Background Rates of prescription drug abuse have reached epidemic proportions. Large-
scale epidemiologic surveys of this under-recognized clinical problem have not included …

Benzodiazepine drugs belong to important and most widely used medicaments. They
demonstrate such therapeutic properties as anxiolytic, sedative, somnifacient …

Drug abuse is a major public health problem in many countries in Europe and North
America. Currently available platforms for drug abuse assessment are facing technical …

Point-of-care (POC) testing has become widely used in clinical analysis because of its
speed and portability; however, POC tools, such as lateral flow assays, suffer from low …

Laboratory testing for drugs of abuse has become standard practice in many settings both
forensic and clinical. Urine is the predominant specimen, but other specimens are possible …

Karch's Drug Abuse Handbook, Third Edition remains the quintessential compendium
addressing the pharmacological, medical, and legal aspects of drugs and informing the …

An increasing number of countries have started to decriminalize or legalize the consumption
of cannabis for recreational and medical purposes. The active ingredients in cannabis …

Purpose The purpose of the Appropriate Use of Drug Testing in Clinical Addiction Medicine
is to provide guidance about the effective use of drug testing in the identification, diagnosis …

This comprehensive review of analytical methods used for urine drug testing for the support
of pain management describes the methods, their strengths and limitations, and types of …

Background: This review provides a description of how the opioid epidemic has impacted
drug testing. Methods: Four major service areas of drug testing were considered, including …