DRUG TESTING- for families with children or teens.
 "Types" of Drug Tests and our low, low pricing.

 Testing/pricing information for:
 DRUG TESTING and
 ALCOHOL (also a drug!) TESTING

 using urine and/or hair specimens...
 

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 FOR PARENTS ONLY: The discounted prices we offer below are available to families,
 schools, and non-profit organizations ONLY.  We do not make them available
 at these same low prices to corporations or businesses. 

 QUESTIONS?   WE'LL BE HAPPY TO ANSWER THEM!  PLEASE CALL US TOLL-FREE AT
 1-800-456-4647 X 203.  We're here Mon-Fri 8 AM-5 PM P.S.T. (West Coast Time)

 VERY IMPORTANT!  Youth (child or teen) drug testing MUST, by
 necessity, be very different than the “workplace” or “corporate”
 testing performed on "employees"!  Here are five (5) reasons why:
 

REASON #1-  In the corporate world, it is legally essential that there be a well-defined connection between the illicit substance ingested and ‘impaired ability” on the job. Therefore drug test results for an employees will show "positive" for drugs only when AT OR ABOVE a certain "cut off" level.  The cut-off level varies, depending on the drug tested.  However, it is always a level which has already been legally established (for that particular drug) to be one which physically or mentally "impairs" an employee.  

As an example, let's look at employee drug testing for "Marijuana-use".  The laboratory will report such a test as "positive" ONLY if it tests out at or above a level of "50" nanograms per milliliter (50 ng/ml) of urine.  If the lab test shows a level of ONLY "49" ng/ml of urine, the lab will report that drug test of any employee "negative".  Yes, there was evidence of marijuana in the employee's system, however, because the level was below the legally established cut-off level, the employee is reported as negative...and they keep their job.

However, as a parent, would you be happy to learn that your teenager's test came out at a level of ONLY "49 ng/ml"???  We don't think so!  It still means they were (or are) "smoking pot" doesn't it?  Duh...Yes!

Therefore, Health-Tests Direct™ suggests that teenagers always be tested for all drugs - not just marijuana - AND at the lowest detectable level possible...NOT at the "at or above" level used in business and Industry employee drug testing.  To that end, Health-Tests Direct™ has made special testing arrangements with the lab, and ALL the drug tests that we offer to you below for testing your children will do that!
 

REASON #2-  Standard workplace employee tests do not test for all the drugs teens commonly use, such as MDMA (the kids call it "Ecstasy") and Ketamine (an animal tranquilizer used by veterinarians that the kids use to "zone out" and call "Special K", after the Kellogg's cereal of the same name).  Testing for these and other Methamphetamines is, however, included in all the drug test kits below for you to test your children.
 

REASON #3-  Kids who regularly do drugs also know about “adulterating” a drug test, or, gorging themselves with water so that the test will not show positive results.  Since our drug tests go to a forensic laboratory, adulterants or “intentional hydration” will be caught and reported to you.  The lab report will let you know that your child "hydrated" or "adulterated" their specimen to avoid a positive result.

REASON #4-  The so-called “Immediate Results” or "instant" drug test kits promoted and sold all over the Internet are all designed for duplicating the same high cut-off levels (i.e., too high when testing teens and youths) that are used for employee workplace testing.  For that reason, "instant" test kits are NOT recommended for testing your children.  Our sister-company, OHS Inc., sells these kits, but ONLY for EMPLOYEE drug testing, NOT for testing youths (children and teens).
 

REASON #5-  Hair Testing screens for drugs over a greater window of detection time (usually 90 days) but does not detect some types of drugs popular among kids today.  We recommend that if you want to use a hair test to check for "past 90 days use", that you ALSO use a urine test to test for "recent" use.
 

The Parents-Taking-Action "Youth" drug test kits described below come with pre-paid mailing envelopes, for shipping your child's specimen to the lab.  Results are available within 24 hours of specimen receipt at the laboratory (results for hair tests usually take 24-48 hours longer to report).  Instructions are included for parents to collect the specimen (urine or hair) themselves at home, or, there is a toll free number to call for assignment to a nearby CLINIC that will collect the specimen for you.  (If collected at a clinic, there is a $20.00 charge to cover the clinic urine collection fee.  Twenty-five dollars ($25) is the clinic fee for collection of any hair specimen.)

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Order the Youth Kits" described below by calling us toll-free at 1-800-456-4647 ext.203

Please note that all three "Youth Kits" described below undergo "special testing" of your child's specimen at the lab.  "Special testing" means that we instruct the lab to test your child's specimen for all drugs listed below at under the cut-off levels that are used when testing an employee's specimen.  Obviously, this means that a "positive" test may result from the specimen of your child that would NOT test positive at an employee (i.e., higher) cut-off level.

Also, tests using the "Youth Kits" below may reveal the presence in your child's system of one or more illicit drugs for which employees are almost never tested!  As a truly concerned and caring parent, this is exactly the type of drug test that you should want for your child-  i.e., FULL DISCLOSURE of any illicit drug use, no matter how "little" the amount present in their system!

DRUG TESTING KITS QUANTITY:  Although we do not require it, we strongly recommend that you always order at least "five" (5) kits at a time.  Why?   Many drugs are "out of the system" in only a very few hours. Drug testing can be dangerous if a parent uses one test and concludes that his child does not use drugs. We suggest that you administer at least three unannounced tests over a 10-12 days period that all have "negative" results before you deem your child "drug-free".  It is also wise to keep a kit "on-hand" for immediate use for "reasonable suspicion". Use it when you observe apparent signs of drug use or are aware that your teenager has been in the company of known drug users or comes home past curfew. Often, your child just knowing that a kit is available at home to be used by their parent in such a situation is a strong deterrent. The fifth kit is to have on hand while waiting for delivery of your reorder.
 
Drug test kits should be "on-hand" at ALL times in the home.  Indeed, making certain your children are definitely aware that you always have tests kits "at the ready" to test them at anytime- is an excellent drug-use prevention measure! 

  Toll-free number to order:  1-800-456-4647 ext.203

 

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