House Bill 1644, by state Rep. Tom Oliverson, R-Cypress, would remove testing strips for fentanyl and xylazine, a veterinary ...

Efforts to legalize fentanyl test strips in Texas are facing significant hurdles in the state legislature, despite receiving ...

The Texas House is a different story. House Bill 1644, by state Rep. Tom Oliverson, R-Cypress, passed unanimously last month.

Legislation to allow some forms of drug checking has reached the same Senate committee where a similar bill died last session ...

The findings reinforce that urine test strip readouts are a valuable tool for CKD screening in low-risk individuals. When ...

A one-page bill in the Texas Legislature could save thousands of lives if enough state senators look beyond their self-righteous ideology.

Opponents fear that fentanyl test strips will increase the usage of the deadly drug. Audio recording is automated for accessibility. Humans wrote and edited the story. See our AI policy ...

Legislation to allow some forms of drug checking has reached the same Senate committee where a similar bill died last session ...

test strips "can save your life." Dr. Alexander Caudarella, chief executive officer of the Canadian Centre on Substance Abuse, also sees a benefit in making test strips more available to people in ...

In 2024, the county's health agency distributed more than 130,000 fentanyl test strips—about triple the amount given out in 2023, according to the State of the Addiction Crisis in Hamilton ...