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show first aired December 3, 2009
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Chances are that sometime in your life, you’ve had to take a drug test. The odds remain pretty good that it was a less than comfortable experience involving bodily fluids you’d rather keep to yourself. On this week’s Health Show, we’ll hear about new research that may make your next drug test a bit less intrusive. We’ll also find out about a place where these tests are becoming more common: schools. And we’ll hear why a lack of toilets is a big health problem in developing countries around the world.
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DRIVING WHILE DRUGGED? OPEN WIDE!
Drug testing has become a fact of life. Many employers require it, sports leagues put it in their labor agreements and law enforcement uses it for investigations. A drug test usually means giving blood or urine to be analyzed...but now easier tests using oral fluid, saliva, have been developed. Here to talk about this new drug testing technology is Dr. Marilyn Huestis, Chief of Chemistry and Drug Metabolism, Intramural Research Program, National Institute on Drug Abuse at the National Institutes of Health and an Adjunct Professor in the Department of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine at the University of Maryland School of Medicine.
Dr. Huestis comes to us courtesy of the journal Clinical Chemistry.
Drug Testing Students
As we said, drug testing has become a fact of life. In Southeast Alaska, the Juneau School Board is considering drug testing high-school students in athletics and activities. The issue has emerged from growing concerns about student abuse of prescription drugs - most notably OxyContin. Elsewhere in the state other schools already randomly test participants in extracurricular programs. Rebecca Sheir reports on the legal implications of implementing a similar policy in the Alaska's Capital City... and in any other U.S. school.
A Loo For Poo
Diseases caused by bad sanitation kill over 2 million people. Yet flush toilets need water – a valuable commodity in many regions. That’s why researchers around the world are developing new kinds of toilets which are simple to make, cost effective and use much less water. Radio Netherlands’ Marnie Chesterton reports.
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