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Feasibility study of using mobile phone-based experience sampling to assess drug checking by opioid street drug users

Pilot and Feasibility Studies, 2023
Background To date, evaluations of take-home fentanyl (and/or benzodiazepine) test strip use — the most common form of drug checking services — and potential effects on overdose risk have relied on retrospective accounts for some preceding time period ...
James A. Swartz, Mary Ellen Mackesy-Amiti, A. David Jimenez, Lisa Robison-Taylor, Elizabeth Prete   +4 more
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Current attitudes toward drug checking services and a comparison of expected with actual drugs present in street drug samples collected from opioid users

Harm Reduction Journal, 2023
Background The opioid epidemic continues to be associated with high numbers of fatalities in the USA and other countries, driven mainly by the inclusion of potent synthetic opioids in street drugs.
James A. Swartz, Marya Lieberman, A. David Jimenez, Mary Ellen Mackesy-Amiti, Heather D. Whitehead, Kathleen L. Hayes, Lisa Taylor, Elizabeth Prete   +7 more
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Is expected substance type associated with timing of drug checking service utilization?: A cross-sectional study

Harm Reduction Journal, 2021
Background Drug checking is a harm reduction intervention aiming to reduce substance use-related risks by improving drug user knowledge of the composition of unregulated drugs.
Tara Beaulieu, Evan Wood, Samuel Tobias, Mark Lysyshyn, Priya Patel, Jennifer Matthews, Lianping Ti   +6 more
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Drugs arriving in Kosovo need checking

BMJ, 1999
EDITOR—3As deputy head and consultants of the health department of EUAM (European Union Administration of Mostar) in 1995-6 we were impressed by Saunders's article concerning drug donations.1 In Bosnia these problems appeared for a variety of complex reasons that have been widely recognised.2–4 The problem of private donations in former Yugoslavia was ...
G. L. Quaglio, P. Mezzelani, C. Cuchillo
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Consumer expectations, drug effects, price and purity of heroin and cocaine purchased at drug consumption rooms

Harm Reduction Journal, 2023
Background Drug consumption rooms offer heroin and cocaine consumers a secure and hygienic environment including medical and social guidance. Despite the support and mentoring, only sparse information is available about how drug quality, drug prices and ...
Georges Dahm, Karin Roschel, Claude Marson, Adèle Bourmaud, Jennifer Macedo, Mauro Lupo, Lionel Fauchet, Claudia Allar, Raoul Schaaf, Serge Schneider   +9 more
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Xylazine test strip utilization among pregnant and postpartum women with opioid use disorder: A pilot study

Pregnancy
Introduction The emergence of xylazine, a veterinary alpha‐2 and kappa opioid receptor agonist, as an adulterant in illicitly manufactured fentanyl has created new challenges and risks for pregnant people who use unregulated opioids. Xylazine test strips
Ilana Hull, Margaret Shang, Elizabeth Krans, Ellen Stewart, Megan Ritter, Lauren Narbey, Samantha Mayo, Raagini Jawa   +7 more
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The Effect of External Influences on Drug Trends at Music Festivals in New Zealand, 2018 to 2023

Emerging Trends in Drugs, Addictions, and Health
Introduction: Changes in the drug trends seen at music festivals in New Zealand may be influenced by factors, such as the availability of the drugs, enforcement activities, media attention and legislative changes to drug checking services.
L. Philip, C. Black, G. Powell, L. Clark, C. Johnson, O. Johnson   +5 more
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Factors associated with drug checking service utilization among people who use drugs in a Canadian setting

Harm Reduction Journal, 2020
Background The United States and Canada are amidst an opioid overdose crisis, with the Canadian province of British Columbia (BC) among the hardest hit. In response, drug checking services (DCS) have been introduced in this setting as a novel pilot harm ...
Viseth Long, Jaime Arredondo, Lianping Ti, Cameron Grant, Kora DeBeck, M-J Milloy, Mark Lysyshyn, Evan Wood, Thomas Kerr, Kanna Hayashi   +9 more
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Effective drug-allergy checking: methodological and operational issues

Journal of Biomedical Informatics, 2003
Adverse drug events cause a large number of injuries, and adverse events caused by medications administered in the face of known allergies represent an important preventable cause of patient harm. Computerized systems can effectively prevent reactions due to known allergies, but building an effective allergy prevention feature is challenging and ...
Kuperman, Gilad J., Gandhi, Tejal K., Bates, David W.   +2 more
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Enhancing Drug Checking with Human-Centered Design Innovations Optimizing Drug Checking Tools through HFE

Abstract Accurate, user-friendly drug checking tools are critical in reducing overdose risks, especially in settings where people test substances without professional guidance. This study examined whether a small design change—a 10mg micro scoop—could improve how users interact with fentanyl test kits. During a multi-day music festival,
Annastasia R. Beal, Bryce Batcheller
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