Fentanyl testing strip program goes province-wide By: Drew May Save to Read Later Solange Machado, network co-ordinator with the Manitoba Harm Reduction Network, is co-ordinating a fentanyl strip pilot project in Brandon. The strips can be used to detect fentanyl in street drugs. (Tim Smith/The Brandon Sun) A pilot project in Brandon to help people test for fentanyl before taking drugs has expanded across the province. Advertisement A pilot project in Brandon to help people test for fentanyl before taking drugs has expanded across the province. The project, started by the Manitoba Harm Reduction Network, supplies people who use drugs with testing strips, which can be used to test for fentanyl in substances, network co-ordinator Solange Machado said.