This May 10, 2018 photo shows an arrangement of fentanyl test strips in New York. Sales of fentanyl test strips have exploded as a growing number of overdose-prevention programs hand them out to ...
Amid a nationwide overdose epidemic, more states are legalizing at-home fentanyl rapid tests to spot the potentially fatal substance hidden in recreational drugs. Last week, Tennessee and New Mexico ...
Public health workers will soon have a new tool at their disposal to thwart a spreading danger to users of illicit drugs: xylazine test strips. The new testing kits will allow health departments, ...
Fentanyl is a synthetic opioid that’s 50-100 times stronger than the pain reliever morphine. While some people use fentanyl on purpose, many others get it in their systems without their knowledge.
With time running out in the 2022 legislative session, Georgia lawmakers took up a bill to regulate raw milk. An amendment suddenly got tacked onto the House version of the bill, although the new ...
(Editor's Note: This story is not about fentanyl addiction, which is a separate serious issue. This story is for people who would never intentionally take fentanyl, and their families and their kids' ...
Fentanyl test strips will now be a regular part of kits distributed by the state's Office of Health Crisis Response containing the overdose-reversing medication Narcan, according to the state Division ...
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.
PREVENTING DEADLY OVERDOSE IS POSSIBLY TEST STRIPS AS CHEAP AS FIVE BUCKS. THAT PROMISED TO DETECT THE POWERFUL PAINKILLER FENTANYL, BUT EXPERTS TELL WESH 2 NEWS DAVE MCDANIEL THESE TESTS ARE FAR FROM ...
PARTY CITY: Asheville's bars and restaurants are availing themselves of the fentanyl test strips provided by Buncombe County so that customers can test any drugs they might use, says Sunrise Community ...
DES MOINES, Iowa — The Iowa Legislature has tried to make fentanyl and xylazine (an animal sedative) testing strips legal the past couple years, but has failed to pass such legislation. Fentanyl test ...