Tin dɛn we yu nid fɔ no bɔt drɔg tɛst!

If dɛn ɛva aks yu fɔ tek drɔg tɛst, aka ‘Drug Test’, na nɔmal tin fɔ fil smɔl fred ɛn fred. ‘Wetin mek na dis?’ i aks am. ‘Wetin go apin?’ i aks am. Bɔku kwɛstyɔn dɛn kin kam na mi maynd. So, tide wi go tɔk bɔt wetin dis drɔg tɛst rili bi, ustɛm dɛn kin du am, aw dɛn kin du am, ɛn aw fɔ ɔndastand di rizɔlt. We yu no dɛn tin ya gud gud wan, yu kin avɔyd fɔ fred we yu nɔ nid fɔ fred.

Wetin na drɔg tɛst?

Fɔ tɔk am simpul wan, drɔg tɛst na tɛst we de yuz bayolojikal sɛmpul frɔm yu bɔdi – sɔntin lɛk urine, blɔd, ia, ɔ saliva – fɔ no if yu dɔn yuz drɔg we de na di lɔ ɔ we nɔ rayt. Dɛn kin du dɛn tɛst ya fɔ difrɛn rizin dɛn ɛn dɛn kin yuz difrɛn we dɛn.

We wi se drɔgs, wi nɔ min jɔs fɔ drink rɔm ɛn tabak we di lɔ se, bɔt wi min bak di mɛrɛsin dɛn we dɛn kin bay na kɔt, mɛrɛsin dɛn we dɛn kin gi pɔsin, ɛn drɔgs we nɔ rayt. Bɔt wan tin we wi fɔ mɛmba na dat, wan tɛst we pɔsin kin tek fɔ tek drɔgs, i nɔ kin ebul fɔ no ustɛm ɔ aw lɔng pɔsin dɔn de yuz drɔgs. Dat min se, i nɔ kin izi fɔ no if pɔsin na pɔsin we de yuz am fɔ ɔda pɔsin ɔ i gɛt prɔblɛm wit di we aw i de yuz sɔbstans.

di rεt we wi bכdi de mεtabolayz difrεn dכg dεm de difrεn. So, di tɛm we i kin tek fɔ mek dɛn no sɔm mɛrɛsin dɛn na di bɔdi, na fɔ ɛni wan pan di mɛrɛsin dɛn ɛn i kin difrɛn bad bad wan. Naw, di tɛst we dɛn kin yuz mɔ fɔ no if pɔsin gɛt drɔgs na urine drug testing (UDT).

Ustɛm a fɔ tek drɔg tɛst?

Bɔku rizin dɛn de we mek yu go want fɔ tek tɛst fɔ no if yu gɛt drɔgs. Lɛ wi tek wan luk pan wetin dɛn bi.

Tɛst we dɛn kin du na di wokples

Bɔku tɛm, dɛn kin du tɛst fɔ no if pɔsin gɛt drɔgs na di wokples. Di wan dɛn we de gi dɛn wok kin aks fɔ dɛn tɛst ya fɔ difrɛn rizin dɛn:

• Bifo dɛn tek nyu wokman: Sɔm ɔganayzeshɔn dɛn kin du dis tɛst bifo dɛn tek nyu wokman.
• We yu de na di wokples: Sɔm ɔganayzeshɔn dɛn kin tɛst dɛn wokman dɛn bay we dɛn nɔ want fɔ du am ɔ bay we dɛn de du wan tɛm.
• If dɛn tink se i de yuz drɔgs: If di we aw pɔsin we de wok de biev ɔ di sayn dɛn we i gɛt sho se i de yuz drɔgs.
• If aksidɛnt apin na wokples: If wokman gɛt aksidɛnt na wokples, dɛn kin du dis invɛstishɔn bak fɔ no wetin mek i apin.

Medikal Rizin & Adikshɔn Tritmɛnt

Dɛn kin yuz dɛn tɛst ya fɔ no, trit, ɛn wach di prɔblɛm dɛn we pɔsin kin gɛt we i de yuz rɔm ɛn ɔda prɔblɛm dɛn we kin mek pɔsin yuz sɔm tin dɛn. Dɛn kin ɛp fɔ no aw pɔrsin de du wɛl pan tritmɛnt, if i de soba, ɔr if i de kam bak.

Dɛn kin nid fɔ du dɛn tɛst ya bak di tɛm we di kɔt dɔn ɔda tritmɛnt program dɛn, di tɛm we dɛn de provayd, ɔ we dɛn de tek pat pan di tritmɛnt program dɛn we pɔsin gɛt fɔ tek drɔgs.

Ɔda rizin dɛn

Ɔda tin dɛn de we dɛn kin du fɔ tɛst pɔsin fɔ tek drɔgs.

• Mɛdikal tɛst ɛn diagnostik: Dɔktɔ dɛn kin du dɛn tɛst ya fɔ no wetin mek pɔsin gɛt di sik, ɔ if dɛn tink se dɛn tek drɔgs pasmak ɔ pɔyzin. Fɔ ɛgzampul, if pɔsin nɔ no natin wantɛm wantɛm, dis kin ɛp fɔ no if i dɔn tek ɛni drɔgs.
• Fɔ di lɔ: Dɛn kin yuz dɛn tɛst ya we dɛn de du ligal prɔsiding fɔ gɛda pruf dɛn we gɛt fɔ du wit kraym, fɔ chɛk kes dɛn we gɛt fɔ du wit pikin dɛn we dɛn dɔn du bad ɔ put pan denja, ɛn fɔ no if pɔsin de drayv we i dɔn drink rɔm ɔ ɔda drɔgs.
• Prɛskrishɔn Drug Abuse Monitoring: If yu de tek wan drɔg we rili adikshɔn ɛn we kin mek yu yuz am bad bad wan, lɛk opioid, yu dɔktɔ kin ɔda dis tɛst fɔ si ɔmɔs pan da drɔg de de na yu bɔdi.
• Fɔ atlet dɛn: Prɔfɛshɔnal atlet dɛn fɔ du dɛn tɛst ya fɔ si if dɛn dɔn yuz drɔgs we de mek dɛn ebul fɔ du wɛl ɔ ɔda tin dɛn we dɛn biliv se go mek dɛn ebul fɔ du mɔ.

Us kayn tɛst fɔ drɔgs de?

Bɔku kayn drɔg tɛst dɛn de, i kin dipen pan di bayolojikal sampul we dɛn yuz ɛn di kayn drɔg we dɛn de tɛst.

Lɛ wi si wetin na di men kayn tɛst dɛn akɔdin to di sampul:

• Urine Drug Testing (UDT): Dis na di tɛst we dɛn kin du mɔ . I nid fɔ tek sɛmpul fɔ yu urine. Dɛn kin yuz am mɔ fɔ no tin dɛn lɛk rɔm, amfɛtamin, bɛnzodiazepin, opioid, kɔkɛyn, ɛn marijuana (THC).
• Blɔd Drug Testing: Dɔktɔ dɛn kin yuz dis mɔ pan imejensi. Dɛn kin yuz am bak fɔ no di rayt lɛvul fɔ rɔm (ɛtanol) bikɔs i kin gi kɔrɛkt ridin.
• Di Tɛst fɔ Drug fɔ di Iɛ Fɔlikul:If yu tek yu ia sɛmpul, yu go no if pɔsin dɔn de yuz drɔgs fɔ lɔng tɛm. Di ia we de kɔmɔt na di skel kin no if pɔsin de yuz drɔgs insay lɛk tri mɔnt so. Di ia we kɔmɔt na ɔda pat dɛn na di bɔdi kin no am fɔ te 12 mɔnt! Bɔt di tin dɛn we kin apin kin difrɛn frɔm wan pɔsin to ɔda pɔsin, i kin difrɛn frɔm di kayn ia we i gɛt. Yu kin no kɔkɛyn, Fɛnsayklidin (PCP), Amfɛtamin, Opioid, ɛn 3,4-Mɛtilindayɔksimɛtamfɛtamin (MDMA) bay we yu yuz dis we.
• Breath Drug Testing: Dɛn kin yuz dis mɔ fɔ si if pɔsin dɔn drink rɔm i nɔ tu te yet. Dɛn kɔl di tin we kin kɔmɔt frɔm am di Breath Alcohol Concentration (BrAC). Di ɔfisa dɛn kin yuz dis fɔ no aw pɔsin in blɔd gɛt alkol (BAC). כltu, sכmtεm di BrAC valyu kin hכy כ lכw pas di BAC valyu. Dɛn de du nyu risach bak fɔ si if dɛn kin no tin dɛn lɛk kɔkɛyn, marijuana, bɛnzodiazepin, amfɛtamin, opioid, mɛtadɔn, ɛn buprenɔfin we pɔsin de blo.
• Swet Drug Testing: Dis na fɔ put wan absorbent pad pan di skin ɛn pul am afta sɔm tɛm fɔ tɛst am. Dis kin gi infɔmeshɔn bɔt ɔmɔs drɔg di pɔsin bin yuz di wan ol tɛm we dɛn bin de wɛr di pad. Wan swet tɛst kin no if pɔsin de yuz drɔgs fɔ sɔm awa to sɔm wiks.

Wetin dɛn kin fɛn we dɛn tɛst pɔsin fɔ tek drɔgs?

We pɔsin it wan drɔg, i kin kɔmɔt na wi bɛlɛ ɛn i kin sheb to di ɔda pat dɛn na di bɔdi. Dɔn, wi liva ɛn ɔda ɔgan dɛn kin brok di mɛrɛsin, ɔ mek i chenj. as a rizulεt fכ dis mεtabolik prכsεs, di dכg de kכnvכlt to כda kεmikכl dεm. Dɛn kɔl dɛn tin ya mɛtabolayt dɛn. afta sכm tεm, di dכg εn/כ in mεtabolayt dεm de kכmכt na di bכdi, mεntal wan na di urine.

So, dεn de du dכg tεst fכ chεk fכ di prεsεns fכ spεsifi k dכg dεm εn/כ dεn mεtabolayt dεm na bayolojikal sεmpl (e.g. urine, bכdi).

dis mεtabolik prכsεs de apin difrεn rεt fכ εvri dכg. So, di tɛm we i tek fɔ mek dɛn no ɛni drɔg ɛn in mɛtabolayt dɛn bay we dɛn de tɛst am difrɛn.Tink bɔt sɔm drɔgs, lɛk amphetamines, dɛn kin no insay urine as di mama ɔ papa drɔg. Bɔt fɔ bɔku ɔda drɔgs, dɛn kin no dɛn mɛtabolit fɔ lɔng tɛm pas di mama ɔ papa drɔg.

Sɔntɛnde, wan drɔg tɛst kin jɔs no. Bɔt bɔku tɛm, dɛn kin tɛst bɔku drɔgs dɛn na di sem sampul. Dɛn kɔl dis drɔg panɛl tɛst. Di kayn drɔgs dɛn we de insay dis panɛl kin difrɛn difrɛn wan bay di rizin we mek dɛn du di tɛst, bɔt wan panɛl we dɛn kin yuz fɔ no if pɔsin de yuz drɔgs we nɔ rayt, kin luk fɔ dɛn fayv tin ya:

• Amfɛtamin dɛn
• Kɔkɛyn
• Marijuana (Hɛmp) .
• Opioid dɛn we dɛn kin yuz
• Fɛnsiklidin `(PCP)`

Ɔda tin dɛn we dɛn kin tɛst na:

• Alkol (ɛtanol) .
• Di mɛrɛsin dɛn we de mek pɔsin nɔ fil bad
• Barbiturates we dɛn kin yuz
• Benzodiazepin dɛn we dɛn kin yuz
• Fɛntanyl we dɛn kɔl
• Heroin we dɛn kɔl heroin
• Haydrokɔdɔn we dɛn kɔl
• Mɛtadɔn we dɛn kɔl
• Mɛtamfɛtamin
• Mɔfin we dɛn kɔl
• Nikotin ɛn kɔtinin (we dɛn kin fɛn insay tabak) .
• Ɔksijɛn we dɛn kɔl

Ɛnitin de we dɛn kin du fɔ tɛst fɔ drɔgs na os?

Yɛs, dɛn de. Sɔm kit dɛn de we de alaw yu fɔ tɛst wan urine sɛmpul na os, insay pɔsin. Sɔm kit dɛn kin ivin yuz briz, saliva, ɔ ia. Bɔt di kɔrɛkt we aw dɛn prɔdak ya de kɔrɛkt nɔto di sem, we min se dɛn kin difrɛn. Bɔrku tɛm, dɛn nɔ kin fil lɛk di tɛst we dɛn kin du na lɛbɔtri. Dis min se ivin if di tɛst we dɛn du na os gi nɔ fayn rizɔlt, di sem sampul kin stil gi fayn rizɔlt if dɛn sɛn am na lɛbɔtri.

Di American Academy of Pediatrics advays mama ɛn papa dɛn fɔ avɔyd fɔ tɛst dɛn pikin dɛn fɔ si if dɛn gɛt drɔgs na os. Risach dɔn sho se we dɛn de du tɛst na os nɔ de mek pipul dɛn nɔ yuz drɔgs. Risk de bak fɔ mek dɛn nɔ ɔndastand di rizɔlt fɔ di tɛst we dɛn kin du na os di rɔŋ we. Dis kin afɛkt di padi biznɛs bitwin yɔŋ pikin dɛn ɛn dɛn mama ɛn papa bad bad wan bak.

Aw a fɔ rɛdi fɔ tɛst fɔ tek drɔgs?

Fɔ tru, natin nɔ de we yu nid fɔ du spɛshal wan fɔ rɛdi fɔ tɛst fɔ tek drɔgs.

Dɛn kin du dis tɛst we ɛnitin apin, dɛn kin plan am bifo tɛm, ɔ dɛn kin du am bay wilful (fɔ ɛgzampul, as nid we de kɔntinyu na di wokples).

Dipen pan di situeshɔn, dɛn kin aks yu bɔt ɛni mɛrɛsin ɔ sɔpɔtmɛnt we yu de tek, bikɔs sɔm mɛrɛsin kin afɛkt di tɛst rizɔlt.

Wetin fɔ ɛkspɛkt we yu de tek tɛst fɔ no if yu gɛt drɔgs?

Dɛn kin du drɔg tɛst wit smɔl sampul pan yu blɔd, yu ia, saliva, yu briz, ɔ, bɔku tɛm, yu urine (pis).

• Fɔ urine sample: Yu go nid fɔ urine insay klin kɔntena we dɛn gi yu. Sɔntɛnde, dɛn kin aks yu fɔ gi di urine sɛmpul bifo nɔs ɔ tɛknishian fɔ mek shɔ se di sampul na yu yon.
• Fɔ blɔd sɛmpul: Pɔsin we dɛn tren fɔ tek blɔd sɛmpul (fhlebotomist) go tek smɔl blɔd frɔm wan vein na yu an ɔ yu an.

Afta dɛn dɔn tek di sampul, dɛn kin sɛn am na lɛbɔtri fɔ mek dɛn analays am.

Aw lɔng i kin tek fɔ gɛt di rizɔlt fɔ wan drɔg tɛst?

Di tɛm we i kin tek fɔ gɛt rizɔlt frɔm drɔg tɛst kin difrɛn, i kin dipen pan di rizin fɔ di tɛst (e.g., imejensi, we gɛt fɔ du wit wok), ɛn di kayn tɛst.

Di tin dɛn we kin kɔmɔt frɔm di urine ɛn blɔd tɛst kin kɔmɔt kwik pas di tin dɛn we kin kɔmɔt frɔm di tɛst fɔ di ia.

Chek wit di institiushɔn we aks fɔ di tɛst fɔ no ustɛm yu kin ɛkspɛkt di rizɔlt.

Wetin na di tin dɛn we kin apin we dɛn tɛst pɔsin fɔ tek drɔgs?

Dɛn kin ripɔt di rizɔlt fɔ wan drɔg tɛst as ‘pɔzitiv’ ɔ ‘nɛgitiv’.

• Pɔzitiv rizɔlt min se dɛn detekt wan drɔg na ɔ ɔp di rɛfrɛns rɛnj we dɛn spɛsifa fɔ di tɛst.
• Negatif rizulyt min se di drɔg we dɛn de tɔk bɔt nɔ bin detekt, ɔ nɔ bin de na inɔf lɛvɛl fɔ prodyuz pɔsitiv rizɔlt.

Wetin di tin dɛn we kin apin we pɔsin tɛst fɔ tek drɔgs kin tɔk?

Bɔku tin dɛn de we yu fɔ mɛmba we yu de ɛksplen di tin dɛn we yu dɔn du fɔ tɛst fɔ tek drɔgs.

Ɔndastand wan fayn rizɔlt

Pɔzitiv drɔg tɛst rizɔlt jɔs min se pɔsin bin gɛt wan drɔg we dɛn kin no na in sistɛm pan wan patikyula tɛm. If yu gɛt fayn tin fɔ du , dat nɔ min se di pɔsin bin dɔn chak da tɛm de, ɛn i nɔ min se dɛn gɛt prɔblɛm wit di we aw dɛn de yuz sɔbstans.

If di fɔs drɔg tɛst gi yu fayn rizɔlt, dɛn kin nid fɔ du kɔnfɔmatɔri tɛst. Dɛn kin du dis kɔnfɔmatɔri tɛst bay we dɛn de yuz difrɛn kayn drɔg tɛst we dɛn kin du. Dis de ridyus di risk fɔ gɛt lay lay-pɔzitiv rizɔlt – dat na, pɔsin we nɔ ɛva yuz drɔgs bɔt stil gɛt pɔsitiv rizɔlt – ɛn i de mek di ɔvala drɔg tɛst kɔrɛkt.

Sɔm mɛrɛsin ɛn it dɛn kin mek pɔsin gɛt lay lay tin bak. Fɔ ɛgzampul, fɔ it pɔpi sid kin mek yu gɛt fayn rizɔlt pan opioid tɛst. Semweso, if yu tek sɔm kol mɛrɛsin dɛn we yu kin bay na kɔt, dat kin mek yu gɛt fayn rizɔlt fɔ phencyclidine (PCP).

Ɔndastand wan Negativ Rizult

If dɛn nɔ du bad tin we dɛn du tɛst fɔ di drɔgs , i jɔs min se dɛn nɔ bin no di drɔg we dɛn de tɔk bɔt. Dis kin bi bikɔs di lɛvɛl fɔ di drɔg nɔ bin ay fɔ no, ɔ bikɔs dɛn bin de yuz di drɔg na do na di winda we dɛn de no. Bɔt if bad tin apin, dat nɔ kin rili pul di pɔsin we dɛn jɔs dɔn yuz drɔgs ɔ we i gɛt prɔblɛm wit di we aw pɔsin de yuz sɔm tin dɛn.

Falz-nɛgitiv rizɔlt – dat na, tɛst we se ‘nɔ’ pan ɔl we pɔsin dɔn yuz drɔgs – kin apin fɔ sɔm rizin dɛn:

• Dɛn nɔ bin gɛda di sampul fayn ɔ dɛn nɔ bin du di tɛst fayn.
• Di pɔsin we dɛn de tɔk bɔt de tray fɔ tif di tɛst (e.g., fɔ gi ɔda pɔsin in urine sɛmpul).
• If yu nɔ tɛst di drɔg we dɛn de tɔk bɔt wit wan patikyula tɛst (e.g., amfɛtamin tɛst nɔ de no ɔl kayn amfɛtamin).

Fɔ dɔn, tin dɛn fɔ mek yu mɛmba (Take-Home Message) .

Dɛn kin yuz drɔgs tɛst fɔ difrɛn rizin dɛn. If yu fɔ tek drɔg tɛst, i kin mek yu strɛs smɔl. Bɔt mɛmba se dɔktɔ ɛn ɔfisa dɛn kin tek tɛm luk dɛn rizɔlt ya ɛn tray fɔ mek sɛns to dɛn. Bɔku tɛm, if pɔsitiv rizɔlt kam bak, dɛn kin nid fɔ du kɔnfɔmatɔri tɛst fɔ mek dɛn nɔ gɛt lay lay rizɔlt.

If yu gɛt ɛni kwɛstyɔn bɔt di we aw dɛn de du di tɛst fɔ di mɛrɛsin ɔ di tɛm we dɛn go gɛt di rizɔlt, nɔ fred fɔ aks di pɔsin we ɔda di tɛst ɔ di dɔktɔ. Na yu rayt. A op se dis infɔmeshɔn go ɛp yu fɔ ɔndastand dis klia wan.

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