Why aren't fentanyl test strips more widespread? (2021)
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Why aren't fentanyl test strips more widespread? (2021)
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Re: Why aren't fentanyl test strips more widespread? (2021)
#2NIMBY doesn't want the association, and people prone to OD are more interested in taking the drug than testing it.
Re: Why aren't fentanyl test strips more widespread? (2021)
#3Should really just start selling "Illegal Drugs" in standardized doses like alcohol and pharmaceuticals so people don't get surprised. Drug users may be rational but individual testing puts a huge burden on the consumer that many aren't going to want to pay for in the name of preventing a tail risk.
Re: Why aren't fentanyl test strips more widespread? (2021)
#4If the fentanyl is due to cross-contamination rather than deliberate adulteration test strips are unlikely to catch it without destroying an unacceptable amount of the product.
Re: Why aren't fentanyl test strips more widespread? (2021)
#5> people who use drugs (PWUD)
New acronym just dropped. :-/
Re: Why aren't fentanyl test strips more widespread? (2021)
#6I'm disappointed the article didn't advise PWUD where to find them today. Where can one?
Re: Why aren't fentanyl test strips more widespread? (2021)
#7Can one even get stuff not laced with it these days?
As a casual outside observer I thought no. In which case test strips are less useful
Re: Why aren't fentanyl test strips more widespread? (2021)
#8And this is why i stopped consuming unregulated substances that I have not personally grown, extracted, or synthesized. Teaching yourself O-chem is fun, avoid trying to profit from it and you will do fine.
Re: Why aren't fentanyl test strips more widespread? (2021)
#9The real question we should be asking is why can't these poor people get access to proper medicine and treatment?
Instead they have to resort to playing Russian roulette every time they use.
Decriminalisation and regulation are the biggest harm reduction measures that could be taken and it would have the added bonus of freeing up space in the prisons and reducing the power of the cartels.
There wouldn't be a fent problem at all if sufferers could get reliable access to real meds. It's absurd that we're even still having these types of discussions in this day and age.
Re: Why aren't fentanyl test strips more widespread? (2021)
#10> people who use drugs (PWUD) New acronym just dropped. :-/
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