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International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 2023 With the unregulated drug supply—particularly the unregulated opioid supply—becoming increasingly more toxic, more contaminated, and less predictable, drug checking has emerged as an essential public health service: informing individuals who use drugs, as well as those who care and advocate for them, in real-time.
Thompson, Hayley, McDonald, Karen
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Drug and Alcohol Review, 2023 INTRODUCTION Drug-checking services can minimise the potential harms from drug use and have received increased attention in recent policy debates in Australia.
Gabriel Caluzzi +2 more
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Visitors of the Dutch Drug Checking Services: Profile and Drug Use Experience
International Journal of Drug Policy, 2021 Drug checking services (DCS) provide information about drug content and purity, alongside personalized feedback, to people who use drugs; however, the demographic and drug use characteristics of DCS clients are rarely reported. This paper describes these characteristics for clients of the Dutch DCS, the Drug Information and Monitoring System (DIMS).1 ...
Koning, Raoul Pieter Joost +3 more
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Could a Drug-Checking Service Increase Intention to Use Ecstasy at a Festival?
Drug and Alcohol Review, 2021 AbstractIntroductionCalls to provide sanctioned drug‐checking (pill testing) at Australian music festivals have been met with resistance from most governments due to concerns that such services would increase use of ecstasy and other drugs. We investigated that concern and used the Theory of Planned Behaviour to examine the determinants of intention to
Stephen Bright
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