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Saliva Drug Testing

Recently there has been extensive research on the use of saliva in drug testing and it has grown in popularity due to its "convenience factor" during the collection process.

Saliva has certain advantages and disadvantages when compared to the use of urine in testing for the presence of drugs

Advantages:

- Observed collections without privacy issues

- Can be performed on-site anytime and anywhere with immediate results

- Less invasive

- safer when compared to urine or blood

- good indicator for recent use

Disadvantages:

- time limitation of drug detection window (24 - 48 hrs)

- cannot be used to detect historical drug use

- Detection limited to: THC, Cocaine, Amphetamines, Opiates, PCP, Methamphetamine,

Oral fluid based testing most closely mimics results found with blood and is preferable for detecting on-the-job drug use or in post-accident applications. However, time limitation of detect ability should be considered when determining what methodology is best for the situation.