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Beyond a spec: assessing heterogeneity in the unregulated opioid supply

Harm Reduction Journal
Background Drug checking services aim to provide compositional information for the illicit drug supply and are being employed in public health responses to extreme rates of overdose associated with fentanyl within street opioids.
Lea Gozdzialski, Rebecca Louw, Collin Kielty, Ava Margolese, Eric Poarch, Miriam Sherman, Fred Cameron, Chris Gill, Bruce Wallace, Dennis Hore   +9 more
doaj   +1 more source

Barriers to, and Facilitators of, Checking Drugs for Adulterants in the Era of Fentanyl and Xylazine: Qualitative Study

JMIR Formative Research
BackgroundOverdose deaths continue to reach new records in New York City and nationwide, largely driven by adulterants such as fentanyl and xylazine in the illicit drug supply.
Ian David Aronson, Mary-Andrée Ardouin-Guerrier, Juan Esteban Baus, Alex S Bennett   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Drug Checking: Glimpse into the Recreational Drug Market in Switzerland

CHIMIA, 2023
Manuela Carla Monti, Jill Zeugin, Natasa Milenkovic, Eva Scheurer, Götz Schlotterbeck   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Street drug monitoring with networked spectrometers powered by machine learning: a pilot study in Ontario, Canada

Harm Reduction Journal
Drug-checking services (DCS) provide people who use drugs (PWUD) with crucial information concerning the substances they may consume. The intent of DCS is to reduce harms potentially associated with those substances, by providing evidence-based ...
Elnaz Aliyari, Cameron Brown, Megan Van Boheemen, Leigh Wardlaw, Talia Storm, Anne Marie Hopkins, Sandy Ezepue, Dean Dewar, Lindsey Sodtke, Kevin McNab, Jillian Watkins, Amy Trinh Pham, Abe Oudshoorn, François Lagugné-Labarthet   +13 more
doaj   +1 more source

Intelligent supervision of PIVAS drug dispensing based on image recognition technology.

PLoS ONE
Pharmacy Intravenous Admixture Services (PIVAS) are places dedicated to the centralized dispensing of intravenous drugs, usually managed and operated by professional pharmacists and pharmacy technicians, and are an integral part of modern healthcare ...
Jianzhi Deng, Ying Chen, Xiaoyu Zhang, Yuehan Zhou, Bin Xiong   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Drug-Checking. Maßnahme einer präventiven Drogenarbeit

, 2020
Die vorliegende Arbeit behandelt Drug-Checking Programme und stellt einen Vergleich zwischen Drug-Checking Angeboten und Angeboten der herkömmlichen Suchtprävention her. Es wird untersucht, inwiefern sich Drug-Checking Angebote im Modell der österreichischen Suchtprävention positionieren und welche Vorteile und Nachteile Drug-Checking im Vergleich zu ...
openaire   +1 more source

Welfare first: transforming harm reduction at UK festivals

Harm Reduction Journal
Background A welfare-first approach to harm reduction at UK festivals is emerging as a critical strategy for enhancing festival safety. In particular, the implementation of anonymous, non-punitive drug-checking services is posited as essential for ...
Joseph Janes
doaj   +1 more source

An urgent need for community lot testing of lateral flow fentanyl test strips marketed for harm reduction in Northern America

Harm Reduction Journal
Background Fentanyl test strips (FTS) are lateral flow immunoassay strips designed for detection of ng/mL levels of fentanyl in urine. In 2021, the US Centers for Disease Control and the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Administration stated that ...
Marya Lieberman, Adina Badea, Charlie Desnoyers, Kathleen Hayes, Ju Nyeong Park   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

A survey of North American drug checking services operating in 2022. [PDF]

Int J Drug Policy, 2023
Park JN, Tardif J, Thompson E, Rosen JG, Lira JAS, Green TC.   +5 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Costing analysis of a point-of-care drug checking program in Rhode Island. [PDF]

Drug Alcohol Depend, 2023
Cepeda JA, Thompson E, Ujeneza M, Tardif J, Walsh T, Morales A, Rosen JG, Green TC, Park JN.   +8 more
europepmc   +1 more source