As fentanyl hidden in a high percentage of illicit street drugs continues to kill, momentum to legalize strips that check for the presence of the synthetic opioid is growing. The tool has been met ...
SACRAMENTO — Fentanyl test strips used to be illegal in California. Now, state law requires them on community and state college campuses, and they're popping up everywhere from vending machines to ...
There’s a new tool that may help address the dangers of xylazine, a powerful animal tranquilizer increasingly found in street drugs. A handful of harm reduction programs in Massachusetts have started ...
(Editor's Note: This story is not about fentanyl addiction, which is a separate serious issue. This story is for people who would never intentionally take fentanyl, and their families and their kids' ...
"This is about providing justice to people. This is about providing health equity to people. This is about putting the human back into working with somebody, so they are given the same dignity and ...
A red stripe on a test strip indicates that a heroin sample is positive for fentanyl. In the face of relentless increases in overdose deaths that involve fentanyl, the strips have become an important ...
Fentanyl is a killer, and advocates believe there’s a way to prevent the deaths. It’s fentanyl test strips that are inexpensive and easy to use, and can identify the presence of the synthetic opioid ...
Drug tests, used to detect the presence of fentanyl and xylazine in different kinds of drugs, such as cocaine, methamphetamine, and heroin, are seen at St. Ann's Corner of Harm Reduction in New York ...
(MIRROR INDY) — Staff at the nonprofit hear every day about someone's child, parent or sibling dying from using a drug they didn't know was laced with fentanyl. The test strips can save lives by ...
A NaloxBox stocked with overdose-reversing naloxone and fentanyl test strips mounted on the wall outside the Franklin branch of the Johnson County Public Library. The box was installed in 2022 with ...
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As fentanyl hidden in a high percentage of illicit street drugs continues to kill, momentum to legalize strips that check for the presence of the synthetic opioid is growing. Two bills — House Bill ...