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How do we understand the value of drug checking as a component of harm reduction services? A qualitative exploration of client and provider perspectives

Harm Reduction Journal
Background Mortality related to opioid overdose in the U.S. has risen sharply in the past decade. In California, opioid overdose death rates more than tripled from 2018 to 2021, and deaths from synthetic opioids such as fentanyl increased more than seven
Lissa Moran, Jeff Ondocsin, Simon Outram, Daniel Ciccarone, Daniel Werb, Nicole Holm, Emily A. Arnold   +6 more
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Leveraging fourier-transform infrared spectroscopy for community drug checking to bridge clinical care and harm reduction services: case report [PDF]

Addiction Science & Clinical Practice
Background The opioid overdose crisis parallels the rise of numerous adulterants in the unregulated drug supply. Harm reduction programs have responded by expanding drug checking services, which chemically analyze street-based drugs.
Elizabeth Znamierowski, Katherine Hill, Jenna L. Butner, Anna Stouffer, Jenna McDermit, Kenneth L. Morford   +5 more
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Factors associated with drug checking service utilization among people who use drugs in a Canadian setting [PDF]

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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Characteristics of take-home fentanyl test strip use and support for drug checking services among people who use heroin in Australia: learnings for an increasingly complex drug market [PDF]

Harm Reduction Journal
Background This paper examines: (i) the acceptability of, and behavioural outcomes associated with, take-home fentanyl test strips (FTS), and (ii) support for, and preferences regarding, drug checking services among people who use heroin.
Rachel Sutherland, Maureen Steele, Craig Rodgers, Edmund Silins, Rosie Gilliver, Amy Peacock, Monica Barratt, Nadine Ezard, Krista J. Siefried, Robert Page, Raimondo Bruno, Phillip Read   +11 more
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Real time, on-site drug checking in low-threshold housing communities [PDF]

Harm Reduction Journal
Background In recent years, Boston has attempted to increase housing options and reduce overdose risk through the implementation of harm reduction housing (HRH) sites.
Charlie Summers, Joseph Silcox, Sofia Zaragoza, Sabrina Rapisarda, Abigail Edelmann, Avik Chatterjee, Traci C. Green   +6 more
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A composite vignette: xylazine, infectious complications and the importance of community-based drug checking services [PDF]

Therapeutic Advances in Infectious Disease
Here we describe a composite vignette of a patient who developed necrotic wounds and systemic infection after reported exposure to xylazine, a veterinary anesthetic found as an adulterant in the unregulated drug supply.
Liam John, Nathaniel Flint, Francesca Piccolo, Katherine Hill, Marion Anderson, Brian Townsend, Michael Fletcher, Cole Altomare-Jarczyk, Kristen Silvia, Traci Green, Dasan Thamattoor, Jean Bessette, Kinna Thakarar   +12 more
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Risk reduction behaviours following the detection of unexpected drugs through community drug checking: a cross-sectional study [PDF]

Harm Reduction Journal
Background Community-based drug checking services have scaled up in response to the unregulated drug toxicity crisis across North America. We sought to assess the relationship between the detection of unexpected active drugs in a drug checking sample and
Samuel Tobias, Cameron Grant, Mark Lysyshyn, Perrine Roux, Evan Wood, Thomas Kerr, Lianping Ti   +6 more
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Evaluation of implementing drug checking services for anabolic androgenic steroids in Switzerland: a pilot study [PDF]

Harm Reduction Journal
Background The use of anabolic androgenic steroids (AAS) among male recreational gym users has become a global substance use concern. A substantial black market for these substances exists with possibly extensive counterfeiting.
Raphael Magnolini, Michel Kaeppeli, Dominique Schori, Philip Bruggmann, Oliver Senn, ‘DIZ“ Group   +5 more
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"It would really support the wider harm reduction agenda across the board": A qualitative study of the potential impacts of drug checking service delivery in Scotland. [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2023
Drug checking services (DCS) enable individuals to voluntarily submit a small amount of a substance for analysis, providing information about the content of the substance along with tailored harm reduction support and advice.
Danilo Falzon, Tessa Parkes, Hannah Carver, Wendy Masterton, Bruce Wallace, Vicki Craik, Fiona Measham, Harry Sumnall, Rosalind Gittins, Carole Hunter, Kira Watson, John D Mooney, Elizabeth V Aston   +12 more
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An implementation science study of a campus-based drug checking service at a Canadian university.

PLoS ONE
ObjectivesResearch shows that in countries around the world, unregulated drug use and disorders are more prevalent amongst youth and young adults compared to general adult populations.
Lauren Airth, Bruce Wallace, Mary Clare Kennedy, Lucas Standing, Antoine Marcheterre, Lianping Ti, Jennifer Matthews, Melissa Feddersen, Nelly D Oelke   +8 more
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