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Drug checking identifies counterfeit alprazolam tablets

Drug and Alcohol Dependence, 2021
Non-prescribed benzodiazepine use is increasing in North America, especially among youth. Owing to increasing demand, counterfeit benzodiazepine tablets are mass-produced in clandestine, unregulated environments and sold as legitimate pharmaceuticals.
Samuel Tobias, Aaron M. Shapiro, Cameron J. Grant, Priya Patel, Mark Lysyshyn, Lianping Ti   +5 more
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What is drug checking, anyway?

Drugs, Habits and Social Policy, 2022
Purpose The recent influx of interest in and the changing status of drug checking has led us to reconsider some fundamental questions about drug checking. This commentary aims to define drug checking. It proceeds in three parts: terminology, definitions and programmes that are excluded from the definition of drug checking that still have value for ...
Monica J. Barratt, Fiona Measham
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Xylazine Test Strips for Drug Checking

Canadian Journal of Health Technologies, 2023
Why is this an issue? The opioid crisis is an ongoing public health concern in Canada. In 2022, a total of 7,328 apparent opioid toxicity deaths were reported, which is an average of 20 deaths per day. Xylazine, referred to as tranq, is an animal tranquilizer that has appeared as an adulterant in the unregulated drug supply ...
Sarah Jones, Sharon Bailey
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Drug checking in New Zealand: the 2020 and 2021 drug and substance checking legislation acts

Drugs, Habits and Social Policy, 2022
Purpose This paper aims to explore the context and implications of the New Zealand Drug and Substance Drug Checking Acts 2020 and 2021. Design/methodology/approach This discussion provides a description of legislative changes about drug checking in the New Zealand context, alongside a critical analysis of the interlinked factors surrounding these ...
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Check your microbiota when taking the drug

Hepatology, 2017
In this edition of Hepatology, Yip's article entitled “The Liver-Gut Microbiota Axis Modulates Hepatotoxicity of Tacrine in the Rat” [1] elegantly uncovers the impact of the intestinal microbiota in the inter-individual variation of tacrine-induced hepatotoxicity. This article is protected by copyright. All rights reserved.
Katrin, Hochrath, Bernd, Schnabl
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Freizeitdrogenkonsum und Drug Checking

Suchttherapie
ZusammenfassungDrug Checking ist ein Angebot der Schadensminderung und richtet sich hauptsächlich an Freizeitdrogenkonsumierende. Im Zentrum des Angebots steht die Vermittlung von Konsumkompetenz sowie die Sensibilisierung für Konsumrisiken, basierend auf laboranalytischen Fakten.
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Potentiale von Drug Checking in Drogenkonsumräumen

2023
Hintergrund In Hinblick auf die steigende Zahl an Drogentodesfällen in Deutschland stellt sich die Frage nach weiteren Möglichkeiten der Schadensminderung. Auf dem Prüfstand stehen auch Orte niedrigschwelliger Angebote. Die Möglichkeiten von Drug Checking (DC) in Drogenkonsumräumen sind zahlreich, die Potentiale in anderen Ländern bereits belegt ...
Kuban, Maria Saskia, Schäffer, Dirk
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Welfare Checks, Drug Consumption, and Health

Journal of Human Resources, 2006
This paper investigates the link between welfare payments and drug use among injection drug users. The authors find an increase in the likelihood of an overdose in the days following check arrival, and in the probability of leaving the hospital against medical advice (AMA) on check day.
Chris Riddell, Rosemarie Riddell
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Drug checking public communications report

Drug checking services offer the public the opportunity to submit substances for chemical analysis and get results back within a health and harm reduction conversation. Beyond this primary function, broader dissemination of anonymised findings about market trends and concerning substances can amplify the harm reduction potential of drug checking.In ...
Volpe, Isabelle, Barratt, Monica
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Drug Checking: Monitoring the Contents of New Synthetic Drugs

Journal of Drug Issues, 2002
The term “drug checking” is defined here as the provision of secondary prevention services in the field. Specifically, ecstasy and other new synthetic drugs are frequently being used at raves (dance parties with electronic music), and now these substances may be analyzed onsite to determine their content.
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