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 ...

SACRAMENTO — Fentanyl test strips used to be illegal in California. Now, state law requires them on community and state college campuses, and they're popping up everywhere from vending machines to ...

In an effort to curb the incidence of fentanyl overdoses and to protect drug users in California, the state has rolled out free fentanyl test strips for a limited time. According to California ...

(Editor's Note: This story is not about fentanyl addiction, which is a separate serious issue. This story is for people who would never intentionally take fentanyl, and their families and their kids' ...

People who may think they are using just cocaine or other illegal stimulants are starting to overdose in larger numbers, as the deadly opioid fentanyl increasingly invades the illicit drug supply – ...

"This is about providing justice to people. This is about providing health equity to people. This is about putting the human back into working with somebody, so they are given the same dignity and ...

Fentanyl is a killer, and advocates believe there’s a way to prevent the deaths. It’s fentanyl test strips that are inexpensive and easy to use, and can identify the presence of the synthetic opioid ...

AUSTIN (Nexstar) – Texas House lawmakers gave preliminary approval to legislation that legalizes the possession of test strips for fentanyl and xylazine. House Bill 1644 passed 145-0. The bill ...

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Which blood glucose test strips are best? According to the Centers for Disease Control, over 30 million Americans have diabetes and nearly 98 million have prediabetes. Measuring blood glucose levels ...