drug detection
Finding illicit chemicals
Drug detection is the process of identifying the presence of controlled substances or illicit drugs, whether in a person's body, belongings, or environment.
Methods range from urine and blood tests to trained dogs and electronic sensors: He failed the drug detection test at work.
Airport security often employs drug detection technology at customs checkpoints.
- snifferInformal term for nose
- canineOf or like dogs
- screeningEvaluative selection process
- random searchUnsystematic examination of possibilities
- narcoticsDrugs inducing sleep, numbness
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- working animalsherding, gun dog, guarding, pulling, hunting dog
- toxicologytoxicology, poison, toxin, venom, toxicity
- airport securityTSA, TSA agent, security, security checkpoint, screening
- border controlvisa requirements, passport control, guard, border crossing, border security
- customscustoms, customs clearance, wedding custom, customs declaration, burial custom
- DUIdrunk tank, implied consent, field sobriety test, breathalyzer, BAC test
drug detectiondrug prevention
Stopping substance abuse early
drug treatment · drug rehabilitation · drug education · harm reduction · addiction treatment
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