Toots, tastes and tester shots: user accounts of drug sampling methods for gauging heroin potency

Toots, tastes and tester shots: user accounts of drug sampling methods for gauging heroin potency

Abstract Background Internationally, overdose is the primary cause of death among people injecting drugs. However, since 2001, heroin-related overdose deaths in the United States (US) have risen sixfold, paralleled by a rise in the death rate attributed to synthetic opioids, particularly the fentany...

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Main Authors: Sarah G. Mars, Jeff Ondocsin, Daniel Ciccarone
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2018-05-01
Series:Harm Reduction Journal
Subjects:
Overdose
Heroin
Fentanyl
Test shot
Tester shot
Injection
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12954-018-0232-z

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