Considerations for Purchasing Drug Checking Technologies: Perspectives from Toronto's Drug Checking Service. [PDF]
Int J Environ Res Public Health, 2023 With the unregulated drug supply—particularly the unregulated opioid supply—becoming increasingly more toxic, more contaminated, and less predictable, drug checking has emerged as an essential public health service: informing individuals who use drugs, as well as those who care and advocate for them, in real-time.
Thompson H, McDonald K.
europepmc +3 more sources
A qualitative assessment of key considerations for drug checking service implementation [PDF]
Harm Reduction Journal, 2023 Background With many drug-related deaths driven by potent synthetic opioids tainting the illicit drug supply, drug checking services are becoming a key harm reduction strategy.
Chloe Grace Rose +6 more
doaj +2 more sources
Real time, on-site drug checking in low-threshold housing communities [PDF]
Harm Reduction JournalBackground In recent years, Boston has attempted to increase housing options and reduce overdose risk through the implementation of harm reduction housing (HRH) sites.
Charlie Summers +6 more
doaj +2 more sources
Development and validation of a fentanyl quantification model for drug checking services [PDF]
Drug and Alcohol Dependence ReportsBackground: Drug checking services are becoming increasingly popular. Despite the significant variability in fentanyl concentrations observed in the unregulated opioid supply, quantifying fentanyl concentrations using community drug checking technologies
Samuel Tobias +3 more
doaj +2 more sources
Utilization of drug checking services in Austria: a cross-sectional online survey [PDF]
Harm Reduction JournalBackground The use of psychoactive substances is a key public health issue due to its impact on mental, physical, and social health. Integrated drug checking is a well-known harm reduction and addiction prevention measure and is currently implemented in ...
Alexandra Karden +5 more
doaj +2 more sources
An implementation science study of a campus-based drug checking service at a Canadian university. [PDF]
PLoS ONEObjectivesResearch shows that in countries around the world, unregulated drug use and disorders are more prevalent amongst youth and young adults compared to general adult populations.
Lauren Airth +8 more
doaj +2 more sources
"Everyone says 'safe sex' but no one ever says 'safe drugs', you know?": Perspectives on the intersection of drug checking services, drug policy and the overdose crisis. [PDF]
PLoS ONEBackgroundOverdose deaths have continued to rise in the US despite heightened public attention and resources. Drug checking shows promise for integration into existing services for people who use drugs (PWUD) across North America.
Jeff Ondocsin +6 more
doaj +2 more sources
The Bronze Age of drug checking: barriers and facilitators to implementing advanced drug checking amidst police violence and COVID-19 [PDF]
Harm Reduction Journal, 2022 Objectives Unpredictable fluctuations in the illicit drug market increase overdose risk. Drug checking, or the use of technology to provide insight into the contents of illicit drug products, is an overdose prevention strategy with an emerging evidence ...
Jennifer J. Carroll +4 more
doaj +2 more sources
Music festival drug checking: evaluation of an Australian pilot program [PDF]
Harm Reduction Journal, 2022 Background This paper explores the feasibility of delivering a music festival-based drug checking service in Australia, evaluating service design and stakeholder acceptability.
Anna Olsen, Gabriel Wong, David McDonald
doaj +2 more sources
Implementing community drug checking in smaller urban communities: a qualitative study exploring contextual factors to consider [PDF]
Harm Reduction JournalBackground Impacts of the toxic unregulated drug supply are experienced across all geographic regions in Canada, with high rates of fatal and non-fatal overdoses nation-wide.
Abby Hutchison +3 more
doaj +2 more sources