Drug checking services for people who use drugs: a systematic review
Abstract Background and Aims Drug checking services provide people who use drugs with
chemical analysis results of their drug samples while simultaneously monitoring the …
chemical analysis results of their drug samples while simultaneously monitoring the …
Point-of-care community drug checking technologies: an insider look at the scientific principles and practical considerations
Drug checking is increasingly being explored outside of festivals and events to be an
ongoing service within communities, frequently integrated within responses to illicit drug …
ongoing service within communities, frequently integrated within responses to illicit drug …
Drug safety testing, disposals and dealing in an English field: Exploring the operational and behavioural outcomes of the UK's first onsite 'drug checking'service
FC Measham - International Journal of Drug Policy, 2019 - Elsevier
Background In a year when UK drug-related deaths and festival drug-related deaths
reached their highest on record, a pilot festival drug safety testing service was introduced …
reached their highest on record, a pilot festival drug safety testing service was introduced …
Intentions, actions and outcomes: A follow up survey on harm reduction practices after using an English festival drug checking service
F Measham, G Turnbull - International Journal of Drug Policy, 2021 - Elsevier
Background Drug checking is a health service whose behavioural outcomes have been
assessed primarily through reported intentions of service users after receiving healthcare …
assessed primarily through reported intentions of service users after receiving healthcare …
The potential impacts of community drug checking within the overdose crisis: qualitative study exploring the perspective of prospective service users
Background As drug checking becomes more integrated within public health responses to
the overdose crisis, and potentially more institutionalized, there is value in critically …
the overdose crisis, and potentially more institutionalized, there is value in critically …
What is needed for implementing drug checking services in the context of the overdose crisis? A qualitative study to explore perspectives of potential service users
Background The current illicit drug overdose crisis within North America and other countries
requires expanded and new responses to address unpredictable and potentially lethal …
requires expanded and new responses to address unpredictable and potentially lethal …
Implementing an integrated multi‐technology platform for drug checking: Social, scientific, and technological considerations
The illicit drug overdose crisis in North America continues to devastate communities with
fentanyl detected in the majority of illicit drug overdose deaths. The COVID‐19 pandemic …
fentanyl detected in the majority of illicit drug overdose deaths. The COVID‐19 pandemic …
Ionic liquid-modified disposable electrochemical sensor strip for analysis of fentanyl
The increasing prevalence of fentanyl and its analogues as contaminating materials in illicit
drug products presents a major hazard to first responder and law enforcement communities …
drug products presents a major hazard to first responder and law enforcement communities …
A systematized review of drug-checking and related considerations for implementation as a harm reduction intervention
F Giulini, E Keenan, N Killeen… - Journal of Psychoactive …, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
Drug-checking services (DCS) provide people who use drugs (PWUD) the opportunity to
have their substances tested before consumption. Though some suggest they may have …
have their substances tested before consumption. Though some suggest they may have …
City checking: Piloting the UK's first community‐based drug safety testing (drug checking) service in 2 city centres
F Measham - British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Aims To explore the feasibility of delivering community‐based drug safety testing (drug
checking), to trial service design characteristics and to compare with festival‐based testing …
checking), to trial service design characteristics and to compare with festival‐based testing …