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A drug test is a technical analysis of a biological specimen, for example urine, hair, blood, breath, sweat, and/or oral fluid/saliva — to determine the presence or absence of specified parent drugs or their metabolites.
Abstract: The use of drug testing is pervasive in community supervision requiring probationers to regularly submit to urine drug testing.
Biological drug testing is a tool that provides information about an individual's recent substance use.