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Tox testing challenges in adolescents, young adults

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March 2021—Synthetic cannabinoids. Toxic house­hold substances. Over-the-counter medicine. These and other drug and non-drug substances are favored by adolescents and young adults and tough to detect, and the pandemic has exacerbated their use. “Many drugs that are of interest for this age group are household substances, things they can get their hands on easily, and often those tests are not available as immunoassays,” said Sarah E. Wheeler, PhD, medical director of the automated laboratory, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh, and assistant professor of pathology, University of Pittsburgh, in a session on adolescent and young adult substance abuse testing at AACC’s virtual annual meeting last year.

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