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Since launching in the fall of 2019, the service has analyzed more than 10,000 samples from the unregulated drug supply in the city. Now with the go-ahead to expand provincially, the service aims to extend the service to those hardest hit in rural and northern Ontario.
Drug checking services could also provide an early warning system to flag any unusually dangerous substances in circulation.
A UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine team launched the Drug Checking Los Angeles project to reduce illicit drug overdoses. Chelsea Shover, the principal investigator of the study, said in an emailed statement that she started the research project to better understand and help regulate the illicit drug supply in LA.
From January to May of this year, there were 253 confirmed and suspected fatal overdoses, according to the latest monthly overdose report from the Maine Office of the Attorney General.
Following the death of a 13 year old girl, warnings have been issued for Blue Punisher ecstasy tablets on sale in Berlin.