As the death toll from the nation’s opioid crisis swells, California officials have launched an experiment: paying for people to test their drugs for fentanyl. Fentanyl, an opioid that is up to 50 ...
In New York, fentanyl test strips are becoming more common as a way to fight an overdose crisis, and more states are pushing to legalize them. But not all users are trying to avoid the powerful drug.
Illicit drug users who are certain that fentanyl is mixed into the heroin they consume are much more likely to take precautions that reduce their chances of overdosing, researchers reported Wednesday ...
As fentanyl hidden in a high percentage of illicit street drugs continues to kill, momentum to legalize strips that check for the presence of the synthetic opioid is growing. Two bills — House Bill ...
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (WCTV) - A bill that would decriminalize test strips for fentanyl as part of the Florida’s ongoing effort to combat the opioid epidemic was unanimously approved in the state senate ...