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Agency in the fentanyl era: Exploring the utility of fentanyl test strips in an opaque drug market

International Journal of Drug Policy, 2020
In Baltimore, the emergence of fentanyl and its analogues exacerbated an existing heroin crisis and increased uncertainty about drug composition and potency. In an effort to reduce overdoses, harm reduction organizations and health departments across the U.S.
Noelle P, Weicker, Jill, Owczarzak, Glenna, Urquhart, Ju Nyeong, Park, Saba, Rouhani, Rui, Ling, Miles, Morris, Susan G, Sherman   +7 more
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Evaluating the sensitivity, stability, and cross‐reactivity of commercial fentanyl immunoassay test strips

Journal of Forensic Sciences, 2023
AbstractIllicit fentanyl has flooded the United States' drug market, increasing the risk of overdose and poisonings throughout the general population and accidental exposure among law enforcement officers confiscating the increasing number of seizures. Fentanyl test strips (FTS) are used to obtain presumptive information about the presence of fentanyl ...
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Consumer discernment of fentanyl in illicit opioids confirmed by fentanyl test strips: Lessons from a syringe services program in North Carolina

International Journal of Drug Policy, 2021
The United States (U.S.) continues to witness an unprecedented increase in opioid overdose deaths driven by precipitous growth in the supply and use of illicitly-manufactured fentanyls (IMF). Fentanyl's growing market share of the illicit opioid supply in the U.S. has led to seismic shifts in the composition of the country's heroin supply.
Jon E, Zibbell, Nicholas C, Peiper, Sarah E, Duhart Clarke, Zach R, Salazar, Louise B, Vincent, Alex H, Kral, Judith, Feinberg   +6 more
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Perspectives on Fentanyl Test Strip Use among People Who Inject Drugs in Rural Appalachia

Substance Use & Misuse, 2020
Background: Fentanyl-associated overdose fatalities have increased dramatically throughout the United States. Fentanyl test strips (FTS) may be used by people who inject drugs (PWID) to lower overdose risks; however, virtually no research has been conducted to understand the perspectives of rural PWID in Appalachia on FTS utilization.
Sean T. Allen, Allison O’Rourke, Rebecca Hamilton White, Susan G. Sherman, Suzanne M. Grieb   +4 more
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Impact of Fentanyl Test Strips as Harm Reduction for Drug-Related Mortality

Medical Care Research and Review
This study examines the impact of legalizing fentanyl test strips (FTSs) on drug-related mortality in the United States from 2018 to 2022. Using a difference-in-differences approach with state-level data, we find that FTS legalization is associated with a significant reduction in drug-overdose deaths. Across the population, FTS legalization corresponds
Moiz Bhai, Benjamin J. McMichael, David T. Mitchell   +2 more
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Feasibility of Emergency Department–based Fentanyl Test Strip Distribution

Journal of Addiction Medicine, 2022
Objectives United States drug overdose deaths now overwhelmingly involve fentanyl and fentanyl analogs. The emergency department (ED) is an important setting to provide harm reduction for persons who use drugs, but ED-based fentanyl test strip distribution has not yet been described. Methods
Rafael A, Lima, Lydia B, Karch, Patrick M, Lank, Katherine C, Allen, Howard S, Kim   +4 more
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Federal funding for fentanyl test strips

Alcoholism & Drug Abuse Weekly, 2021
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) announced in April that federal funding may now be used to purchase rapid fentanyl test strips (FTSs), which can be used to determine if drugs have been mixed or cut with fentanyl, providing people who use drugs and ...
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Evaluation of fentanyl test strip distribution in two Mid-Atlantic syringe services programs

International Journal of Drug Policy, 2021
Fentanyl test strip (FTS) programs are designed to promote fentanyl awareness and reduce overdose risk by providing people who use drugs (PWUD) with a method of testing drugs for the presence of fentanyl prior to use. In 2018, two large syringe services programs (SSP) in the U.S.
Ju Nyeong, Park, Sari, Frankel, Miles, Morris, Olivia, Dieni, Lynn, Fahey-Morrison, Martin, Luta, Derrick, Hunt, Jeffery, Long, Susan G, Sherman   +8 more
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Universal Fentanyl Sensor for Strip and Wearable Non-Invasive Testing

ECS Meeting Abstracts, 2021
Current technologies rely on bulkier instruments for detecting small molecule concentration in in the bodyfluids. However, they required time consuming preparation of mixture prior to analysis. In this study, we have demonstrated the new sensing method by using conducting polymer combined with our designed anchor molecule.
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A pilot study assessing client understanding and use of fentanyl test strips for harm reduction

Journal of the American Pharmacists Association, 2023
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported a sharp increase in overdose deaths from illicitly manufactured fentanyls (IMFs) occurring between 2020 and 2021 in the United States. Approximately 4 in 10 drug overdose deaths involved opioids and stimulants.
Aleeya A. Barrolle, Kelly N. Gable, Nathaniel Dell   +2 more
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