***SPONSORED CONTENT***Marie Law, Director of Toxicology at AlphaBiolabs, examines why non-standard drugs are an emerging concern in family law. Drug and alcohol misuse remains a frequent factor in family law proceedings, directly impacting assessments of parenting capacity, safeguarding, and contact arrangements. However, an increasing number of family law cases involve non-standard drugs: substances not routinely included in standard panels, yet capable of causing dependency, behavioural instability, and impaired parenting. What are non-standard drugs? Non-standard drugs include anything not typically found on a standard testing panel, and include substances such as anabolic steroids, prescription medications (e.g.