For most of the past decade, synthetic opioids such as fentanyl have led all other drugs in overdose deaths.

Test strips cost about $1 each and can be used to check drugs for dangerous contaminants, including fentanyl and xylazine.

This week, Republican Gov. Tate Reeves signed a bill decriminalizing fentanyl test strips in Mississippi, legislation that he said “will help save lives.” It’s the latest in a wave of states taking ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. As fentanyl hidden in a high percentage of illicit street drugs continues to kill, momentum to legalize strips that check for the ...

The federal government will no longer pay for the thousands of test strips the Oklahoma Department of Mental Health sends by ...

A red stripe on a test strip indicates that a heroin sample is positive for fentanyl. In the face of relentless increases in overdose deaths that involve fentanyl, the strips have become an important ...

Which blood glucose test strips are best? According to the Centers for Disease Control, over 30 million Americans have diabetes and nearly 98 million have prediabetes. Measuring blood glucose levels ...

Test strips can determine within minutes if drugs are laced with fentanyl, a powerful synthetic opioid. RJ Sangosti / MediaNews Group / The Denver Post via Getty Images As overdose deaths from opioids ...

In a rapid shift since last year, over a dozen states have moved to legalize fentanyl test strips. The change is one that harm reduction proponents argue is necessary during an era where fentanyl ...

The biotech company BTNX says it is shipping out new test strips this week that detect the presence of xylazine, an animal sedative that officials say is increasingly being mixed with fentanyl. As ...

Medicare Part B covers blood sugar test strips for those with diabetes if a doctor prescribes them and you get them from a Medicare-approved supplier. The number of test strips covered by Medicare ...

As fentanyl hidden in a high percentage of illicit street drugs continues to kill, momentum to legalize strips that check for the presence of the synthetic opioid is growing. Two bills — House Bill ...