The UCLA study is bringing a sophisticated machine traditionally used in laboratories to the streets, road testing a public health strategy that has gained more urgent attention as deadly overdoses have surged.
The man had driven from Downey to Los Angeles to find test strips to detect fentanyl that were being handed out by a syringe program in the parking lot. But the UCLA team stationed nearby was offering him a chance to unmask other hidden threats, analyzing a tiny sample of a drug to reveal its components.
In Los Angeles County, a growing number of deadly overdoses involve a mixture of drugs. Roughly 64% of overdose deaths among homeless people in the county involved more than one drug in 2021 — up from 45% three years earlier, according to a county analysis. Romero gloved up and shaved a bit off one of the orange pills with a razor blade, then crushed it inside a plastic bag, which she handed off to
Romero checked a bit of the same powder with test strips, finding it negative for fentanyl and benzodiazepines.
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