A Drug Test For Kids

[snooch]

http://www.hc2d.co.uk/content.php?contentId=16149

 

Handheld drugs test for parents

22nd September 2010

 

Scientists in Britain have designed a drugs test which can be used by parents to see if their child has been taking cannabis or cocaine.

 

The Vantix biosensor is able to analyse saliva and return a result within five minutes. It costs £1.50 and may be on the market by 2012.

 

The device was originally designed to assist police in carrying out fast drugs tests on motor vehicle drivers.

 

The Vantix device has a 5mm chip embedded on plastic which has antibodies which react with certain chemicals, including the THC molecule contained in cannabis.

 

If these antibodies meet particular chemicals a small electric current is passed into the chip, which is sent through a bigger device to turn on a small light. This light alerts the user to the presence of drugs.

 

Kevin Auton, from Universal Sensors, said use of the device was bound to provoke some controversy.

 

He added: "In America, parents are taking samples of their children's saliva and hair and sending them off to labs to see if their children are taking drugs. If there is demand for it here, it would be an interesting market."

 

"It is controversial but the test can be used in the home for worried parents to test if their children are taking drugs. We are very focused on getting the test out of the laboratory and on to other platforms. It is as simple to use as a pregnancy test."

[sew850i]

hmm.. Now I don't know too much about cocaine, but why the hell make it for cocaine and cannabis? Why not Cocaine and Crystal Meth? I mean, does Cannabis really matter these days considering whats happening on the other sides of the world

 

EDIT: this is crap!!

Edited September 23, 2010 by sew850i

[mungu226]

I think this could help preventing under 18yo from taking any drugs including pot. THC is too sweet for our growing children I believe.

[headstone]

cocaine is becoming more popular world wide which is why this test was made. They added on testing for cannabis as it is extremely easy to test for and there are still millions of people using it on a daily basis.

 

It just shits me to no end how cannabis is grouped up with other drugs like cocaine and as a result parents think they're equally as bad as one another