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What is drug checking, anyway? [PDF]

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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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 ...
Fiona Hutton
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“They sent it away for testing and it was all bunk”: Exploring perspectives on drug checking among steroid consumers in Queensland, Australia

International Journal of Drug Policy, 2023
Introduction: Research supports the feasibility and acceptance of drug checking among nightlife and festival attendees. Interest in expanding drug checking to other groups of people who use drugs, including those who inject drugs, has grown.
Jason Ferris, Cheneal Puljević, Timothy M Piatkowski   +2 more
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Integriertes Drug-Checking

PiD - Psychotherapie im Dialog, 2023
Drug-Checking ist eine Maßnahme zur Schadensminderung für sozial integrierte Konsumierende in Partysettings. Dabei können illegale Substanzen auf ihre Inhaltsstoffe und schädliche Beimengungen untersucht werden. Integriertes Drug-Checking beinhaltet zudem Beratung zu akuten und langfristigen Risiken des Konsums.
Karsten Tögel-Lins, Bernd Werse, Heino Stöver   +2 more
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Take-home drug checking as a novel harm reduction strategy in British Columbia, Canada

International Journal of Drug Policy, 2022
BACKGROUND: Drug checking is a harm reduction strategy used to identify components of illicitly obtained drugs, including adulterants, to prevent overdose.
Mark Lysyshyn, Sukhpreet Klaire, Jane A Buxton   +2 more
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A Systematized Review of Drug-checking and Related Considerations for Implementation as A Harm Reduction Intervention

Journal of Psychoactive Drugs, 2023
Drug-checking services (DCS) provide people who use drugs (PWUD) the opportunity to have their substances tested before consumption. Though some suggest they may have adverse consequences, DCS have been introduced as a harm reduction (HR) strategy.
Jo-Hanna Ivers, Eamon Keenan, Francesca Giulini   +2 more
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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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Promises of Biomarkers in Drug Development – A Reality Check

Chemical Biology & Drug Design, 2007
Biomarkers have been a buzz word in drug development for the last 5 years. But where do we stand now? This perspective article will demonstrate to which extent biomarkers have impacted drug development and the use of drugs. In particular, the different types of biomarkers, their identification, validation and use in different phases of drug development
Estelle, Marrer, Frank, Dieterle
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What About Drug Checking? Systematic Review and Netnographic Analysis of Social Media [PDF]

Current Neuropharmacology, 2020
Drug checking services have been operating worldwide as a harm reduction tool in places like festivals and night clubs. A systematic review and netnographic analysis were conducted to explore the public’s perception of drug checking.
Amira Guirguis, Rosalind Gittins, Fabrizio Schifano   +2 more
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Evaluation of a computerized drug interaction checking system

International Journal of Bio-Medical Computing, 1983
A real-time computer-based system for checking drug interaction is reported. Out of 169230 prescriptions checked by our drug interaction standards, 8.8% or 14965 were found to contain those which may cause drug interaction, while 47.3% of those were prescribed in the Department of Internal Medicine and 39.8% in Psychiatry.
C, Ishikura, H, Ishizuka
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