News Items tag as: Drug checking

New dangerous substance has made its way into Interior Health region's illegal drug supply
March 14, 2024 - 6:00 PM

A new drug has made it's way onto the streets in the Interior Health region and the rate at which it is being found in the local drug supply is slowly increasing.
How a Kamloops chemistry major found himself on the frontlines of the opioid crisis
March 14, 2021 - 7:00 AM

Kile McKenna sits in a basement office at ASK Wellness on Tranquille Road doing something he never thought he’d be doing.
Vernon drug checking service wants you to 'know what's in your dope'
November 09, 2018 - 6:30 PM

VERNON - With a toothpick, the outreach worker picks up a few sand-sized specks from a tiny envelope filled with a white substance. She then swishes the toothpick in a small plastic cup and dips a test strip in. A pair of red lines emerge on the strip, indicating there is no fentanyl in the substance.
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New dangerous substance has made its way into Interior Health region's illegal drug supply