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 ...

The rise in deaths tied to the deadly opioid fentanyl is prompting concern from the border, where it's crossing into the United States in record amounts, to research institutions across the country.

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, ...

Across the country, more states are beginning to legalize drug testing strips that can detect the presence of the potent opioid Fentanyl to avoid deadly overdoses. According to the National Institute ...

Fentanyl test strips are coming to Washington State University Vancouver and Clark College campuses this fall, as mandated by a new state law. Fentanyl test strips look similar to pH test strips.

(MIRROR INDY) — Staff at the nonprofit hear every day about someone's child, parent or sibling dying from using a drug they didn't know was laced with fentanyl. The test strips can save lives by ...

A map of which Mission District bars stock Narcan, generically known as the opioid overdose reversal drug naloxone. Map designed by Will Jarrett. The Mission is one of the top neighborhoods where ...

With much of the nation’s illicit drug supply contaminated by fentanyl, test strips that detect the dangerous synthetic opioid can help people who use drugs prevent a deadly overdose. These tests are ...

CINCINNATI — A small plastic pouch contains a potentially life-saving tool: a fentanyl testing strip that can be used in just about a minute. Hamilton County Public Health has partnered with 90 local ...

Politicians frequently pay lip service to stopping fentanyl overdoses while continuing to prohibit things that could actually stop them or implement policies to make them less likely. The latest ...

Grappling with ways to reduce record overdose deaths and the frightening fact that highly lethal fentanyl contributes to the vast majority of fatalities, Delaware officials are now giving free ...