The recent wildfires in Los Angeles have unleashed new concerns over air quality and now, water quality too, with the Los Angeles Department of Water & Power (LADWP) issuing an “Unsafe Water Alert” on ...

AUSTIN (KXAN) — Hannah Procell believes her friend Julian would still be alive if harm reduction tools were commonplace in how we fight the skyrocketing number of accidental overdose deaths. Julian ...

A red stripe on a test strip indicates that a heroin sample is positive for fentanyl. In the face of relentless increases in overdose deaths that involve fentanyl, the strips have become an important ...

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Kansas this month legalized test strips that can detect two drugs commonly used to facilitate sexual assaults, but sexual assault prevention groups have cautioned against viewing the newly legal tool ...

In a rapid shift since last year, over a dozen states have moved to legalize fentanyl test strips. The change is one that harm reduction proponents argue is necessary during an era where fentanyl ...

As fentanyl-related overdose deaths soar to new heights, and with fentanyl found in stimulants, tranquilizers, and other recreational drugs obtained in the black market, it makes sense to let drug ...

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The Alabama Legislature has passed a bill to make it legal to use and distribute test strips that detect the presence of fentanyl in other drugs, an effort to prevent overdoses. Fentanyl is an ...

The Alabama Legislature is considering a bill that would make it legal to distribute and use test strips that detect the presence of fentanyl, a powerful and addictive drug that was a factor in four ...