In an effort to slow the proliferation of synthetic opioid-related deaths, California will begin offering free fentanyl-testing strips to eligible organizations across the state that ask for them, the ...

SACRAMENTO — Fentanyl test strips used to be illegal in California. Now, state law requires them on community and state college campuses, and they're popping up everywhere from vending machines to ...

A red stripe on a test strip indicates that a heroin sample is positive for fentanyl. In the face of relentless increases in overdose deaths that involve fentanyl, the strips have become an important ...

(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' ...

Synthetic opioids are a leading cause of death in the United States. At Coachella, a group of independent volunteers handed out fentanyl test strips and carried the overdose treatment Narcan in an ...

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 ...

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.

(NewsNation) — Officials across the U.S. are working to combat the flow of fentanyl that has led to overdose deaths and the continued opioid epidemic. The drug is so pervasive on the illicit narcotic ...

Fentanyl test strips can be purchased online for around a dollar apiece. The state even distributes them through its syringe exchange programs. Experts say these tests can save lives, giving people ...

At the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, three students stand behind a card table covered in naloxone injection kits. When a curious student leans in and asks what the kits are for, ...

There’s a new tool that may help address the dangers of xylazine, a powerful animal tranquilizer increasingly found in street drugs. A handful of harm reduction programs in Massachusetts have started ...

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