What is a drug test?

What is a drug test?

A drug test is a technical analysis of a biological specimen. Samples of urine, hair, blood, sweat, or oral fluid / saliva is used to determine the presence or absence of specified parent drugs or their metabolites.

Major uses of drug testing are to detect the presence of performance enhancing steroids in sport or for drugs prohibited by laws, such as cannabis, cocaine, oxycontin and heroin.