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- Hair drug testing is the most effective test for long term drug use.
- 25% of high school seniors admitted using an illicit drug in the past month
- A recent survey reported that nearly 16 million Americans had used illicit drugs in the previous month
- The most commonly used drugs of abuse are marijuana and cocaine
- In the first half of 2002 there were over 300,000 visits to emergency rooms related to use of illegal drugs or non-medical use of a legal drug
- In 2000 Americans spent $36 billion on cocaine, $11 billion on marijuana and $10 billion on heroin
- In 1992 the overall cost of drug abuse in the U.S. was $102 billion, 8 years later it was $162 billion
- Federal spending on drug control will exceed $11 billion in 2003
- Over 10% of high school seniors report using the drug ecstasy at least once
- In 2000 there were over 900,000 new cocaine users in the U.S.
- An estimated 270 metric tons of cocaine entered the U.S. in 2001
- Substance abuse adds over $40 billion per year to the cost of elementary and secondary education in the U.S.
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Omega is the first ISO/IEC accredited hair drug testing laboratory in the United States and the only hair testing laboratory with ISO/IEC accreditation from ACLASS. |
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