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Harm Reduction Innovation Lab

401-212-4730

  • Home
  • About Us
    • What is Harm Reduction?
    • Meet the Team
    • Mission, Vision, & Values
    • Contact Us
  • Research Projects
    • Harm Reduction Centers
    • Drug Checking
    • Naloxone
    • OD Detection Technologies
  • Publications
  • Resources
    • Infographics
    • Additional Websites
    • Drug Checking Directory

DIRECTORY OF NORTH AMERICAN DRUG CHECKING PROGRAMS

Suggested citation: Directory of North American Drug Checking Programs. Harm Reduction Innovation Lab. Accessed on 3/23/2023 at https://harmreductionlab.com/drug-checking-directory-1 

United States

Chapel Hill, NC, USA

Chapel Hill, NC, USA

Chapel Hill, NC, USA

UNC Street Drug Analysis Lab

Contact: Nabarun Dasgupta

Email: nab@email.unc.edu

Website: https://www.streetsafe.supply/

Services Offered: GCMS

Chicago, IL, USA

Chapel Hill, NC, USA

Chapel Hill, NC, USA

Chicago Recovery Alliance

Contact: Taylor Wood

Email: info@anypositivechange.org

 https://anypositivechange.org/

Services Offered: FTS, FT-IR, Reagent testing, GCMS

Submission type: Person-to-person drop-off, Collection boxes, Mail based sample

submission, Outreach/staff

collection

Greensboro, NC, USA

Chapel Hill, NC, USA

Multiple locations, NY, USA

North Carolina Survivors Union

Contact:  Don Jackson

Email: donpt@urbansurvivorsunion.org

https://ncurbansurvivorunion.org

Services Offered: FTS, FT-IR, GCMS

Submission type: Person-to-person drop-off, Outreach/staff collection

Multiple locations, NY, USA

Multiple locations, NY, USA

Multiple locations, NY, USA

New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene

Contact: Yarelix Estrada

Email: yestrada1@health.nyc.gov

Website: https://www.nyc.gov/site/doh/about/about-doh.page

Services Offered: FTS, FT-IR, GCMS, LCMS

Submission type: Person-to-person drop-off, Outreach/staff collection, Through overdose prevention center

Multiple locations, MA, USA

Multiple locations, NY, USA

Multiple locations, MA, USA

Massachusetts Drug Supply Data Stream (MADDS)

Contact: Traci Green 

Email: tracigreen@brandeis.edu

Website: https://heller.brandeis.edu/opioid-policy/community-resources/madds/index.html

Services Offered: FTS, FT-IR, GCMS

Boston, MA, USA

Multiple locations, NY, USA

Multiple locations, MA, USA

Access, Harm Reduction, Overdose Prevention and Education (AHOPE)

Contact: Sarah Mackin 

Email: Smackin@bphc.peg 

Website: https://www.boston.gov/government/cabinets/boston-public-health-commission/recovery-services/services-active-users

Services Offered: FTS, FT-IR, GCMS, LCMS, BTS

Submission type: Person-to-person drop-off, Outreach/staff collection


National, USA

Multiple locations, MD, USA

National, USA

DrugsData

Contact: Sylvia Thyssen

Email: info@drugsdata.org

Website: www.DrugsData.org

Services offered: GCMS


National, USA

Multiple locations, MD, USA

National, USA

Cal State LB and DanceSafe

Contact: Dina Perrone

Email: dina.perrone@csulb.edu

Website: https://dancesafe.org/dancesafe-national/

Services Offered: FTS, FT-IR, Reagent testing

Submission type: Person-to-person drop-off

Multiple locations, MD, USA

Multiple locations, MD, USA

Multiple locations, MD, USA

Rapid Analysis of Drugs (RAD)

Contact: Maggie Rybak

Email: margaret.rybak@maryland.gov

Services Offered: FTS, LCMS, DART-MS 

Submission type: Person-to-person drop-off, Outreach/ staff collection, In person drop-off at Maryland SSPs 

Portland, OR, USA

San Francisco, California, USA

Multiple locations, MD, USA

Outside In

Contact: Blake Joachim

Email: harmreduction@outsidein.org

Website: https://outsidein.org/health-services/needle-exchange/

Services Offered: FTS, BTS, FTIR, GCMS

Submission Type:  Person-to-person drop-off, In-person drop-off

San Francisco, California, USA

San Francisco, California, USA

San Francisco, California, USA

San Francisco AIDS Foundation

Contact: Lee Ongais

Email: longais@sfaf.org

Services Offered: FTS, BTS, FTIR, GCMS

Submission Type: In-person drop-off

San Diego, California, USA

San Francisco, California, USA

San Francisco, California, USA

Harm Reduction Coalition of San Diego ON POINT

Contact: Tara Stamos-Buesig

Email: harmreduxsd@gmail.com

Services Offered: FTS, FTIR, BTS, FTIR, Reagent testing, Xylazine test strips

Submission Type: Person-to-person drop-off, Outreach/ staff collection, Mail Based submission sample, At events/festivals

Canada

Toronto, ON, Canada

Vancouver, BC, Canada

Vancouver, BC, Canada

Toronto’s Drug Checking Service

Contact: Karen McDonald

Email: drugchecking@cdpe.org

Website: www.drugchecking.cdpe.org

Services Offered: GCMS, LCMS

Submission type: In-person drop-off at supervised consumption services, Outreach collection

Vancouver, BC, Canada

Vancouver, BC, Canada

Vancouver, BC, Canada

Vancouver Coastal Health

Contact: Jeff West 

Email:  drugchecking@vch.ca 

Website: http://www.vch.ca/public-health/harm-reduction/overdose-prevention-response/drug-checking  

Services Offered: FTS, BTS, FTIR, Reagent testing, LSD Test Strips, GCMS, LCMS, PSMS

Submission type: In-person drop-off, Outreach collection

Vancouver, BC, Canada

Vancouver, BC, Canada

Vancouver Island, BC, Canada

Get Your Drugs Tested

Contact: Angus Quinton

Email:  angus@getyourdrugstested.com

Website: https://getyourdrugstested.com/

Services Offered: FTS, BTS,

FT-IR, LCMS, GCMS, NMR Spectroscopy

Submission type: In-person drop-off, Mail-based

Vancouver Island, BC, Canada

Multiple locations, BC, Canada

Vancouver Island, BC, Canada

Substance: Vancouver Island Drug Checking Project

Contact: Bruce Wallace 

Email: barclay@uvic.ca

Website: https://substance.uvic.ca/

Services Offered: FTS, FTIR,

RS, PSMS

Submission type: In-person drop-off, Collection boxes, outreach collection, mail-based

Multiple locations, BC, Canada

Multiple locations, BC, Canada

Multiple locations, BC, Canada

Interior Health Drug Checking

Email: harmreduction.coordinator@interiorhealth.ca

Website: https://drugchecking.ca/

Services Offered: Multiple

Submission type: In-person drop-off

Mexico

Mexico

Mexico

Mexico

UVIC

Contact: Jamie Arredondo 

Email: jaimeasl@uvic.ca

Services Offered: FTS

Submission type: Outreach collection

Mexico

Mexico

Mexico

Latin America for a Sensible Drug Policy

Contact: Alejandra Garca de Loera

Email: alejandra.garcia@cide.edu

Services Offered: FTS 

Submission type: In-person drop off

Disclaimer

Drug checking can help reduce the risk of consuming drugs with unexpected or dangerous substances. Drug checking cannot detect substances that are present in small amounts, new or rare substances that are not in the assay or database, and cannot reliably distinguish between substances that are chemically similar. Drug checking cannot determine whether drugs are safe to use or not so always take precautions such as using at an overdose prevention center, having someone nearby with naloxone, and using small "test" amounts before consumption.


Drug checking can help people take action to reduce the risk of consuming drugs with unexpected or dangerous substances. Drug checking cannot detect substances that are present in small amounts, new or rare substances that are not in the assay or database and cannot reliably distinguish between substances that are chemically similar. Drug checking does not provide evidence of purity or dose and cannot determine whether drugs are safe to use. Always take precautions such as using at an overdose prevention center, having someone nearby with naloxone, and using small "test" amounts before consumption.


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Testing Definitions

Sample Submission Definitions

Sample Submission Definitions

BTS: Benzodiazepine Test Strips


DART-MS: Direct Analysis in Real Time Mass Spectrometry


FT-IR: Fournier Transform Infrared  Spectroscopy


FTS: Fentanyl Test Strip


GCMS: Gas Chromatography Mass Spectrometry

LCMS: Liquid Chromatography Mass Spectrometry


NMR: Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy


PSMS: Paper Spray Mass Spectrometry


RS: Raman Spectroscopy


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Sample Submission Definitions

Sample Submission Definitions

Sample Submission Definitions

In-person drop off: Bring the sample you want tested to a program worker to have it analyzed


Collection boxes: Bring the sample to a specified location and place it in the box for it to be collected and tested


Mail-Based submission: Mail samples to the address specified by the program to be tested


Outreach collection: Bring samples to offsite locations with program workers that will collect and test samples



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