The biotech company BTNX says it is shipping out new test strips this week that detect the presence of xylazine, an animal sedative that officials say is increasingly being mixed with fentanyl. As ...

BTNX Inc., the Ontario-based company that makes the test strips, said sales have been rising steadily since March, to about 200,000 kits this month.

The center provides free fentanyl test strips to those who request them. It also provides free or low-cost, comprehensive, judgment-free addiction recovery services.

Fentanyl test strips are becoming legal in more states as overdoses from the deadly substance continue to be an issue. Nearly 70% of the overdoses in 2022 could be linked to fentanyl.

While fentanyl test strips are highly effective and seen as a key component of U.S. harm-reduction efforts, the authors wrote, there has been little research on how to maximize their potential uses.

Test strips still face major obstacles even in states where they are legal. For one, they cost roughly $1 each — an amount that adds up quickly for people who use drugs daily, or for ...

Fentanyl test strips are small pieces of paper that can detect the presence of fentanyl in many kinds of drugs, including methamphetamine, heroin, cocaine and pills. To use, ...

Fentanyl test strips are sold online and easily obtained free from many public health departments. They’re touted as a harm reduction tool to help drug users determine whether fentanyl is ...

When she goes out, singer-songwriter Kalie Shorr always ensures she’s carrying the basics: wallet, keys—and fentanyl test strips. “When I’m at clubs, people just whip out cocaine—on the ...

Fentanyl test strips have been shown to be highly effective and cost-efficient at fighting the crisis, but Texas is one of the few states that has not decriminalized them.(RJ Sangosti/MediaNews ...

Within the past year, about 10 states — including Louisiana, Tennessee, Alabama and Georgia, where hard-line abstinence views are more typically favored — have legalized test strips and made ...

You can also order free Narcan and fentanyl test strips from the department's website. When to use Narcan. Before using Narcan, you should know how to identify an opioid overdose.