Drug abuse is a major global health problem, as well as a social and economic burden.  In addition to being a primary cause of lost workforce productivity, family conflict, and drug-related crime, drug abuse is linked to the spread of HIV/AIDS through contaminated needles.
 
Drug abuse can foster the spread of HIV and AIDS through the dangerous risk behaviors it engenders. Drug and alcohol intoxication affect judgment and can lead to risky sexual behaviors that put people in danger of contracting or transmitting HIV. In addition, substance abuse may facilitate the progression of HIV infections by further compromising the immune system.

Drug use continues to grow and defy containment efforts, creating a significant market for simple, reliable tests to detect the most common abused substances.

MEDplus-ER^TM Drug Screen is a multi-drug cassette pipette device that provides clear, reliable results simply and easily for 9 commonly abused drugs.  Negative results can be determined in as few as 5 minutes, and positive results require only 8 minutes.  A simple, one-step urine test will dependably and efficiently provide laboratories and hospitals with accurate results.

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