Much research has been conducted in the field of forensics on drug testing. Drug testing can be done on samples like urine, hair, saliva, sweat or blood. But recently it has been found out that a single fingerprint can reveal the abuse of drugs. There is controversy as to whether the established methods for drug testing from samples or the new methods for the analysis of fingerprints give a more accurate result. This review examines the recent literature to evaluate whether the analysis of fingerprints for drug detection is a more reliable technique than established methods. Established methods such as blood, urine, sweat and hair will be discussed against fingerprints. The review concludes that there is enough evidence to support that fingerprints