Drug Checking as Harm Reduction: Responding to the drug supply | Drug Researchers' Roundtable
Recent headlines have sounded the alarm on newly emerging drugs like xylazine, fentanyl analogs, etizolam, and nitazene analogs contributing to injuries, overdoses, and fatalities across North America. Advanced drug checking technologies can help people who use drugs to understand and respond to the everchanging drug supply by taking precautions and practicing harm reduction. In this roundtable, our presenters will provide a snapshot of national and regional drug supply trends from drug checking laboratory data and see how harm reduction programs are using this information to help keep communities safe.
Speakers:
Alex Krotulski, PhD, is the Associate Director of Toxicology and Chemistry at The Center for Forensic Science Research & Education and Program Manager for NPS Discovery - an open-access drug early warning system operating in the United States.
Traci Green, PhD, MSc is Professor and Director of the Opioid Policy Research Collaborative in the Heller School for Social Policy and Management at Brandeis University. She supports the Massachusetts Drug Supply Data Stream and Streetcheck.org
Date: Recorded February 28, 2023
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