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From trash to results: shortcomings and benefits of paraphernalia-based drug checking in Finland [PDF]

Harm Reduction Journal
Background Drug checking is a harm reduction intervention that combines the identification of the chemical content of a drug with an information-sharing intervention concerning the risks of drug use.
Teemu Kaskela, Janne Nahkuri, Aino Kankaanpää, Anna Pelander, Teemu Gunnar, J. Tuomas Harviainen, Jouni Tourunen   +6 more
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“We knew it was coming: we didn’t act” perspectives from people who use drugs and substance use workforce on the impact of delays in implementation of the supervised injection facility and drug checking interventions [PDF]

Harm Reduction Journal
Background Harm reduction techniques such as supervised injection facilities and drug checking are evidence-based strategies for reducing fatal overdoses.
Margaret R. Hester, Jaclyn M. W. Hughto, Divya Ravikumar-Grant, Saoirse Nic Gabhainn   +3 more
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Recommendations from people who use drugs in Philadelphia, PA about structuring point-of-care drug checking [PDF]

Harm Reduction Journal
Background Adulterants, such as fentanyl and xylazine, among others, are present in a high percentage of the illicit drug supply, increasing the risk for overdose and other adverse health events among people who use drugs (PWUD).
Megan K. Reed, Elias Borne, Tracy Esteves Camacho, Morgan Kelly, Kristin L. Rising   +4 more
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Enhancing drug checking services for supply monitoring: perspectives on implementation in syringe service programs in the USA [PDF]

Harm Reduction Journal
Background Shifts in the US drug supply, including the proliferation of synthetic opioids and emergence of xylazine, have contributed to the worsening toll of the overdose epidemic.
Kyle J. Moon, Heather D. Whitehead, Anne Trinh, Kathryn A. Hasenstab, Kathleen L. Hayes, Debra Stanley, Brittany Carter, Rick Barclay, Marya Lieberman, Saira Nawaz   +9 more
doaj   +2 more sources

Community-based drug checking at syringe service programs in New York City observe an increasing prevalence of xylazine from 2021 through 2024 [PDF]

Harm Reduction Journal
Background Xylazine has emerged as a major component of the unregulated opioid supply in several jurisdictions across the United States. However, the extent of xylazine in local drug supplies is unknown.
Leonardo A. Dominguez Gomez, Yarelix Estrada, Jeffery Sauer, Izza Zaidi, Andrew J. Trinidad, Hannah Helmy, Alex Harocopos   +6 more
doaj   +2 more sources

How do we understand the value of drug checking as a component of harm reduction services? A qualitative exploration of client and provider perspectives [PDF]

Harm Reduction Journal
Background Mortality related to opioid overdose in the U.S. has risen sharply in the past decade. In California, opioid overdose death rates more than tripled from 2018 to 2021, and deaths from synthetic opioids such as fentanyl increased more than seven
Lissa Moran, Jeff Ondocsin, Simon Outram, Daniel Ciccarone, Daniel Werb, Nicole Holm, Emily A. Arnold   +6 more
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Characteristics of take-home fentanyl test strip use and support for drug checking services among people who use heroin in Australia: learnings for an increasingly complex drug market [PDF]

Harm Reduction Journal
Background This paper examines: (i) the acceptability of, and behavioural outcomes associated with, take-home fentanyl test strips (FTS), and (ii) support for, and preferences regarding, drug checking services among people who use heroin.
Rachel Sutherland, Maureen Steele, Craig Rodgers, Edmund Silins, Rosie Gilliver, Amy Peacock, Monica Barratt, Nadine Ezard, Krista J. Siefried, Robert Page, Raimondo Bruno, Phillip Read   +11 more
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Use of reagent test kits and fentanyl test strips among electronic music festival attendees in Colorado: prevalence, barriers, and behavior in response to drug checking [PDF]

Harm Reduction Journal
Background Polysubstance use is common at electronic dance music (EDM) events and hazards associated with polysubstance use may be exacerbated when people who use drugs are unaware of the contents of their drug sample.
Cianna J. Piercey, Thomas E. Schlechter, Devin Henry, Mikayla Allen-Collins, Riley Ahern, Joseph Cameron, Bradley T. Conner, Jeffrey G. Snodgrass, Hollis C. Karoly   +8 more
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Implementation opportunities and challenges to piloting a community-based drug-checking intervention for sexual and gender minority men in Vancouver, Canada: a qualitative study [PDF]

Harm Reduction Journal
Background In response to the overdose crisis, a collaborative group of two community-based organizations, a health authority and a research institute in Vancouver, Canada, implemented a pilot community-based drug checking (CBDC) intervention for sexual ...
Pierre-julien Coulaud, Koharu Loulou Chayama, Cameron Schwartz, Aaron Purdie, Mark Lysyshyn, Lianping Ti, Rod Knight   +6 more
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Contextual factors affecting the implementation of drug checking for harm reduction: a scoping literature review from a North American perspective

Harm Reduction Journal, 2023
Background The opioid epidemic continues to be a significant cause of morbidity and mortality in the US. In 2020, 83% of opioid-related overdose deaths were due to synthetic opioids, such as fentanyl.
Chloe Grace Rose, Victoria Kulbokas, Emir Carkovic, Todd A. Lee, A. Simon Pickard   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source