New Home-Based Drug Test Promises Abuse Prevention

As parents prepare for their children to go back to school experts say there is another item you should add on your supply list. Authorities say prescription drug use is growing in southeast Texas and a California based company is giving local parents the upper hand in keeping their teens from abusing drugs.

HairConfirm is a home-based hair follicle drug test kit that can detect drug and prescription drug use. It's the first kit of its kind and tests for 12 different types of illegal and prescription drugs. The product measures the molecules embedded inside the hair shaft, eliminating external contamination as a source of a positive result. It's available at CVS Pharmacy and and online. You can even get your results online.

Zeynep Ilgaz is the CEO of the company that manufactures the kit, she says HairConfirm is preferred over urine-based tests for the following reasons:
· Longer window of detection – 90 days instead of 48-72 hours.
· Cost-effective and time-saving – one hair test vs. 18 urine samples for three-month profile.
· 5-10 times more sensitive test than urinalysis.
· Easier to collect, store and transport. · More dignified method to use.
· A full drug history report. Data can differentiate between recreational user and addictive user.

According Confirm BioSciences, last year the abuse of pain killers ranked second to marijuana. Oxycontin and Vicodin were the most commonly abused.

The kit will also be available at  Walgreens Pharmacy later this year.

For more information on how to purchase the kit visit: www.hairconfirm.com