Commentary - Heroin purity and adulteration: an updated snapshot from the Italian Early Warning System.  Tittarelli R, di Luca NM, Pacifici R, Pichini S, Del Rio A, Busardò FP.  Eur Rev Med Pharmacol Sci. 2020 Apr;24(8):4461-4466. doi: 1…

Drug Checking as Strategy for Harm Reduction in Recreational Contests: Evaluation of Two Different Drug Analysis Methodologies.  Fregonese M, Albino A, Covino C, Gili A, Bacci M, Nicoletti A, Gambelunghe C. Front Psychiatry. 2021 Feb 22;12:59…

Kanada. British Columbia: Free street drug testing site opens in Victoria storefront Strip tests for fentanyl and benzodiazepines can yield results in minutes. (CBC News Canada, 23.03.2021) https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/free-stre…

Australien. Australia gathers data about testing drugs at music festivals According to a new research study carried out by researchers at Edith Cowan University (ECU) in Australia, pill-testing services at Western Australian (WA) music festivals do…

Could a drug‐checking service increase intention to use ecstasy at a festival?.  Murphy, S., Bright, S.J. and Dear, G. (2021),  Drug Alcohol Rev.. doi.org/10.1111/dar.13259 https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/dar.13259

Studie zu den Effekten der Drug-Checking-Angebote in der Schweiz Bericht zuhanden des Bundesamts für Gesundheit (BAG) Luzernund Olten, den 4.Dezember 2020 https://www.bag.admin.ch/dam/bag/de/dokumente/npp/forschungsberichte/forschungsberichte_dro…