Random urine testing: As an intervention for drug addiction

The researchers of the PRN study recommended that "urine testing should be considered a treatment as well as an independent measure of outcome."³ Indeed, negative results of urine drug tests would bolster treatment success claims by providing an external, objective measure of patient progress. Because urine testing in the workplace has resulted in a decreased number of positive test results,³¹ perhaps urine testing as a fundamental part of treatment programs will result in higher abstinence levels in program participants. A safe, noninvasive, objective, and inexpensive tool, urine testing in the identification of drug use should be more widely employed in the field of addiction.