MOCCA and MOCCA-B – the most commonly tested drugs for legal matters

Marie Law, Head of Toxicology at AlphaBiolabs, discusses MOCCA and MOCCA-B drug testing for legal matters; and why it’s important to test for these substances at the same time.

As a leading provider of legal drug testing for family law professionals, social workers, and local authorities, we routinely test for a wide variety of drugs and their metabolites (breakdown products).

Yet of all the substances we test for at our laboratory, there are a handful, known by the acronyms of MOCCA and MOCCA-B, that show up time and time again in legal drug test results. They are also widely recognised as some of the most misused substances in the UK.

MOCCA drug testing refers to a drug testing panel comprising the following substances:

Methamphetamine

Opiates (including heroin)

Cocaine (including crack cocaine)

Cannabis and

Amphetamine

The term ‘MOCCA-B’ encompasses all these substances, with the addition of Benzodiazepines.

As an award-winning, UKAS-accredited laboratory with over 20 years’ experience in drug testing for legal matters, we advise our customers to test for the MOCCA or MOCCA-B panel of drugs (at least) for several reasons:

• Testing for these substances together can provide clarity in circumstances where it is unclear which substance(s) an individual may have used. This is crucial where important safeguarding decisions need to be made, such as in child welfare cases.
• Testing for a wide range of drugs means that the appropriate treatment and rehabilitation plans can be put in place, in line with the substances that have been used.
• Street drugs are often ‘cut’ with a variety of substances to create or enhance the desired effect of the high, without the knowledge of the person purchasing and consuming the drugs. This means that a comprehensive drug test might find ‘unexpected’ substances in the donor’s sample, that may not have been disclosed at the time samples were collected.  

Drug testing you can trust

AlphaBiolabs offers the most competitive pricing in the UK for MOCCA and MOCCA-B legal drug testing.

Better still, legal clients can claim 15% off AlphaBiolabs’ drug testing until 30 June 2024. Simply cite DRUG15 when requesting your quote. 

Here are a few more reasons to choose AlphaBiolabs for legal drug testing:

• Rapid results from our UK laboratory
• Widest range of drugs tested
• Hair, nail, urine and oral fluid samples analysed
• ISO 17025 UKAS-accredited testing laboratory (No. 2773)
• Sample collections from any location within 24-48 hours of instruction
• FREE legally-instructed sample collections at our nationwide walk-in centres.

You can request a quote online now using our quote form. Alternatively, call 0333 600 1300 or email testing@alphabiolabs.com and we will be happy to discuss your requirements.