HYPE Offers Free Drug Test Kits to Parents
The kits test for 12 different kinds of substances.
Parents: Are you worried your teenaged son or daughter is experimenting with drugs? You're not alone. According to the Michigan Department of Community Health, more than 15,000 kids per day try drugs for the first time, and the average age they start experimenting is 13. In conjunction with the Wayne County Substance Abuse Coalition, HYPE Athletics is offering free drug test kids to parents. There are 1,000 kits available, which test for 12 different substances. Tests are 99 percent accurate. This includes seven illicit drugs and five prescription drugs: Kits can be picked up at the HYPE Recreation Center, located at 23302 W. Warren Ave. in Dearborn Heights. Questions? Call 313-436-0043.
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Lee Jacobsen
7:08 pm on Thursday, February 7, 2013
I would suggest that the drug testing also extend to the parents who get food stamps and other forms of govt assistance , such as Section 8 housing. Why? If you can afford to be doing drugs, you can easily afford to pay your way with regards to food and housing. Also, by doing the test as parents, you are showing your kid, by example, that the process is harmless and safe, and only has … more ›