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FTS are an affordable product available as small paper strips that can detect the presence of fentanyl. [5] The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) determined synthetic opioids, like fentanyl, to be the main culprit in increased U.S. opioid-related deaths. [6] In 2017, 38.9% of drug overdose deaths in the U.S. involved fentanyl. [7]
While Martins said it’s important to test for fentanyl “as a harm reduction practice before someone uses drugs,” she added that it will require a multi-pronged approach to combat the crisis.
Low-threshold treatment programs are harm reduction-based health care centers targeted towards people who use substances. [1] "Low-threshold" programs are programs that make minimal demands on the patient, offering services without attempting to control their intake of drugs, and providing counselling only if requested.
NEXT (Needle EXchange Technology) Harm Reduction is an American nonprofit that sends naloxone, sterile syringes, and other harm reduction supplies through the mail. [1] It is based in the state of New York but serves clients throughout the country. [1] It is the first formal mail-delivered harm reduction service in the US. [2]
Scorched foil, used to smoke illicit fentanyl pills, litters the streets where drug deals and drug use happen in broad daylight. Will, who is homeless and says he’s an addict, holds a strip of ...
Harm reduction reduces the risks associated with drug use, including overdose and the spread of infectious diseases, by providing free syringe service programs, overdose prevention sites, fentanyl ...
DanceSafe have operated in the USA since 1998 providing reagent testing and harm reduction advice. More recent services include Neutravel [ 9 ] founded in Italy in 2007, The Loop [ 10 ] founded in the UK in 2013 and KnowYourStuffNZ [ 11 ] in New Zealand in 2015 with Pill Testing Australia [ 12 ] launching after a successful trial in 2018.
Even when purchased on the black market, regardless of the intentions of the user, the medication works as intended — as harm reduction. One 22-year-old woman addicted to Percocet told researchers in that 2011 report that the stigma of medical treatment for addiction motivated her to buy buprenorphine on the black market.