1st Edition

Drug Testing Technology Assessment of Field Applications

Edited By Tom Mieczkowski Copyright 1999

    Covering a wide range of research currently being done in drug analysis, Drug Testing Technology: Assessment of Field Applications compares and evaluates various methods used to determine abused drugs taken by individuals, and their application in various programs and contexts.
    Controversies associated with various methods, including urine analysis and hair analysis, are examined. Contributors from a wide diversity of disciplines offer advanced knowledge, encompassing work which is technical as well as markedly philosophical.
    Chapters provide overviews of drug incorporation into hair; the use of hair analysis for compliance measurement in the use of anti-epileptic medications; and the application of drug testing to the psychiatric treatment of substance abuse disorders.
    Drug Testing Technology: Assessment of Field Applications provides information useful in medical applications, workplace testing, criminal justice monitoring community epidemiology, and drug treatment assessment.

    The Assessment of Therapeutic Compliance Based Upon the Analysis of Drug Concentrations in Hair-J. Williams
    Novel Biological and Mechanical Analysis Techniques for Alcohol and Other Drugs of Abuse: Their Role in Addiction Management and Psychiatric Treatment-C. Brewer
    The Effects of Physiochemical Factors on Incorporation of Drugs Into Hair and Behavior of Drugs in Hair Root-Y. Nakahara
    The Utilization of Ion Mobility Spectrometry in a Criminal Justice Field Application- T. Mieczkowski
    A Comparison of Self-Report, Urine Sample, and Hair Sample Testing for Drug Use: A Longitudinal Study- R. Dembo, M. Shemwell, J. Guida, J. Schmeidler, W. Baumgartner, G. Ramirez-Garnica, W. Seeberger
    Validation of the Substance Abuse Subtle Screening Inventory (SASSI) With Female Juvenile Detainees-E. Levine, E. Wish, R. Lorion
    Drug Monitoring in the Field: Applying Hair Assays and Urinalysis for Cocaine to Probationers-T. Mieczkowski, R. Newel
    Drug Testing Applications in an Offender Diversion Program- R. Mumm
    Testing for Drugs of Abuse in the Pediatric Population-J. Klein, G.Koren
    Hair samples for Documenting the Impact of Gestational Cocaine Exposure on Children and Mothers-P. Marques
    Improving the Validity of Behavioral Drug Abuse Research through Drug Testing-S. Magura, A. Laudet, B. Goldberger
    The Feasibility of Hair Testing in a Household Survey on Drug Abuse-M. Fendrich, T. Johnson, J. Wislar, S. Sudman
    Drug Assessment Methods in the Workplace-R. Cook
    Workplace Drug Testing by Hair Analysis: Advantages and Issues-W. Baumgartner, V. Hill, D. Kippenberger
    An Analysis of the Racial Bias Controversy in the Use of Hair Analysis-T. Mieczkowski
    The Missing Strand: A Feminist Analysis of Hair Testing Women in Research Protocols-C. Boyd, J. Pohl, J.Cash

    Biography

    Tom Mieczkowski

    "The strength of this book lies in its explanations of the very complex issue of drug testing technology, and how this technology can be best used to advantage in the workplace, in the justice system, and in a medical setting. I would recommend this book to anyone dealing with drugs in the workplace, offender diversion programs, or drug compliance programs."
    --Wayne K. Jeffery, Canadian Society of Forensic Science Journal, Vol. 34, No. 1
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