Get Your Drugs Tested

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Get Your Drugs Tested is a free public drug checking service located in Vancouver, Canada. [1]

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Get Your Drugs Tested receives no public funding, and is entirely supported by The Medicinal Cannabis Dispensary. [2] [3] [4]

They use FTIR Spectrometers in conjunction with fentanyl, Lysergamides and Benzodiazepine [5] test strips to offer free analysis of any drug or substance at their storefront or by mail. [6] [7]

In January 2021 they announced they had analyzed over 10,000 samples. [8] [9] In June 2021 they announced they had analyzed 15,000 samples. [10] In March 2022 they announced they had analyzed 25,000 samples. [11] In July 2022 they announced they had analyzed 30,000 samples. [12] By October 2023, the service had analyzed over 50,000 samples. [13] All of their drug analysis results are posted to their website in a searchable database. [14]

The service has received extensive media coverage. [15] [16] [17] [18] [19]

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References

  1. ↑ "Get Your Drugs Tested".
  2. ↑ "How It Works".
  3. ↑ "The Dispensary | The Medicinal Cannabis Dispensary".
  4. ↑ "Local Vancouver dispensary initiative values safety over substance". Vancouver is Awesome. Retrieved 17 August 2022.
  5. ↑ "How can I get my drugs tested?". 19 November 2024.
  6. ↑ "New Harm Reduction Service Encourages Dealers to Send Drugs in Mail for Testing". 22 May 2019.
  7. ↑ "Drug testing campaign raising awareness about the dangers of contaminated drugs in Halifax - Halifax | Globalnews.ca".
  8. ↑ "Dana Larsen: 10,000 street drug samples analyzed in Vancouver". 19 January 2021.
  9. ↑ "Over 10,000 illicit drugs have been tested by a Vancouver harm reduction service". 27 January 2021.
  10. ↑ "15,000 Tests!". 19 June 2021.
  11. ↑ "25,000 TEST MILESTONE! PLUS NEW AND IMPROVED SEARCH ENGINE". Get Your Drugs Tested. 12 March 2022. Retrieved 17 August 2022.
  12. ↑ "30000 DRUGS CHECKED!". Get Your Drugs Tested. 9 July 2022. Retrieved 17 August 2022.
  13. ↑ "How Ramping Up Drug Testing Could Save Lives". MSN.com. 2023-10-07. Retrieved 2023-11-16.
  14. ↑ "Test Results Archive".
  15. ↑ "Deadly drug cocktail a growing concern in B.C.'s overdose crisis". MSN .
  16. ↑ "Government-sanctioned safe supply not enough to get some off fentanyl-laced street drugs | CBC News".
  17. ↑ "Advocate calls for drug testing site after 'unknown substance' leads to overdose deaths | CBC News".
  18. ↑ "Vancouver drug tester says nearly half of all heroin that comes in contains fentanyl - BC | Globalnews.ca".
  19. ↑ "New mail-in drug testing service opens in Canada". 12 June 2019.


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