Heroin

Heroin

by | Sep 27, 2021 | Substances | 0 comments

Heroin

6-MAM

What is Heroin?

Heroin is an opioid processed from the naturally occurring opiate morphine. Like all opioids, Heroin, is highly addictive both psychologically and psychically due to the fast acting euphoric effects that it causes in users. Heroin is one of the most popular drugs of abuse among recreational users. Even in small doses heroin can be fatal because of it potency and from other unknown substances that may be within it as it is produced and distributed  illicitly and unregulated. 6-MAM (6-Monoacetylmorphine) is the metabolite of heroin, making it the preferred test to screen for the use of heroin rather than a standard opiate screen.

Cut-Off Levels (ng/mL)

200 ng/mL (Urine)

Window of Detection

1 – 3 Days (Urine)

 

How is it Used?

Heroin is commonly injected intravenously but can also be insufflated nasally, inhaled, or taken orally. Users often will melt down the substance to then be injected by syringe, a practice that also comes with many health risks like the spread of disease.

What are the Effects?

The effects of heroin or much like other opioids in that it produces the pain relieving euphoric effects but due to the fact that heroin is more often injected the effects are much more rapid and users have described the feeling of a “rush” of euphoria followed by a sleepy wakefulness that can last for hours. Since the effects are so intense and rapid it creates a very high potential for abuse and dependency. When a user begins taking heroin, like other opioids, the body will build a tolerance for the drug.  Users will eventually need to take larger and larger doses to achieve the “rush” or effects that they desire. This can lead to detrimental health effects and possible overdose or death.

Common Symptoms

  • Dry mouth
  • Warm flushing of the skin
  • Heavy feeling in the arms and legs
  • Nausea and vomiting
  • Severe itching
  • Clouded mental functioning
  • Going “on the nod,” a back-and-forth state of being conscious and semiconscious
  • Insomnia
  • Collapsed veins for people who inject the drug
  • Damaged tissue inside the nose for people who sniff or snort it
  • Infection of the heart lining and valves
  • Abscesses (swollen tissue filled with pus)
  • Constipation and stomach cramping
  • Liver and kidney disease
  • Lung complications, including pneumonia
  • Mental disorders such as depression and antisocial personality disorder
  • Death
 

Common Street Names

  • H

  • Horse

  • Smack

  • Chiva

  • Thunder

  • Negra

What does it Look Like?

Heroin can come in a variety of forms most commonly a brown or blackish tar like substance and white powder.

Legal Status

Schedule I substance under the U.S. Controlled Substance Act.

Testing Options

  • Integrated Urine Test Cup
  • Urine Test Dip Card

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GHB

by | Sep 27, 2021 | Substances | 0 comments

Gamma-Hydroxybutric Acid

GHB

What is GHB?

Gamma-Hydroxybutyric acid (GHB) or, sodium oxybate, is a central nervous system depressant, also widely known as the  “date-rape” drug and, under approval of strict DEA and FDA protocol can be prescribed medically, to treat narcolepsy and a medical condition called cataplexy.  The drug gained popularity for recreational use during the 1990’s as a club drug among ravers and is considered to have a high potential for abuse due to the euphoric effects it can produce.  Some GHB analogues, such as gamma-butyrlactone and 1,4-Butanediol, or GBL and BD, are available legally for industrial use in the production of polyurethane, pesticides, elastic fibers, pharmaceuticals, metal and plastic coatings among a variety of the products. GHB analogues are also sold illicitly for steroidal purposes like muscle growth for body building, fat loss, baldness reversal, and anti-aging.

Cut-Off Levels (ng/mL)

200, 300 ng/mL (Urine)

Window of Detection

1 – 3 Days (Urine)

 

How is it Used?

Commonly sold in liquid or powder form, GHB is usually consumed orally by either drinking the liquid or dissolving the powder into a drink.

What are the Effects?

The onset effects of GHB usually take around 15-30 minutes to appear and can last anywhere from 4-6 hours. Given it’s central nervous system depressant effects users can experience euphoric.

Common Symptoms

  • Euphoria
  • Drowsiness
  • Decreased Anxiety
  • Confusion
  • Memory Impairment
  • GHB analogues are known to produce side effects such as:
  • Skin Irritation
  • Eye Irritation
  • Nausea
  • Vomiting
  • Incontinence
  • Unconsciousness
  • Seizures
  • Liver Damage
  • Kidney Failure
  • Respiratory Depression
  • Death
 

Common Street Names

  • Easy Lay
  • G
  • Georgia Home Boy
  • GHB
  • Goop
  • Grievous Bodily Harm
  • Liquid Ecstasy 
  • Liquid X
  • Scoop

What does it Look Like?

GHB comes in a clear orderless liquid, or white powder.

Legal Status

GHB is classifies under the controlled substance act of the United States of America as a scheduled I controlled substance. This means that GHB is considered to have a high potential of dependence and abuse and currently has no medical use. However, under certain strict protocols and approval from DEA and FDA, there are some GHB products that are schedule III controlled substances and can be obtained for medical use with a prescription from a medical practitioner.

Testing Options

  • Integrated Urine Test Cup
  • Urine Test Dip Card
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Gabapentin

by | Sep 24, 2021 | Substances | 0 comments

Gabapentin

GAB

What is Gabapentin?

Gabapentin, better know by the brand name Neurontin, is an anti-convulsant prescription medication used to treat a variety of symptoms including seizures, nerve pain, and restless leg syndrome. When Gabapentin is taken more than the prescribed amount or mixed with other drugs such as alcohol, anti-anxiety medications, muscle relaxants, or Opioids it can produce euphoric side effects which can lead to abuse. Since Gabapentin is not a scheduled controlled substance and is used to treat such a wide variety of ailments it has become over prescribed adding to the potential for abuse.

Cut-Off Levels (ng/mL)

200 ng/mL (Urine)

Window of Detection

1 – 3 Days (Urine)

How is it Used?

Gabapentin comes in a tablet, capsule, and oral solution. Recently there has been increased popularity among recreational users and is often mixed with other drugs such as, alcohol, Xanax, or opioids to produce the desired euphoric effects.

What are the Effects?

Gabapentin is prescribed to treat a variety of different ailments from restless leg syndrome, to neuropathic nerve pain, and seizures. When taken in large doses and especially when mixed with other drugs, euphoric effects comparable to opioids have been reported leading to the recent rise in recreational use and abuse.

Common Symptoms

  • Double vision
  • Slurred Speech
  • Lack of coordination
  • Unusual eye movement
  • Dizziness
  • Drowsiness 
 

Common Street Names

  • Johnny’s
  • Gabby’s
  • Gab
 

What does it Look Like?

Small oval tablets or oblong capsules varying in color.

Legal Status

Not a controlled substance. Currently available with prescription from a professional medical practitioner.

Testing Options

  • Integrated Urine Test Cup
  • Urine Test Dip Card

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Fentanyl

by | Sep 24, 2021 | Substances | 0 comments

Fentanyl

FEN / FYL

What is Fentanyl?

Fentanyl is an extremely powerful Opioid pain medication that is approximately 50 times more potent than Morphine. It is a fully synthetic Opioid that was created in 1960 and approved for use in the US in 1968. It was intended primarily for post-surgical pain, palliative care, and other end-of-life pain. Fentanyl is a major contributor to overdose deaths in the on going opioid epidemic. Due to the low production costs, Fentanyl is being used illicitly to increase potency in otherwise less potent drugs often laced with or imitating other substances causing lethal doses. Make sure you are testing for Fentanyl.

Cut-Off Levels (ng/mL)

200, 300 ng/mL (Urine)

10 ng/mL (Saliva)

Window of Detection

1 – 3 Days (Urine)

1 – 2 Days (Saliva)

How is it Used?

When prescribed by a physician, fentanyl is often administered via injection, transdermal patch, or in lozenges. However, the fentanyl and fentanyl analogs associated with recent overdoses are produced in clandestine laboratories. This non-pharmaceutical fentanyl is sold in the following forms: as a powder; spiked on blotter paper; mixed with or substituted for heroin; or as tablets that mimic other, less potent opioids.8 People can swallow, snort, or inject fentanyl, or they can put blotter paper in their mouths so that fentanyl is absorbed through the mucous membrane.

What are the Effects?

Like other opioids, fentanyl works the same way by binding to the opioid receptors in the brain producing euphoric pain relieving effects. This leads to high potential for dependency and abuse. Due it’s extreme potency, fentanyl can be fatal even in very small doses.

Common Symptoms

  • euphoria
  • drowsiness
  • nausea 
  • confusion
  • constipation
  • sedation
  • tolerance
  • addiction
  • respiratory depression and arrest
  • unconsciousness
  • coma
  • death
     

    Common Street Names

    • Apache
    • China Girl
    • China White
    • Dance Fever
    • Friend
    • Goodfella
    • Jackpot
    • Murder 8
    • TNT
    • Tango & Cash

    What does it Look Like?

    White powdery substance.

    Legal Status

    Scheduled I substance under U.S. Controlled Substance Act for prescription use only.

    Testing Options

    • Integrated Urine Test Cup
    • Urine Test Dip Card
    • Oral Fluid Test
    • Field Test

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    Buprenorphine

    by | Sep 22, 2021 | Substances | 0 comments

    Buprenorphine

    BUP

    What is Buprenorphine?

    Buprenorphine, combined with naloxone, is in a drug class of opioid partial-agonist antagonist, meaning it has less efficacy, or lesser effects, by the way it binds to the opioid receptors in the brain. Commercially known by the brand Suboxone, Buprenorphine is prescribed to treat people with opioid addiction by a way of weening someone off a much stronger opioid like Heroin or Oxycodone. Buprenorphine can lessen the withdrawal symptoms that come with the stoppage of use with opioids and is often tested to make sure that a patient is taking the prescribe dosage.

    Cut-Off Levels (ng/mL)

    5, 10 ng/mL (Urine)

    5, 10 ng/mL (Saliva)

    Window of Detection

    1 – 3 Days (Urine)

    1 – 2 Days (Saliva)

    How is it Used?

    Buprenorphine comes in a sublingual tablet and sublingual film to be placed under the tongue and dissolved as well as a buccal film which is place between the cheek and gums.

    What are the Effects?

    When taken as prescribed Buprenorphine can lessen withdrawal symptoms that are seen in people addicted to opioids when they stop using. If taken in high dosages in can produce similar effects of other much more powerful opioids.

    Common Symptoms

    • headache
    • stomach pain
    • constipation
    • difficulty falling asleep or staying asleep
    • mouth numbness or redness
    • tongue pain
    • blurred vision
    • back pain
    • death
     

    Common Street Names

    • Subs
    • Bups
    • Bupies

    What does it Look Like?

    Small rectangular pieces of film, like a breath strip, usually orange or yellow in color.

    Legal Status

    Schedule II under the U.S. Controlled Substances Act.

    Testing Options

    • Integrated Urine Cup Test
    • Urine Dip Card Test
    • Oral Fluid Test

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    Bath Salts

    by | Sep 22, 2021 | Substances | 0 comments

    Bath Salts

    MDPV

    What are Bath Salts?

    Synthetic stimulants that are marketed as “bath salts” are often found in a number of retail products. These synthetic stimulants are chemicals. The chemicals are synthetic derivatives of cathinone, a central nervous system stimulant, which is an active chemical found naturally in the khat plant. Mephedrone and MDPV (3-4 methylene- which is an active chemical found naturally in the khat plant. Many of dioxypyrovalerone) are two of the designer cathinones most commonly found in these “bath salt” products. Many of these products are sold over the Internet, in convenience stores, and in “head shops.” 

    Cut-Off Levels (ng/mL)

    1,000 ng/mL (Urine)

    200, 1,000 ng/mL (Saliva)

    Window of Detection

    1 – 2 Days (Urine)

     

    How is it Used?

     

    “Bath salts” are usually ingested by sniffing/snorting. They can also be taken orally, smoked, or put into a solution and injected.

    What are the Effects?

    People who abuse these substances have reported agitation, insomnia, irritability, dizziness, depression, paranoia, delusions, suicidal thoughts, seizures, and panic attacks. Users have also reported effects including impaired perception of reality, reduced motor control, and decreased ability to think clearly. 

    Cathinone derivatives act as central nervous system stimulants causing rapid heart rate (which may lead to heart attacks and strokes), chest pains, nosebleeds, sweating, nausea, and vomiting. Drugs that have similar effects include: amphetamines, cocaine, Khat, LSD, and MDMA.These substances are usually marketed with the warning “not intended for human consumption.” Any time that users put uncontrolled or unregulated substances into their bodies, the effects are unknown and can be dangerous.

    Common Street Names

    • Bilss

    • Blue Silk

    • Cloud Nine

    • Drone, Energy-1

    • Ivory Wave

    • Lunar Wave

    • Meow Meow

    • Ocean Burst

    • Pure Ivory

    • Purple Wave

    • Red Dove

    • Snow Leopard

    • Stardust

    • Vanilla Sky

    • White Dove

    • White Knight

    • White Lightening 

    What does it Look Like?

    “Bath salt” stimulant products are sold in powder form in small plastic or foil packages of 200 and 500 milligrams under various brand names. Mephedrone is a fine white, off-white, or slightly yellow-colored powder. It can also be found in tablet and capsule form. MDPV is a fine white or off-white powder.

    Legal Status

    On Friday, October 21, 2011, DEA published a final order in the Federal Register exercising its emergency scheduling authority to control three synthetic stimulants that are used to make bath salts, including: Mephedrone, 3,4 methylenedioxypyrovalerone (MDPV) and Methylone. Except as authorized by law, this action makes possessing and selling these chemicals, or the products that contain them, illegal in the United States. This emergency action was selling these chemicals, or the products that contain them, illegal in the United States. This emergency action was necessary to prevent an imminent threat to the public safety. The temporary scheduling action will remain in effect for at least one year while the DEA and the United States Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) further study whether these chemicals should be permanently controlled. As a result of this order, these synthetic stimulants are designated as Schedule I substances under the Controlled Substances Act.

    Testing Options

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    • Urine Dip Card Test

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