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, ...

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Federal funding can now to be used to buy test strips that show if the dangerous synthetic opioid fentanyl is in a drug before a person takes it. The Centers for Disease Control and ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . In an effort to reduce overdose deaths, the CDC and the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services ...

Amid a nationwide overdose epidemic, more states are legalizing at-home fentanyl rapid tests to spot the potentially fatal substance hidden in recreational drugs. Last week, Tennessee and New Mexico ...

Hours before International Overdose Awareness Day, Gov. Kathy Hochul announced Friday that 20 million fentanyl and xylazine test strips have been distributed in New York, including around NYC’s five ...

The government’s top addiction scientists and key public health officials are calling for more research into fentanyl test strips. Amid a devastating overdose epidemic, the U.S. must ensure that test ...

Fentanyl test strip. Fentanyl test strips are a low-cost method of helping prevent drug overdoses.Michael Siluk—UCG/Universal Images Group via Getty Images In a rapid shift since last year, over a ...