| Hans-Günter Meyer-Thompson | Drug checking
Investigating drug trends among people who inject drugs: Temporal, geographical and operational analyses of used syringes in Sydney, Australia.
Investigating drug trends among people who inject drugs: Temporal, geographical and operational analyses of used syringes in Sydney, Australia.
Fursman H, Brown JA, Riseley R, Silins E, Bartlett M, Latimer J, Chadwick S, Roux C, Morelato M.
Int J Drug Policy. 2025 Apr 18;140:104803. doi: 10.1016/j.drugpo.2025.104803. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 40253919.
Highlights
Used syringe analysis captured unique aspects of injecting drug consumption.
Temporal analysis highlighted stability in the drugs injected overtime.
Geographical analysis elucidated localised trends in injection.
Protonitazene was detected within cluster of overdoses.
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0955395925001021