Editing Drug test (section)

===Sweat drug screen===
Sweat patches are attached to the skin to collect sweat over a long period of time (up to 14 days).<ref name="Drug Test">{{cite web|url=http://aboutdrugtesting.org/drug_test.htm|title=Drug Test|year=2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071011043028/http://aboutdrugtesting.org/drug_test.htm|archive-date=2007-10-11|website=aboutdrugtesting.org}}</ref> These are used by child protective services, parole departments, and other government institutions concerned with drug use over long periods, when urine testing is not practical.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://stopthedrugwar.org/chronicle-old/167/thepatch.shtml|title=Federal Court Drug-Testing Device Under Fire, PharmChem Sweat Patch May Be "Too Good"|date=January 5, 2001|access-date=January 18, 2008|archive-date=May 3, 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080503094811/http://stopthedrugwar.org/chronicle-old/167/thepatch.shtml|url-status=live}}</ref>

There are also surface drug tests that test for the metabolite of parent drug groups in the residue of drugs left in sweat. An example of a rapid, non-invasive, sweat-based drug test is fingerprint drug screening.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Clearing The Haze: Intelligent Fingerprinting Drug Screening with Dr. Paul Yates _049 on Apple Podcasts|url=https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/intelligent-fingerprinting-drug-screening-dr-paul-yates/id1479292049?i=1000493620251|access-date=2021-04-14|website=Apple Podcasts|language=en-us|archive-date=April 14, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210414123505/https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/intelligent-fingerprinting-drug-screening-dr-paul-yates/id1479292049?i=1000493620251|url-status=live}}</ref> This 10 minute fingerprint test<ref>{{Cite news|first=Oliver|last=Moody|title=New device can sniff out the weekend drug-takers|newspaper=[[The Times]]|language=en|url=https://www.thetimes.com/uk/society/article/new-reader-1000-device-can-sniff-out-the-weekend-drug-takers-intelligent-fingerprinting-sheffield-medico-legal-centre-rzwzq27gf|access-date=2021-04-14|issn=0140-0460|archive-date=April 14, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210414123506/https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/new-reader-1000-device-can-sniff-out-the-weekend-drug-takers-intelligent-fingerprinting-sheffield-medico-legal-centre-rzwzq27gf|url-status=live}}</ref> is in use by a variety of organisations in the UK and beyond, including within workplaces,<ref>{{Cite web|date=2021-02-25|title=Keepmoat Homes deploys fingerprint drug testing for plant operator Health & Safety|url=https://www.bdcmagazine.com/2021/02/health-safety-environmental/occupational-hs/keepmoat-homes-deploys-fingerprint-drug-testing-for-plant-operator-health-safety/|access-date=2021-04-14|website=BDC Magazine|language=en-GB|archive-date=February 25, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210225203357/https://www.bdcmagazine.com/2021/02/health-safety-environmental/occupational-hs/keepmoat-homes-deploys-fingerprint-drug-testing-for-plant-operator-health-safety/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Vantec Europe introduces Intelligent Fingerprinting drug tests|url=https://www.commercialfleet.org/news/latest-news/2021/03/18/vantec-europe-introduces-intelligent-fingerprinting-drug-tests|access-date=2021-04-14|website=commercialfleet.org|language=en|archive-date=April 14, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210414123507/https://www.commercialfleet.org/news/latest-news/2021/03/18/vantec-europe-introduces-intelligent-fingerprinting-drug-tests|url-status=live}}</ref> drug treatment and family safeguarding services<ref>{{Cite web|title=Introducing intelligent fingerprinting – better, safer drug testing {{!}} Change Grow Live|url=https://www.changegrowlive.org/about-us/news-views/intelligent-fingerprint-testing|access-date=2021-04-14|website=www.changegrowlive.org|language=en|archive-date=April 14, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210414123506/https://www.changegrowlive.org/about-us/news-views/intelligent-fingerprint-testing|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Attias|first=Julia|date=2019-09-03|title='Revolutionary' drug test can tell if you're intoxicated from just a fingerprint|url=https://www.mirror.co.uk/science/revolutionary-drug-test-can-tell-19321447|access-date=2021-04-14|website=mirror|language=en}}</ref> at airport border control (to detect drug mules)<ref>{{Cite web|title=Fingerprint-based drug test accelerates identification of drug mules|url=https://www.internationalairportreview.com/news/96347/fingerprint-drug-testing/|access-date=2021-04-14|website=International Airport Review|language=en|archive-date=April 14, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210414123506/https://www.internationalairportreview.com/news/96347/fingerprint-drug-testing/|url-status=live}}</ref> and in mortuaries to assist in investigations into cause of death.<ref>{{Cite web|last=SelectScience|title=Revolutionary Fingertip Drug Test Aids Forensic Toxicology {{!}} SelectScience|url=http://www.selectscience.net/product-news/revolutionary-fingertip-drug-test-aids-forensic-toxicology/?artID=44551|access-date=2021-04-14|website=www.selectscience.net}}</ref>