The transfer of methadone and EDDP via sweat from methadone patients ( n = 15) to children’s hair was simulated by close skin contact of drug-free children’s hair, encased in mesh-pouches, for 5 days. In this study, the possibility of methadone and its metabolite EDDP being incorporated into children’s hair by contact with sweat from persons undergoing opiate maintenance therapy (methadone) was examined. oral ingestion or inhalation), but also contamination of hair via contact with the sweat from drug users. These include drug uptake by the child (e.g. Positive test results are often discussed in the forensic community due to the various possible modes via which drugs and their metabolites can be incorporated into the hair. In cases where there is a question as to whether children have come into contact with drugs, examinations of their scalp hair are frequently carried out.
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