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Student Says His Drug Test Is Foolproof
11-14-06 l Associated Press

A student at the Arkansas High School for Mathematics, Sciences and the Arts has helped develop a drug test billed as being faster and easier to administer than tests currently available — and that is foolproof.

Marc Hosken, a senior, said his new oral-based test can be observed directly. Traditional urine tests aren't directly observed and a subject can cheat by diluting or substituting the specimen.

''There's no way to cheat the test, because there isn't time,'' Hosken said. ''In 10 years, I predict it will become the predominant drug test.''

Results can be available in 15 minutes, said Hosken, 17.

''It can become a roadside test. You don't need a lab,'' he said.

He said the oral, fluid-based test is much faster and less expensive than blood exams that require laboratory analysis. It can also accurately test for specific types of drugs and their quantity.

Police in Victoria, Australia, use similar saliva tests to detect drivers under the influence of amphetamines and cannabis. Hosken said his test will simultaneously check for cocaine, opiates, PCP, methamphetamine and marijuana.

Hosken developed the test as part of a 1½-year research project required for graduation, working with a graduate student at Arkansas State University. Between them, the two sought to improve drug tests required by the National Institute on Drug Abuse at companies that use professional drivers.

Hosken worked on the PCP element of the test. His portion of the research is complete and he is to present it in the spring during the school's science fair.

For the test to be used commercially, it would need approval from the Food and Drug Administration — after extensive checks.

Hosken plans to major in biomedical engineering in college.

 

Buzzby

Just what we need: a better drug test...

If this kid wants to get rich he should develop a real detox pill, one that neutralizes THC metabolites in saliva, blood, and urine.

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king cola

Urine drug tests could get someone busted when they aren't even driving under the influence and whatever drug they took was sitting in their blood stream for a few days or weeks.

If this test just proves that someone is high on something at the time they get pulled over, then there is no reason that they can't legalize drugs. Some reasons is, well how do you know the person is under the influence at work or while driving?

The states consider that a certain amount of alcohol makes you legally impaired. If they can tell how much marijuana you smoked or how much of another drug your on, then they can assume that your driving has been impaired if you fail certain tests. If someone drinks they are given a field sabriety test, walking the line, doing other things. If they fail they are then asked to take a breathalizer test, people can refuse that too but are penalized.

If someone took the time to develope certain tests specifically for people under the influence of other drugs and they passed or failed, then this new test that was developed might come in handy for dui's if they had a set limit like they do for how much alcohol could be in the system before they claim it's effecting your driving.

28g

I wonder how he got the PCP required for testing. And it seems that in order to even make a claim like that, he'd have to have at least some human test subjects. Perhaps the University supplied him with stash and stoners...

TehUberGeeK

Says he's in highschool. I'm sure he had no problem finding drugs or stoners to test on.