Immediate
Result Testing: (Results in 5 minutes)
These kits are specifically designed to help concerned
individuals, parents, caregivers, and/or partners screen for
substance use with their children, teenagers, and partners.
Each kit can test:
Available tests include: *AMP, M-AMP, BAR,
BZO, COC, MDMA, MTD, OPI, OXY, PCP, TCA and THC.
Built in procedural control
Results in 5 minutes
Flexible 1-10 drug test
combinations
FDA 510(k) cleared to market
NIDA 5 cut-off levels meet SAMHSA guidelines
Drug Testing
Procedures, Recommendations, What to Do’s and Statistics:
Testing Procedures and
Recommendations:
Collect
sample in spouted collection cup
Pour half of sample into shipping bottle (to be used for
confirmation at SOS lab, if needed)
Check for correct temperature
Unseal
testing kit
Test urine in spouted collection cup
If your child tests positive:
Don’t panic! And don’t
blame yourself. The important thing right now is to stay
calm and be a parent. Drug use is a preventable
behavior. Drug addiction is a treatable disease.
Consult your SOS UA staff
representative. They will be able to give you some idea
of the level of use.
·Retest
weekly until 1 month of consistent negative results occur,
after 1 month of negative results are present, reduce
testing to 2 times per week, then move to a random testing
frequency (at least 1-2 time per month for 3-4 months).
If your child is involved
in light to moderate use, immediately impose whatever
course of discipline your family has decided on for
violating the rules.
Suggested consequences
may be: grounding for a certain period; loss of license
and car keys; loss of phone privileges; evaluating
friends, etc.
Communicate your values.
Your child must see you react strongly and with firm
discipline. They must hear from you the dangers of drug
use and your anti-drug commitment. They must know this
is serious and will not be tolerated. You must stick to
your word. Don’t relent.
Talk about why values
such as honesty, self-reliance and responsibility are
important, and how values help children make good
decisions.
If your child has
developed a pattern of chronic or heavy use, you will
need help to intervene. Call SOS, your doctor, local
hospital or local substance abuse agency. SOS can help
you in this intervention process.
If your
child tests negative:
Congratulations!
Be happy. Your child is not a regular or chronic user of
the drug(s) you tested for. The test may not catch the light
user (once or twice a month) but subsequent tests may. The
presence and periodic use of a drug test kit is a powerful
deterrent and can keep this child drug free.
Retest
randomly (1-2 times per month) for 3-4 months.
Retest
whenever suspicious behavior is demonstrated (staying out
late, red eyes, staggering, suspicious smells, lowered
grades, lying, and legal charges).
Retest whenever suspicious powders, pills, plants,
paraphernalia, or liquids are found.
You
have taken a very important step in helping your child deal
with the tremendous peer pressure to experiment with drugs
and alcohol. You are communicating two important facts to
your child with this test kit
You care and love them
enough to invest in a tool to help them say no.
That you are establishing
a zero tolerance for drug use in your family.
When making rules:
Be specific. Explain the
reasons for the rules.
Tell your child what the
rules are and what behavior is expected.
Discuss the consequences
of breaking the rules. What the consequence will be, and
how it will be carried out, how much time will be
involved, and what the punishment is supposed to
achieve.
Be consistent. Make it
clear that your no alcohol/ no drug use rule remains the
same at all times, in your home, in a friends home,
anywhere the child is.
Be reasonable. Don’t add
new consequences that have not been discussed before the
rule was broken. Avoid unrealistic threats. Instead
react calmly and carry out the punishment that the child
expects to receive for breaking the rule.
Tell your child today
what the consequences for their test result will be.
Drug
Use Statistics
Illegal drug use is an
epidemic problem. In 1992, 4.7 million teens age 12–18
used illegal drugs. From 1992 to 1995 teenage marijuana
use doubled.
1 in 4 high school
seniors use an illicit drug once a month; 1 in 5 use
weekly; 1 in 10 use daily
60% of the teens who use
marijuana before the age of 15 go on to cocaine. Kids
using marijuana are 85 times more likely to use cocaine.
Teens that use tobacco are more likely to drink and use
drugs.
Fewer teens see the harm
in using drugs, but understanding the harms of drug use
is a big deterrent.
Teens report it’s easy to
get alcohol, tobacco and drugs.
Teens who learn the risks
of drug use from their parents are half as likely to use
drugs as kids who learn nothing from their parents.
Research has found
marijuana can cause dependence and withdrawal symptoms
in laboratory animals.
THC potency levels in
marijuana today are 20 times higher than in the 70’s.
On the average kids
caught by their parents to be using drugs, have been
using for two years prior to discovery.
In a class of 25 teens, 3
are drug users.
13 years old is the
average age for kids to begin experimenting with drugs.
Many insurance policies
have a clause that allows them not to pay a claim if
there is an illegal substance in the system or an
illegal act is performed at the time of loss.
Several states are
enacting Parental Responsibility Laws where parents are
responsible for their child’s behavior.
If a child brings a
controlled substance into their parent’s home or auto,
that home or auto can be seized by the Federal
Government.
The average cost of
inpatient drug rehab is up to $15,000 per month. Most
insurance policies do not cover these costs.
