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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

SYRACUSE, N.Y. – Some Syracuse heroin users are now testing their drugs before shooting up to see if they contain a powerful synthetic opioid that could kill them. ACR Health, a Syracuse agency that ...

OLYMPIA — Health officials say fentanyl test strips could help prevent accidental overdoses, but under current law, they’ve been illegal because they fall under the definition of drug paraphernalia.