Minnesota health officials help users test illicit drugs for fentanyl

Our Executive Director, Alicia House, spoke to Post Bulletin of Rochester on January 30th, 2022 to talk about the dangers of fentanyl and importance of harm reduction strategies like fentanyl test strips.

John Scott, author of the article, states that “In the past, the notion of helping drug users test their substance for adulterants would have been rejected as enabling. Now it is at the forefront of public health.”

House explains that she personally has seen someone’s use patterns change due to the use of fentanyl test strips; “She was going to use a substance but she tested it, and it ended up having fentanyl. She said it changed the way she used.”

Scott says, “Rummler has distributed the kits to more than 450 organizations around the state so far, including jails, hospitals, walk-in clinics and drug outreach workers on the street. Some users have begun receiving test strip kits via the mail.”

Read the full story here.