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Drug Checking as Strategy for Harm Reduction in Recreational Contests: Evaluation of Two Different Drug Analysis Methodologies

Frontiers in Psychiatry, 2021
Introduction: Drug checking as a part of drug harm-reduction strategies represents an essential aspect of public health policies. It focuses on rapid identification of drugs that individuals intend to use during night events, in order to implement health-
Martina Fregonese, Andrea Albino, Claudia Covino, Alessio Gili, Mauro Bacci, Alessia Nicoletti, Cristiana Gambelunghe   +6 more
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The potential impacts of community drug checking within the overdose crisis: qualitative study exploring the perspective of prospective service users

BMC Public Health, 2021
Background As drug checking becomes more integrated within public health responses to the overdose crisis, and potentially more institutionalized, there is value in critically questioning the impacts of drug checking as a harm reduction response. Methods
Bruce Wallace, Thea van Roode, Flora Pagan, Dennis Hore, Bernadette Pauly   +4 more
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Third party drug checking: accessing harm reduction services on the behalf of others

Harm Reduction Journal, 2021
Background Drug checking uses chemical analytical technologies to analyze drugs from the unregulated market to reduce substance use-related risks. We aim to examine the frequency of third party use of a community drug checking service to explore the ...
Ashley Larnder, Piotr Burek, Bruce Wallace, Dennis K. Hore   +3 more
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What is needed for implementing drug checking services in the context of the overdose crisis? A qualitative study to explore perspectives of potential service users

Harm Reduction Journal, 2020
Background The current illicit drug overdose crisis within North America and other countries requires expanded and new responses to address unpredictable and potentially lethal substances, including fentanyl analogues, in the unregulated drug market ...
Bruce Wallace, Thea van Roode, Flora Pagan, Paige Phillips, Hailly Wagner, Shane Calder, Jarred Aasen, Bernie Pauly, Dennis Hore   +8 more
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Everywhere and for everyone: proportionate universalism as a framework for equitable access to community drug checking

Harm Reduction Journal, 2022
Background Illicit drug overdoses have reached unprecedented levels, exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic. Responses are needed that address the increasingly potent and unpredictable drug supply with better reach to a wide population at risk for overdose.
Bruce Wallace, Thea van Roode, Piotr Burek, Dennis Hore, Bernadette Pauly   +4 more
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Piloting the UK’s First Home-Office-Licensed Pharmacist-Led Drug Checking Service at a Community Substance Misuse Service

Behavioral Sciences, 2020
(1) Introduction: Drug-related deaths in the UK are at concerning high levels. The unknown content and purity of illicit substances can cause unpredictable adverse effects and thus a public health risk with no sign of abating.
Amira Guirguis, Rosalind Gittins, Fabrizio Schifano   +2 more
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The importance of drug checking outside the context of nightlife in Slovenia

Harm Reduction Journal, 2018
Background The main purpose of the research was to evaluate the implementation of the drug checking service in Slovenia and to obtain the opinion of users included in harm reduction programmes for high-risk drug users and of drug users in nightlife ...
Matej Sande, Simona Šabić
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High-Throughput Qualitative and Quantitative Drug Checking by MALDI HRMS

Frontiers in Chemistry, 2020
Illicit drugs are a global health problem, since both their acute and chronic consumption have negative impacts on the drug user's health. Drug checking facilities are receiving growing interest as they allow drug users to chemically analyze their ...
Timothée Joye, Timothée Joye, Christèle Widmer, Roxane Morger Mégevand, Serge Longère, Marc Augsburger, Aurélien Thomas, Aurélien Thomas   +7 more
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Music festival attendees’ illicit drug use, knowledge and practices regarding drug content and purity: a cross-sectional survey

Harm Reduction Journal, 2018
Background Drug checking is a harm reduction strategy which allows users to check the content and purity of illicit drugs. Although drug checking has been trialled internationally, with demonstrated value as a harm reduction and health promotion strategy,
Niamh Day, Joshua Criss, Benjamin Griffiths, Shireen Kaur Gujral, Franklin John-Leader, Jennifer Johnston, Sabrina Pit   +6 more
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Drug checking services for people who use drugs: a systematic review [PDF]

Addiction, 2021
AbstractBackground and AimsDrug checking services provide people who use drugs with chemical analysis results of their drug samples while simultaneously monitoring the unregulated drug market. We sought to identify and synthesize literature on the following domains: (a) the influence of drug checking services on the behaviour of people who use drugs ...
Nazlee Maghsoudi, Justine Tanguay, Kristy Scarfone, Indhu Rammohan, Carolyn Ziegler, Dan Werb, Ayden I. Scheim   +6 more
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