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Mary Figgatt
@mary_figgatt
Epidemiology, substance use, harm reduction | Postdoc @uabheersink | she/her | views = my own
Nov 3, 2021 • 20 tweets • 9 min read
🧵1/ Want to know what it takes to launch a #DrugChecking program?

The growing interest has been really exciting. So we wanted to share some tips to help others get started.

To catch your attention, here’s what an heroin spectrum on an FTIR looks like! Red squiggly line with "Heroin HCl" underneath. 2/ But, first what are drug checking programs? These are cutting edge programs grounded in #PublicHealth and #HarmReduction

The purpose is simple: to provide drug testing services to people who use drugs so they can make informed decisions about what they put their body.