While more states de­crim­i­nalize fentanyl test strips, the Florida Leg­is­lature declines to do so BY Mitch Perry Tampa UPDATED 5:40 PM ET Mar. 23, 2022 ...

Fentanyl test strips do not encourage or condone drug use, just as condoms don't encourage people to have sex. They are an informational tool that can help people avoid fentanyl and likely death.

Texas House lawmakers gave preliminary approval to legislation that legalizes the possession of test strips for fentanyl and xylazine. House Bill 1644 passed 145-0. The bill requires one more vote … ...

The strip is then dropped in the mixture, and much like a home COVID-19 test, lines on the strip show if the drug has fentanyl. The CDC warns the strips aren't foolproof and don't always identify ...

Medicare covers blood sugar (glucose) test strips for people with diabetes under Part B (medical insurance) if you get them from a Medicare-approved supplier. You may need to meet certain criteria ...

Medicare Part B covers blood sugar test strips as a type of durable medical equipment (DME). After paying the annual Part B deductible, a person will only pay 20% of the cost of the test strips.

Be safe, be smart, test your stuff,” said Slocum on the Strip the Shame website. The public service announcements are reaching the intended audiences, even if there have been setbacks.

The previous effort to include the legalization of fentanyl test strips in a 2023 fentanyl law fell short but gained some bipartisan support, said the amendment’s author Rep. Megan Srinivas, D ...

INDIANAPOLIS — This past fall, a single pill caught the attention of school leaders at Hope Academy. “We found it right over there by the fire extinguisher,” said Rachelle Gardner. Gardner is Hope ...

Test strips as cheap as $5 that promise to detect the powerful painkiller fentanyl could be the key to preventing deadly overdoses. Stacey Felter lost her son Tristan more than a year ago.

Fentanyl test strips are sold online and easily obtained free from many public health departments. They’re touted as a harm reduction tool to help drug users determine whether fentanyl is ...

Around 2017 and 2018, Hill said, some rehab programs in Texas were purchasing the test strips with state funds. But the attention drawn to the strips in the past few years has caused a dilemma.