaine if they drink.

Alcohol kills more teenagers 6 ½ times more than illicit drugs. It is important to talk to teens about the dangers of drugs and alcohol regularly, because 42 percent of kids are less likely to use if parents talk to them about it compared to those teens whose parents never did.

Parents may find a need to have their teens tested for drugs and alcohol. AccuDiagnostics can meet those needs and minimize the damage to a parent-child relationship from having them tested. Taking your teen to a professional facility like AccuDiagnostics, this will prevent damaging misunderstandings and false accusations. Plus, teens won’t be able to cheat on the drug test, because the rooms where urine samples are collected are free of adulterants.

AccuDiagnostics have review services where drug tests can be evaluated and the cause of a positive result can be researched. Your child may be drug-free, but come back with a positive drug test from something they ate or from medication they are taking. Poppy seeds will produce a positive result for opiates, ADHD medicine will show on a drug test as methamphetamines and marijuana stays in a person’s system for up to a month. By having a drug test performed at AccuDiagnostics, every effort is made to preserve the parent-child relationship.

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AccuDiagnostics in Greenville, South Carolina is the first Eastern location to join our online system. Comprehensive drug and alcohol tests are available. The various tests that can be done are 5 & 10 panel, urine, hair follicle, skin patch, sweat, saliva, fingernail, steroid, and environmental drug testing. Alcohol tests that are available at AccuDiagnostics are breath, passive, EtG/EtS and EtG Hair tests.

Results for drug tests are within minutes through a comprehensive urine analysis. They can be done on site or at the business location. An in depth drug testing can be conducted through hair follicles. This type of test which is available in 1-3 days and will cover a 90 or more day period of time and will provide a detailed drug use history: what drugs were consumed and on what day.

Other drug tests are skin patch that will monitor a person’s drug use for up to 14 days and will detect cocaine, opiates, amphetamines, and marijuana. Saliva test has been consistently reliable and can detect marijuana, heroin, cocaine, nicotine, alcohol, opiates and methamphetamines by placing a pad between the lower cheek and gum for two minutes. Fingernail and toenail tests are very accurate, since nothing can alter the keratin protein. It will give a detailed drug history for up to twelve months.

Steroid testing can be done through random name generation, collected on site and we provide instant tests for sports programs, schools and school districts, military divisions, businesses and corporate organizations and individuals and private citizens. With drug wipes, environmental drug testing will produce 100% accurate results to find if there has been drug use in your home, business or school environment.

AccuDiagnostics offers alcohol testing through breathalyzers. Also, BAT courses are available at AccuDiagnostics and they are overseen by BAT/STT certified instructors. Passive tests, which are electronic alcohol nose sensors that can be placed in small, unobtrusive devices, i.e., flashlights. The sensors will be able to detect breath alcohol a foot away from a person’s mouth. EtG/EtS testing is very accurate and can report if a person has consumed any alcoholic beverages in 24 hours. EtG hair testing is very accurate and can report alcohol consumption months after they have been ingested.

Federal DOT Testing is available at AccuDiagnostics where the following compliant services are available: on-site testing, drug and alcohol testing, consortiums, random name generation, policy creation, training, audit preparation and post accident testing. AccuDiagnostics is certified to test for FMSCA, FAA, FRA, FTA, PHMSA & USCG. Other programs available through AccuDiagnostics are policy creation services, employer & workplace solutions, judicial & government testing programs, social & family services, student & academic testing, athletic & sports testing, background checks and mobile/on-site testing.

AccuDiagnostics can assist with creating a policy that will help to implement a drug free workplace. Employer and workplace solutions available through AccuDiagnostics are through mobile and onsite testing, pre employment drug and alcohol testing, drug free policy development, background checks, Federal DOT testing, random name generation and through consortiums. The judicial and government testing programs that AccuDiagnostics work with are drug court, pre-trial intervention, probation and parole, court ordered testing, investigative, detention and juvenile justice. In order to assist with making the world drug-free, AccuDiagnostics through their social and family services can provide education, consulting, and program management.

Keeping drug free schools and athletes, AccuDiagnostics works with high schools, colleges and trade and technical organizations to do onsite drug testing. Background checks through AccuDiagnostics is simple, a person just logs in and enters basic information. The background checks can provide education history, arrests and criminal records, bankruptcy filings, driving records and military service records. Mobile and on-site testing is performed by certified collectors, who are trained lab technicians with quick results. There is no employee downtime with mobile/on-site testing so this helps to save money for companies.

DNA testing is available at AccuDiagnostics. Paternity DNA testing is conducted through a non-invasive buccal swab. You don’t have to make an appointment and can walk in to have a confidential paternity DNA test conducted. Maternity DNA testing is also available. DNA tests that are court admissible for adoption, D.S.S., paternity and court cases, immigration, child custody, and child support are available at AccuDiagnostics and performed under strict “chain of custody” documentation. Infidelity testing is conducted through the two most accurate methods body or bodily fluids staining fabric. Other infidelity testing methods are available with cigarette butts, dental floss, ear wax, razor clippings, gum, toothpicks and used Kleenex. If you have twins, AccuDiagnostics offers twin zygosity DNA testing and from this test parental curiosity can be satisfied, verification of siblings being an organ/tissue matches or satisfy legal requirements.

The Greenville, SC AccuDiagnostics location is here to serve individuals, businesses and judicial entities with a comprehensive line of testing services and programs. Visit the AccuDiagnostics website for complete information on any testing or program services.