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Illicit drug test kits offer a glimmer of hope for drug users and those working to help them, but Health Canada has issued a warning about their use.

Illicit drug test kits offer a glimmer of hope for drug users and those working to help them, but Health Canada has issued a warning about their use.

A San Antonio-based nonprofit is among a group of organizations in Texas speaking up to help legalize fentanyl test strips.

Family and it is growing and getting worse and they are doing nothing about it. officials in washington and seattle believe in harm reduction and opening safe injection sites, where you go toject heroin under supervision, that is not safe. they believe in needle exchanges. they have given out hundreds of thousands of fentanyl testing strips and tens of thousands of the anti-overdose medication and it only made the issue worse. unless they have treatment options, it will continue to skyrocket. >>...

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Some Mississippi legislators say they will renew efforts to clarify that people may possess chemical strips to detect traces of the deadly drug fentanyl.

>> reporter: while distribution of testing strips continues to grow in some major cities, not all states and cities are welcoming the idea. some opponents have criticized those strips for enabling drug users. >> i just dont think it is a good policy to make it easier for people addicted to drugs to use drugs. >> still, the white house has made its support clear. under the biden administrations new drug-control policy, the white house plans to expand access to harm-reduction services, like fentan...

Like encouraging recreational drug users to engage with harm reduction and they cannot make it to the next step in their society if they die that night. thats why this is important. >> reporter: while distribution of testing strips continues to grow in some major cities, not all states and cities are welcoming the idea. some opponents have criticized those strips for enabling drug users. >> i just dont think its a good policy to make it easier for people addicted to drugs to use drugs. >> report...

Hhs put out there in the form of grand, was form of grants. that would go to things like infection disease, get testing, fentanyl testing to see if drugs have been contained, medication to reverse over doses. and the safe smoking kit, which include things that, you know, help keep people who are addicted to drugs, burning their lives, or cutting their lives and passing on infectious diseases. this is actually importing stuff. but its really sad that how quickly the biden administration and hhs r...

Fentanyl testing strips are considered drug paraphernalia in Wisconsin, but not for much longer. A bipartisan group of legislators passed a bill in January to legalize fentanyl testing strips and Governor Evers’ staff says he stands ready to sign the legislation into law.