Frederick County enhances public health access by installing a vending machine with free naloxone and fentanyl test strips.

Measuring blood glucose levels is critical for maintaining optimal health and identifying sudden changes. Test strips are a ...

FLORIDA — An incident in South Florida earlier this month in which several college students (including some West Point cadets) overdosed after reportedly using cocaine laced with fentanyl was just the ...

This resulted in seven deaths and multiple injuries to various people, again, because of the inaccuracy in a specific set of ...

Two Florida Republicans have introduced bills to decriminalize narcotic drug testing supplies, such as test strips. The proposed legislation aims to prevent overdose deaths by allowing people to ...

Recovery advocates say a new law could make a life-saving difference. New Start is the only methadone clinic in Milledgeville. Clinical Director Charles Cofer says helping people recover from opioid ...

COLUMBUS— Gov. Mike DeWine signed an executive order Wednesday allowing the Ohio Board of Pharmacy to legalize drug testing tools aimed at preventing overdoses. The emergency rule exempts test strips ...

MADISON, Wis. — The Wisconsin Department of Health Services said Tuesday it has distributed more than 131,000 xylazine test strips to community organizations to combat the state’s drug overdose ...

INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) — After they were long considered paraphernalia, fentanyl test strips are now officially legal in Indiana. According to recent data, fentanyl is responsible for over 70% of ...

(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 ...

Nearly one month after the Texas House unanimously advanced a proposal to legalize fentanyl test strips, activists stormed into the office of Republican state Sen. Pete Flores to demand that the upper ...

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