Sunday, August 13, 2006

EtG: The Wall Street Journal

http://online.wsj.com/article_email/SB115534928148134109-lMyQjAxMDE2NTE1MjMxNDI5Wj.html

"Some in sobriety enforcement contend any alcohol, however ingested, could trigger a relapse in recovering addicts."-Kevin Knipe

This rhetoric supports the testing, while stating that fueling a vehicle, eating pickles and sanitizing a childs dwelling are good reasons to take a childs mother away. This is by no means constructive, trust me I've been there, although my offense was showering or wearing socks. There is absolutely no research (that I've come across in over a year of study) that supports a theory that cleaning a bathroom or fueling a car is a trigger for relapse. A positive, false or not, usually means added treatment, in my opinion this jack-ass is more interested in revenue rather than constructively helping one with a disorder.

They have not even touched base with the possibility's. When asked how Tylenol causes a false-positive, I found that it as well as many OTC drugs (Motrin) are methylated. Ethynyl estradiol used in oral contraceptives, estradiol stimulates the enzyme primarily responsible for creating EtG, (possibly why the research that made this "the Gold Standard" was over 40 men and three women), making most women hyperproducers, add ethynyl and BAM. This is the alternative to SCRAM in continuous monitoring, a couple of state's HPRPs have already suspended use, one group and 80% of the clients were positive, would 8 out of ten people jeopordize their livelihood? It is far less reliable than SCRAM, and one case with a read of 121,000 and the Dr. had doubt, as opposed to the 100, 250, 500, 1000 and 1500 the article discusses.

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