If your job requires drug testing, have you heard about this new test for cocaine use?

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“Research published today in the journal Analyst has demonstrated a new, noninvasive test that can detect cocaine use through a simple fingerprint. For the first time, this new fingerprint method can determine whether cocaine has been ingested, rather than just touched.”

“Led by the University of Surrey, a team of researchers from the Netherlands Forensic Institute (NL), the National Physical Laboratory (UK), King’s College London (UK) and Sheffield Hallam University (UK), used different types of an analytical chemistry technique known as mass spectrometry to analyze the fingerprints of patients attending drug treatment services.”

“The beauty of this method is that, not only is it non-invasive and more hygienic than testing blood or saliva, it can’t be faked,” added Dr. Bailey. “By the very nature of the test, the identity of the subject is captured within the fingerprint ridge detail itself.”

I imagine this new test will have effects well beyond employment screening.
Will this reduce cocaine use? Reduce crime? Where do you see it being used?