Testing the test strips: laboratory performance of fentanyl test strips.  Halifax JC, Lim L, Ciccarone D, Lynch KL.  Harm Reduct J. 2024 Jan 18;21(1):14. doi: 10.1186/s12954-023-00921-8. PMID: 38238757; PMCID: PMC10795297. https://www.n…

Enhancing drug checking services for supply monitoring: perspectives on implementation in syringe service programs in the USA.  Moon KJ, Whitehead HD, Trinh A, Hasenstab KA, Hayes KL, Stanley D, Carter B, Barclay R, Lieberman M, Nawaz S. …

Everything but the Kitchen Sink: An Analysis of Bacterial and Chemical Contaminants Found in Syringe Residue From People Who Inject Drugs.  Wildenthal JA, Schwartz DJ, Nolan NS, Zhao L, Robinson JI, Jones E, Jawa R, Henderson JP, Marks LR …

Australien. Drug checking pilot program launches at Sydney’s Medically Supervised Injecting Centre The first drug checking pilot in NSW will begin operating in an inner-city suburb from Monday, ahead of a highly anticipated Drug Summit promised for…

Kanada. A new drug testing site has opened in Vancouver, the second launched by legalization activist Dana Larsen. The Get Your Drugs Tested service on West Broadway offers testing for free. Larsen says the new site is legally approved to operate b…

Wastewater-based monitoring of the nitazene analogues: First detection of protonitazene in wastewater.  Bade R, Nadarajan D, Driver EM, Halden RU, Gerber C, Krotulski A, Hall W, Mueller JF.  Sci Total Environ. 2024 Apr 10;920:170781. doi…