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Fentanyl Test Strips

According to the AMA's latest Opioid Epidemic Report, opioid prescribing continues downward trend while overdose and death related to illicitly manufactured fentanyl, methamphetamine and cocaine increase. The AMA continues to advance evidence-based recommendations to help end the nation’s drug-relat ...Read More
According to the AMA's latest Opioid Epidemic Report, opioid prescribing continues downward trend while overdose and death related to illicitly manufactured fentanyl, methamphetamine and cocaine increase. The AMA continues to advance evidence-based recommendations to help end the nation’s drug-relat

According to the AMA's latest Opioid Epidemic Report, opioid prescribing continues downward trend while overdose and death related to illicitly manufactured fentanyl, methamphetamine and cocaine increase. The AMA continues to advance evidence-based recommendations to help end the nation’s drug-related overdose and death epidemic. This includes support for increased use of a broad array of harm-reduction efforts services such as fentanyl drug test strips. Learn more about drug test kits and how the AMA supports efforts to increase access to fentanyl test strips and other substance test kits for the purpose of harm reduction.

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How this DO’s advocacy will help prevent drug-overdose deaths

AMA member Katherine Pannel, DO, helped persuade lawmakers to decriminalize fentanyl test strips in Mississippi. Learn more.

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