Top health officials call for more research to support fentanyl test strips
Research on the most effective use of fentanyl test strips could be useful as other adulterants enter the illicit drug supply.
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 strips are legal and widely available, the officials wrote in a New England Journal of Medicine perspective published Saturday. Additionally, they argued, the U.S. should work to develop new products and technologies that facilitate drug-checking.
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